do you know what the worst part is, takemitchy? i think i’ve forgotten what it feels like to have someone stay without wondering when they'll eventually get tired of me.
i’ve spent so long making decisions on my own that i convinced myself there's no room for anyone else in
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just promise me you'll remember that your life matters too? i want you beside me, not lost trying to find me. don't make yourself responsible for pulling me out of every dark corner. just keep talking to me like this.
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i can't even guarantee i can protect myself from what i’ve become.. but if you're really telling me you won't leave. if you're really going to stand right here with me no matter how dark it gets.. then don’t let go, okay?
i wanted you to stay in the light. i wanted you to live a normal, happy life without me dragging you down.
i’m afraid, takemitchy.. i’m afraid that if you stay, I'll end up destroying you, too. i can't guarantee i won't hurt you.
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— never again. i'll stand right beside you whenever you might need me, and even when you don't.
but i know sometimes seeing is believing. so just watch me, okay? watch me stay.
me a seat as if i haven't given you a hundred reasons to walk away. i don't know what to say to that. just.. let me get used to the thought that i don't have to face everything alone.
maybe i can just… trust that you mean it.
i’ve grown used to people leaving. some because they couldn't accept what i’ve become, others because i made sure they never got close enough to try..
it was easier that way, yknow? no expectations, no promises, no one waiting for me to come back. but here you are, saving
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people change.
and even though you've changed too, talking here with you like this? that tells me that the person i knew is still tangled with who you've become.
it tells me you're someone i want to save that seat for. you're *worth it. the effort i'll put in. tenfold.—
doesn’t it bother you that the person you're saving a place for might not be who you remember?
i’ve spent years making sure nobody gets close enough to ask what i want.. and now you're here, takemitchy insisting there's a future for me whether i believe in one or not.
if i'm talking about a future like that, one with you in it, clearly, i've reserved a place for you regardless of what you've done because to me, you're that valuable. that place will be there. always.
you're right though. i am staying.
.. thanks.
you have no idea what you're asking for. i’ve got blood on my hands.. i’ve done things i can’t take back and you're still talking about a future with me like there's a place for someone like me in yours.
mm you’ve made it clear you're staying, might as well make yourself comfy.
little project? no. none of this is a little project to me. this.. it matters. to me. you matter. if you're not there, how could i be the happiest i could be? you could have the entire world at your feet and it'd change nothing.
but sure. i'll sit with you for tonight. happily.
mikey: it's a lie that i'm empty. i've always wanted takemitchy to save me, but i don't know what to do anymore. i have no choice but to destroy everything
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yet again, taking on the impossible like it’s another one of your little projects. here i am half of tokyo at my feet and somehow you’re the one giving me a headache.. you and your ridiculous sense of duty.
come sit with me for a while you’ve done enough worrying for one night.
you can insult me all you want to. i don't care if you think i'm an idiot. at all. i'd come back for you as many times as i have to until you get it.
until you get that you're important to.
i'm not leaving you.
not now.
not ever. you're stuck with me until the happy ending.