“Hn…” The younger sibling hummed quietly in response while he shrugged. “I suppose so.”He mumbled. He then glanced up to meet Yasuhiro’s gaze, “Yosuke burned himself on the stove once, too, while we were hanging out.” Yu lied and mentally apologized to his partner for using him as an excuse. Then again, the teen doubted very much so that any of his siblings would believe that he’d gained this knowledge though a world inside the TV after fighting shadows if they didn’t have the proper healing items. “It just kind of stuck since then.”
He hated lying to his siblings.
Yu worried his bottom lip for the next few moments, thinking. His silver gaze found its way to the burned hand. “If they say anything to you about responsibility or how you should be more careful, then,” he took a deep breath and held it as he met his brother’s gaze once more, “I’ll take the blame for it. Tell them I wasn’t paying attention to my surroundings and bumped into you while you were cooking something for us.” A newfound determination glinted in his eyes. Although he didn’t think their parents would go so far as to blame or belittle Yasuhiro’s ability to take care of himself. Just in case… “It’ll be okay, Hiro.” Yu lightly squeezed his brother’s upper arm in response. “It will work out.”
He huffed out a laugh, “I know.” The teen briefly reminisced over his childhood memories with Yasuhiro acting almost like his bodyguard occasionally when bullies were around. “Why are you so worried about me now? I can manage on my own and I don’t get sick over every little thing now.”
He shrugged , “Yeah, but It wasn’t like I was in danger, though. Besides, it’ over now. The killer was caught.”
“No, no you don’t have to lie about something like that.” He appreciated the offer, but having his younger brother taking any blame for something he himself did..he didn’t like the thought of that. Call it some kind of older sibling pride or whatever.
Their parents wouldn’t be upset at him- he knows it. They both do. Yasuhiro truly believes that they’re good parents.. (he loves his family dearly) though, sometimes he thinks they can feel like too much at times. Was it him taking their worry as disappointment? Does it have to do with him not being like some of their other siblings? Worried about any comparisons? Hah. There he goes again. Taking one thing and blowing it out of proportion- he’s just putting too much on himself, right? He’s the only one that’s doing any comparisons around here.. “You know me, I tend to over think and overreact. Thank you..but I gotta be able to deal with whatever comes my way you know?”
He lightly swished his hand around in the water to let the burn feel some of the cooling. Holding still made him feel the heat more, and Yasuhiro wanted to relish in the small seconds of relief from the movement. “Yea, you definitely can..you’ve definitely changed yea? You seem...I dunno. More confident in yourself? Especially after the past year.”
“I guess i’m just worried you might take on too much on your own at some point.”
How many minutes has his hand been in the water? It felt like forever, but he knows it’s probably been barely five minutes. He clicked his tongue and frowned. “Wasn’t it someone he knew though? That’s a lot to be around..” A pause. “Just know that..you can talk to me about anything you need.” Maybe Yu wasn’t around too much of it- he really didn’t know. His brother did say that he wasn’t in any danger but...wouldn’t being in the area that was going on at get to people? Especially if it all turned out to be someone that was around you? Was he even around that guy? Probably not..but Yasuhiro tends to go to ‘what ifs’ often.
Well, people do tend to act differently in situations.
“I just don’t like the thought of anything happening to you.”
