#i'm sorry again to all my followers for the jj spam but may i introduce you to my new blorbo

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this scene had a beautiful CG but this is the line that actually gut punched me. mitsuki's whole arc is about vulnerability and trust, metaphorically shown through the way he always sets boundaries by dressing in private, displayed in the way he is taking down his own emotional walls of his own accord for this one person but is hurt through the process, and emphasized by how kisa herself is bound to her secret and cannot return that trust back to him.

it is unfair and yet he always makes the effort to go back to the status quo. "no I was in the wrong, just give me a moment to collect myself, I will maintain this relationship even if that means accepting that I can't be relied on with some things and moving past the hurt this causes me. we will steer this relationship back to safer boundaries. I will be okay. please wait for me."

their relationship is written in such a tender, intimate way too and it's just. it hurts, but it's lovely

and I'm not really on his route so I'm doing his events a bit late, so there's this extra hurt of all of this happening in my playthrough while neji gives quartz the meanest casting he's ever done and he puts a lot of responsibility on mitsuki as the al jeanne? AND it's winter, a terrible season for singers? my boy is stressed