Doppo. Please don't look away like you're ashamed of speaking to me.

[why is he ashamed? why does he want to hide, in private, when Jakurai is here to listen?]

You don't have to be sorry for saying what you want. Not to me. Not to Hifumi. Tell us everything, in as many words as you want.

[rant, if he needed to. scream and cry, if he needed to. to make him breathe easier, to work through whatever rollercoaster of emotions they're on right now, from stress to kissing to the truth that burns so bright at his core.]

Let me listen. I care for it all.