[A flare of anger runs through Yosuke, hot and bright and surprisingly intense. But it dies out almost immediately, snuffed under the cold cloak of grief and regret. Whatever the hell Shika did, Yosuke is pissed at him. Furious. But if the guy were standing there right now-]
[That thought is oddly disorienting. It doesn't feel all that long ago -and yet it feels like forever- that Shika was standing there. Holding Yosuke, not that differently from how he's holding Nill right now, while his world fell apart. No matter what, Shika would always be a hero to him. So he shoves the anger down and away, and does his best to set the grief aside too.]
[The best thing he can do right now is this. When Nill finally starts to let herself cry, Yosuke sends some love her way. Not the huge bursts that he sometimes accidentally throws at her, but more like the calmness she gave to him when he needed it after the hunt. A gentle, unobtrusive feeling. Because Nill needs to be sad, she can't just bottle it up or push it away. But when she needs to come up for air, there will be something for her to grab hold of, too. So he sits there, and holds her, and lets her hold him, and he thinks love at her. It's all he knows to do.]
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[That thought is oddly disorienting. It doesn't feel all that long ago -and yet it feels like forever- that Shika was standing there. Holding Yosuke, not that differently from how he's holding Nill right now, while his world fell apart. No matter what, Shika would always be a hero to him. So he shoves the anger down and away, and does his best to set the grief aside too.]
[The best thing he can do right now is this. When Nill finally starts to let herself cry, Yosuke sends some love her way. Not the huge bursts that he sometimes accidentally throws at her, but more like the calmness she gave to him when he needed it after the hunt. A gentle, unobtrusive feeling. Because Nill needs to be sad, she can't just bottle it up or push it away. But when she needs to come up for air, there will be something for her to grab hold of, too. So he sits there, and holds her, and lets her hold him, and he thinks love at her. It's all he knows to do.]