#also hey look it's the scene i drew art for a while back :] of teru screaming in agony <3 yay <3

[quirkle2]

“Oh, Shigeo, I’ll be fine! I’ve handled your other form—” Shigeo would not call that handled— “—and Reigen had never come into contact with ESPer auras himself and yet he took some of your strongest energy just fine! If a non-ESPer can do it, I’m sure—” “That was different, that was positive energy—!” “Well it’s not like all my energy is positive, hm? Everyone’s got neg—” “This amount of energy is a whole different ballpark—” “Then let’s hit a homerun, what’s the worst that could hap—” “Teru, please, the whole point of this is is to make sure I don’t hurt any of you again!” Shigeo barks. Teruki stops, and the distant thunder overtakes the silence that jams itself between them. Shigeo has his nails digging into his palms, and he forcibly eases the pressure off his skin so he doesn’t puncture it and leave crescents. Leaves rustle in the absence of their chatter, and metal creaks somewhere in the corner of the junkyard. A few seconds pass, and Shigeo gathers the courage to lift his eyes to his partner’s. And he watches in horrid quiet as the strained grin on his face drops, ever so slowly, into something that resembles realization. “… I thought the point of this was to make you feel better.”