I'm so fucking tired of this. [ his voice shakes. ] Being just a piece in some game. Whatever god is supposed to be overseeing us, they're either failing or doing this on purpose.

[ with a sigh that's more defeated than anything, he slowly extricates himself from this embrace, sure to still maintain a point of contact with a hand on kaworu's wrist to show that he's not backing away.

tears prick at his eyes. it is, unfortunately, shounen speech time - the only way he can process what he wants to say. ]

What you've seen, and felt, and learned this weekend. Please don't let it change you. Be who you are when you're with the people you care about, on good days. That's who you want to be.