[ The breath Yu pulls in is stilted and somehow painful. Not even in a physical way. In his core. Somewhere deeper.

And then he shakes his head. ]

Yeah. I know. And that means ... we were ourselves. Just... the darkest parts.

[ God. And what does that say? That he could only admit that he might still have feelings for his best friend when he was composed of only his most twisted feelings. Everything he'd been trying so hard to suppress. ]

... we may not have been able to accept our own Shadows this time, but that just means we'll have to figure out a way to accept each other.