the admittance takes him by surprise ; the honesty within its tone and the genuine words that fall from the other’s lips is nothing he ever expected to hear . warm & safe ? it’s not something he would believe of himself , there is nothing safe about him , and it’s not like he’s ever spent time saying anything to the other that wasn’t full of anger and rage . AND LOVE ? what love is there between the loyal and the traitor ? what trust is there ? to think that dazai was even capable of love would be an obscure thought ; maybe if he was capable of it , he wouldn’t have thrown aside the people who cared for him .
‘ why should i ? ‘ he doesn’t ask the question in a rude way , no . it’s softly spoken , an inquirey made in wonder . somewhere , deep down , there’s a part of him that has ached to hear words like these for so long . the part of him that lingered on the surface , however , was as untrusting and suspicious of dazai like the tree does not trust the breeze to not break into a storm . ‘ would it change anything ? ‘