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sorry i dont ahve a better title ALSO ITS 5AM let me make this quick

i think all the time abt sumire not knowing goro is a dead man walking. goro wouldnt tell her himself bc he likes her knowing him As he is, without any strings attached, nothing abt his past w shido, black mask, his betrayal, his sacrifice. she knows him as crow-senpai, then akechi-senpai, then goro-senpai, and that's it.

akira wouldnt tell sumire because he thinks he HAS to be the one to shoulder this grief. he doesnt want her to hurt the way he does, knowing that goro is one foot in the grave. he wants her to enjoy the days with him without the looming knowledge that it wont last, it will never last, no matter what.

also i want akira to snap at sumire a little bit (and vice versa) teehee silllyyyy

and ofc sumire's self-sacrificial complexes... she would do Anything to save/preserve her loved ones.. anything.. akira knows that too. ofc both of them have this same sorta Thing going on but he wanted to Protect:tm: her... but now after this comic he sees damn i should have relied on her + the people around me damn.

srry sumire's "i wish i knew" HURTS UE UE bc ofc she wld want to know that goro was in trouble. maybe she could have done something, yes, but its more likely it would just hurt her in the long run.. so akira did what he thought was right.. :')

(re: 4th page) but there is ONE THING sumire could have done, and that Only Sumire could have done (given long winter AU scenario specifically): and that is to be a shoulder for akira to lean on in his darkest moments...!!! especially since she doesnt know abt goro's sacrifice, she wouldnt Get the Idea the way the other pthieves would. theres smth poignant abt that i think .... if only he let her in earlier so it wouldnt hurt so bad now...!!!!! right!! right!!! yeowwwch!!!!

also i think some anons were curiosu abt my comic scripts so here was the initial concept: