[He looks neither surprised nor disappointed by Kaede's answer. It's obvious from the look on his face that that was more or less what he expected her to say.]
[He knows full well that what works for him won't work for the other two. Their positions are all fundamentally different. Shuichi got closure that the other two didn't. Closure that allowed him to say "fuck this shit, I'm out" and move on with his life.]
[He fully intended to explain this to her. To tell her that everything he'd said was meant to be an explanation, not a suggestion and that he'd help her find her own way of moving on...but all that is driven out of his head with that final admission. For a moment, he just stares at her dumbly. Because he's not stupid. He doesn't believe for a second that she's just having calm, normal dreams, the way her wording would suggest. She's having nightmares, same as Kokichi. She's been having nightmares, maybe this whole time and he...]
[He hadn't realized. Hadn't done anything to help her. And that realization hurts a little bit. Because he should have noticed, that's what boyfriends do, right?]
Is...is that why you've been coming to my room in the middle of the night?
[Why had he believed that it was just because she was lonely or missed him or wanted to surprise him when he woke up? Why hadn't he questioned it?]
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[He knows full well that what works for him won't work for the other two. Their positions are all fundamentally different. Shuichi got closure that the other two didn't. Closure that allowed him to say "fuck this shit, I'm out" and move on with his life.]
[He fully intended to explain this to her. To tell her that everything he'd said was meant to be an explanation, not a suggestion and that he'd help her find her own way of moving on...but all that is driven out of his head with that final admission. For a moment, he just stares at her dumbly. Because he's not stupid. He doesn't believe for a second that she's just having calm, normal dreams, the way her wording would suggest. She's having nightmares, same as Kokichi. She's been having nightmares, maybe this whole time and he...]
[He hadn't realized. Hadn't done anything to help her. And that realization hurts a little bit. Because he should have noticed, that's what boyfriends do, right?]
Is...is that why you've been coming to my room in the middle of the night?
[Why had he believed that it was just because she was lonely or missed him or wanted to surprise him when he woke up? Why hadn't he questioned it?]