[Likewise, it turns out that Sen doesn't really need to say anything at all to bring Kaoru's uncontrolled anger into check. Kimigiku's appearance is enough to curb it at least a little, and the fact that she's not sparing him even a glance is more than enough to tell him what he needs to know.
This is as far as he goes, then.
The ebb and flow of his anger is unpredictable even now, but he deflates quickly this time, carelessly dropping the unconscious man off to the side. He doesn't even bother trying to catch up; either because he knows he wouldn't be able to, because he doesn't want to deal with the scorn from Kimigiku, because he doesn't want to put Sen's life in further danger for his own selfish whims, because "Yase cannot lose you" only applies to her - for any number of reasons. Maybe for all of them. He makes a pained expression when Sen calls out to him, but his feet stay planted.
It's pretty unsurprising, he thinks, that his first friendship would end up like this.
A few seconds pass by after they vanish into the forest, but Kaoru won't stand there like a sitting duck, either. Leaving the man behind, he turns and starts to head back toward the compound that he can only hope will remain a temporary prison.]
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This is as far as he goes, then.
The ebb and flow of his anger is unpredictable even now, but he deflates quickly this time, carelessly dropping the unconscious man off to the side. He doesn't even bother trying to catch up; either because he knows he wouldn't be able to, because he doesn't want to deal with the scorn from Kimigiku, because he doesn't want to put Sen's life in further danger for his own selfish whims, because "Yase cannot lose you" only applies to her - for any number of reasons. Maybe for all of them. He makes a pained expression when Sen calls out to him, but his feet stay planted.
It's pretty unsurprising, he thinks, that his first friendship would end up like this.
A few seconds pass by after they vanish into the forest, but Kaoru won't stand there like a sitting duck, either. Leaving the man behind, he turns and starts to head back toward the compound that he can only hope will remain a temporary prison.]