[ majima's expression turns darker, sadder. like yato has told a cruel joke that he doesn't understand. were you guys close? it's a normal question to ask of someone, a normal, friendly part of conversation. but majima and his brother hadn't just been close they'd been inseparable. from the day majima had picked him out at the orphanage and declared they were brothers. back then, he'd been everything he ever talked about. ]
Yes. We were close.
[ he doesn't feel like he deserves to claim it was more than that. to talk about how much love he'd had for his brother. how he'd filled his heart to the brim when he'd been an idiot kid who fought too much to find his way into a loving family. how he'd learned that family could be who you decided, not who was forced on you. but what right did he have to any of those sentiments, after what had happened? when it should have been him, when his brother should be the one to be free. wouldn't his brother have had better words of wisdom for yato? more patience? he'd had so much potential where majima felt he had little. so much more to offer. what right did he have to claim that they still belonged to one another, when he'd betrayed him? ]
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Yes. We were close.
[ he doesn't feel like he deserves to claim it was more than that. to talk about how much love he'd had for his brother. how he'd filled his heart to the brim when he'd been an idiot kid who fought too much to find his way into a loving family. how he'd learned that family could be who you decided, not who was forced on you. but what right did he have to any of those sentiments, after what had happened? when it should have been him, when his brother should be the one to be free. wouldn't his brother have had better words of wisdom for yato? more patience? he'd had so much potential where majima felt he had little. so much more to offer. what right did he have to claim that they still belonged to one another, when he'd betrayed him? ]