[It's...not really enough to quiet his fears about Shuichi's friends. Nor can it keep him from feeling like he doesn't deserve to live, and that he can never make up for what he did. But that's okay. It's not like those kinds of things can be fixed overnight.
Hearing "I love you" does, however, make him so happy...everything that Shuichi's said does, and while the synchrony was a little dulled by Kokichi's unwillingness to share the emotions he was going through before, it shines through perfectly again now, letting the demon feel just how overwhelmed the poor nephilim is. He's still no better with emotions than he ever has been, and it's a confusing wave of joy, sorrow, guilt, comfort and love that he'll be able to feel from Kokichi as the leader pulls himself as close as he's able to to Shuichi with a choked sob. A wave that effectively shuts his shadow up, the dark figure still there but silent. How long will that last? Who knows. But it's enough that it's quiet for now...]
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Hearing "I love you" does, however, make him so happy...everything that Shuichi's said does, and while the synchrony was a little dulled by Kokichi's unwillingness to share the emotions he was going through before, it shines through perfectly again now, letting the demon feel just how overwhelmed the poor nephilim is. He's still no better with emotions than he ever has been, and it's a confusing wave of joy, sorrow, guilt, comfort and love that he'll be able to feel from Kokichi as the leader pulls himself as close as he's able to to Shuichi with a choked sob. A wave that effectively shuts his shadow up, the dark figure still there but silent. How long will that last? Who knows. But it's enough that it's quiet for now...]