[Once Mitsuzane finished speaking, Takatora simply sat in place, having set his spoon down and settled for grasping the side of the table. He had listened raptly to everything his younger brother had to say, feeling the twisting uncomfortable dread in his stomach at the immense guilt weighing him down. ... how had Mitsuzane ever gotten so involved? If he had known things were half as bad, he would have intercepted, but now it was clearly too late to worry about something like that.
Takatora closed his eyes, bringing one hand up to cover his mouth as he took a few deep breaths. This... This was worse than he ever could have imagined. It felt as though Mitsuzane knew every secret he'd tried so hard to keep under wraps. So much information could have been known from rumors, but even as far as Mitsuzane knowing the weight of his own involvement and his position as Zangetsu... While Takatora was disgusted with himself, he was, at the same time, immensely impressed with Mitsuzane's ability to uncover the truth. He had vastly underestimated his younger brother, to a crippling degree.
Maybe that was part of why Mitsuzane hated him so much.
The final, awful part, were the last words Mitsuzane had spoken. Takatora knew the next person on Mitsuzane's list to approach would likely be Ryouma and he had every intent of keeping them away from each other as long as possible.
The completely emotionally drained expression on his face was still there when Takatora moved his hand away and looked back over to Mitsuzane, though he had to lower his gaze to the floor immediately after. He couldn't even look at him, now.]
I would rather you get your information from me, but I understand if you don't trust me to be honest with you.
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Takatora closed his eyes, bringing one hand up to cover his mouth as he took a few deep breaths. This... This was worse than he ever could have imagined. It felt as though Mitsuzane knew every secret he'd tried so hard to keep under wraps. So much information could have been known from rumors, but even as far as Mitsuzane knowing the weight of his own involvement and his position as Zangetsu... While Takatora was disgusted with himself, he was, at the same time, immensely impressed with Mitsuzane's ability to uncover the truth. He had vastly underestimated his younger brother, to a crippling degree.
Maybe that was part of why Mitsuzane hated him so much.
The final, awful part, were the last words Mitsuzane had spoken. Takatora knew the next person on Mitsuzane's list to approach would likely be Ryouma and he had every intent of keeping them away from each other as long as possible.
The completely emotionally drained expression on his face was still there when Takatora moved his hand away and looked back over to Mitsuzane, though he had to lower his gaze to the floor immediately after. He couldn't even look at him, now.]
I would rather you get your information from me, but I understand if you don't trust me to be honest with you.