#( kazuha is his happiness and his atonement and his desire to see a better future all personified )
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anonymous &&. said... Ren what would your reaction be if Kazuha would be kidnapped, tortured and then returned to you as a broken man?
❝ what kind of twisted question is THAT supposed to be? ❞ vitriol spills from snarling lips at the mere suggestion of kazuha being hurt. realization of his error almost immediately prods at the corners of his consciousness — for he is perceptive enough to recognize what he can only assume is an underhanded effort to PROVOKE HIM, yet far too ( shamefully ) emotional to crush down his anger. it's preposterous. it's repulsive. it's equally simplistic and tailor-made to bring him the most suffering possible — and he hates that, just as he hates how clearly he's proven its efficacy. teeth snap shut like the jaws of a beartrap. there is a growl building in his throat, even as ren tries ( and largely fails ) to smother his fury. breathe, he reminds himself. breathe, even if it's useless. breathe, if only for the sake of having something else to focus on before he acts more FOOLISH than he already has.
the bite of nails digging so harshly into his palm is strangely comforting. it hurts, but not in any capacity that would manage to actually bother him. rather, it serves more as a reminder of his physical presence in the world beyond his own head. ❝ ... what kind of answer are you EXPECTING to hear? ❞ the wanderer finally says, after an AGONIZINGLY LONG pause. in contrast to his prior outburst, his voice goes deathly cold — like ice, razor-thin and sporting a jagged edge. his calmness is an imperfect facade; his wrath condensed to serve as a blade while he goes on the offensive. ❝ he isn't weak ... and i would never allow that to happen. it's a POINTLESS scenario to even consider. ❞ it is. it is. it is. ( it isn't, but he would prefer to delude himself into believing otherwise, just this once. ) he isn't going to think about it — for to even ENTERTAIN the thought of his fiancé being tortured to the point of breaking feels like an act of the utmost disrespect. he doesn't want to give the idea even a modicum of attention; he doesn't want to risk manifesting something so wretched.
does kazuha even know to what degree the wanderer's desire for self-improvement rests upon his shoulders? that he is his happiness, his salvation, the only thing keeping him from viewing this world as completely irredeemable? does he know what ren would do should anything happen to him? perhaps it's best that he doesn't — perhaps it's best that NO ONE ever does. the human is already a glaring weakness. the atrocities he knows he would commit in retaliation are BEYOND forgiveness and rationality alike.
to call it a tragedy would be an understatement. there would be no victors in this hypothetical conflict; they would all BURN, and he would make sure of it — wearing their ashes like a grisly prize.
❝ don't ask me something that TASTELESS ever again. ❞ there is implication thick in every word; he wouldn't allow them to make that mistake for a third time.
#anonymous#momijiba#torture tw#( UHHH SUFFICE TO SAY HE WOULD BE /ANGRY/ )#( ren's attachment to kazuha genuinely does drift into territory i would consider unhealthy )#( not toxic for the relationship but rather ren just loves so deeply he cannot love someone like he does kazuha without --#resting so much of his happiness on his continued existence / safety. which is fine as things are right now but if something --#were to happen to him ren absolutely would go literal scorched earth in retribution and he's fully aware of it. )#( ''don't make me turn my character arc around'' but played 100% seriously )#( kazuha is his happiness and his atonement and his desire to see a better future all personified )#( he's in a somewhat stable place now but ren's mental health is incredibly fragile & losing kazuha would shatter that completely )
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