ᅠ𓄧 *ᅠkudo .

ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ⠀⠀ ⚙️ ׂ 𓈒 ⠀ i⠀dug⠀my⠀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 . ／ ᝰ ᅠᅠ⠀⠀ into the gravel AS ℰVIDENCE . ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ

[ᅠ𓄧 *ᅠkudo . @gearshiftings]

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⠀⠀⠀⠀ ᅠ ⠀⠀ 𝗞𝗨𝗗𝗢 𝑻𝑶𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑻𝑺𝑼𝑮𝑼 .
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[𝓨𝐎͟𝐈͟𝐂͟𝐇͟𝐈͟.̲ @TH3FIRSTFORALL]

⠀⠀ ( @gearshiftings )

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[ᅠ𓄧 *ᅠkudo . @gearshiftings]

he lets out an exhale. “ don’t go back there and throw your life away. you’re free now. and i’ll protect you. you can trust me. ”

[ᅠ𓄧 *ᅠkudo . @gearshiftings]

getting someone who has barely known human contact for years, other than a manipulative brother, to trust him is never going to be simple. kudo knows that much. even with all the honesty he can offer, he understands he’ll struggle with the idea that someone genuinely wants

[𝓨𝐎͟𝐈͟𝐂͟𝐇͟𝐈͟.̲ @TH3FIRSTFORALL]

⠀⠀{ If only a hero like Kudo had found him earlier . . . Maybe then he wouldn’t be as untrusting and “broken” as he was now. He was only allowed one singular path to take since the beginning of his life, and his brother was the one who dictated it.

So this was
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[ᅠ𓄧 *ᅠkudo . @gearshiftings]

some kind of test? ”

i’m a hero, youchi. i don’t work with villains. and i definitely wouldn’t work with someone like your brother. he’s killed friends of mine .. people i cared about. i’ve got plenty of reasons to hate him. ”

[𝓨𝐎͟𝐈͟𝐂͟𝐇͟𝐈͟.̲ @TH3FIRSTFORALL]

⠀⠀ ( @gearshiftings )

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[ᅠ𓄧 *ᅠkudo . @gearshiftings]

with the knife. cursing under his breath at himself as he quickly applies pressure around it. if it isn’t clear he’s just an honest guy who wears too much on his sleeves .. ) what are you talking about? you’re not *safe with him.

[ᅠ𓄧 *ᅠkudo . @gearshiftings]

( he doesn’t quite imagine how loud the other’s mind is right now, how much he’s overthinking what seems to be so simple to the redhead. kudo is a hero. there’s no way he would take part in any grand scheme with his arch nemesis. the same one who killed

[𝓨𝐎͟𝐈͟𝐂͟𝐇͟𝐈͟.̲ @TH3FIRSTFORALL]

⠀⠀{ He could only continue to stare in further surprise when Kudo reiterated that the two of them were /equals/, the hero may not realizing how 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 it felt to hear. It was also heartbreaking because his brother would 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 say they were equals in anything, and

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[ᅠ𓄧 *ᅠkudo . @gearshiftings]

his gaze is kept on the vegetables he’s chopping until yoichi’s words suddenly catch his attention and kudo glances up with pinched brows. )

⠀what? ( his first reaction comes, and he’s so caught off by what the other said that he accidentally slightly cuts one of his fingers

[ᅠ𓄧 *ᅠkudo . @gearshiftings]

⠀yoichi .. ( he nods once, before snorting quietly as he finally pushes himself back up to wander off to the kitchen, starting to cook the two of them some soba. ) we’re even equals in our stubbornness.

[ᅠ𓄧 *ᅠkudo . @gearshiftings]

⠀equals.

( kudo repeats with a confident nod of his head before lightly tutting his tongue in disagreement at the blond’s following words and the way he doesn’t accept the title. the first proof how stubborn they both are. )

[𝓨𝐎͟𝐈͟𝐂͟𝐇͟𝐈͟.̲ @TH3FIRSTFORALL]

⠀⠀𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙨?

{ Yoichi said the word like he couldn’t fathom the thought. What was /he/ in comparison to the Hero standing in front of him? He didn’t have his strength, his *𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱． his brother had made sure of it. Had made sure to push him down

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[ᅠ𓄧 *ᅠkudo . @gearshiftings]

( the first display of joy has the taller’s chest warming slightly and a pressure lifting off his shoulders. he feels like they took the right direction already. good. he repeats the other’s name onto his tongue a few times, as if to get used to it and liking how it sounds. )