[And when he feels that pressure of Yoshi leaning gently against him, he wraps an arm around him in return.
It's... well.
He reads the message over twice, before he finally sighs softly.]
... No. I don't feel totally well right now.
[Not even Minato can take something like this without flinching. It still hurts, and the ticking that he can hear resonating beneath his heartbeat is terrible--
Because Minato's scared. He's so, so scared of what's inside of his chest right now, and the knowledge that if something went wrong, it would be all over for him, and for anyone around him--
... But even so. He's alive. He's breathing. And this burden... is no longer Akira's. There isn't much more Minato could really ask for, terrified or not.]
But I will, eventually. You can at least count on that.
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It's... well.
He reads the message over twice, before he finally sighs softly.]
... No. I don't feel totally well right now.
[Not even Minato can take something like this without flinching. It still hurts, and the ticking that he can hear resonating beneath his heartbeat is terrible--
Because Minato's scared. He's so, so scared of what's inside of his chest right now, and the knowledge that if something went wrong, it would be all over for him, and for anyone around him--
... But even so. He's alive. He's breathing. And this burden... is no longer Akira's. There isn't much more Minato could really ask for, terrified or not.]
But I will, eventually. You can at least count on that.