• the wolf in the forest

he’s on top of her now; she’s on the floor, bleeding out, and the last thing she sees is him. his eyes, always so intense, now soft as he gazes down at her. She thinks, ah, no one has ever loved me more than him.

• and after

"I do have a choice. I just choose you every time.”

• trial and error

then, he speaks. not through the cracking sound of the telephone, not through the microphone that puts an annoyingly metallic quality to his voice. but he speaks, directly, to her.

“I’m home.”

• oddity royalty

he didn't like reading into things. maybe this was just some very fucked up form of next-level friendship that his lonelier being was incapable of decoding. maybe they really were dating despite their (rather vague) denials of it. maybe this was what it was like growing up so close to someone and tuning yourself to them. whatever the case, Kagami was not about to say anything about it.

• sincerity

it’s enough that Aomine knows for sure he’ll never love like this again.

• we share burdens

"You and me, remember? We share burdens."

• the lion and the lamb

It’s just that there’s no way this is going to have a happy ending, and if she’s got her facts right (which she always does), the only person who’s going to get hurt is her.