Response to Buried too Deep - Mamoru
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"I get it, you want to be alone, or something stupid like that, but a lobotomy? Why are you closing me- ...why are you closing us out? No, I take it back. Why do you keep closing me out? I care about you, alright? I'm here. Talk to me!"
'No no no no no no no!' Keisuke yelled inside his head as Mamoru spoke. 'Just let me do this and everything will be alright! No one will ever care about me ever again!'
But outwardly Keisuke was cool as stone. He stood slowly, not bothering to look Mamoru in the eye. If he did his resolve might break. And he couldn't have any of that. He put his hands in his pockets and tried to calm himself down. He'd been planning this procedure ever since he pushed Mamoru away. Ever since...
"Keisuke!" Mamoru yelled once more, pulling Keisuke out of his calm and sending him into a cool rage.
"Does it look like I care about any of that?" He seethed. "But you want to talk? So let's talk." 'I'm sorry Mamoru.' "Let's talk about how we haven't spoken in three years, where were you when I lost Asuma? Huh? Or Shikaku? You spout on about how you're here for me, but where have you been?" Keisuke paused to let out a chilling laugh. "But I got through those deaths just fine. Has it ever occurred to you that I don't need you? That everything I've gone through has only made me stronger? I don't need someone to hold my hand, I don't need anyone to tell me everything's going to be okay, claiming that I do will only piss me off more.
"You know why I live alone? Because my parents pulled this same shit when they figured out I was training under Ibiki. I turned my own parents away, Mamoru. What makes you think you're special? That with one little word from you I'll see the "error of my ways" and come running back? You should know by now that you're nothing to me anymore. I'm not going to dote on you" He started walking towards Mamoru with a cold smile plastered on his face. "Besides, Moru-chan," He stopped right in front of his childhood friend and leaned down to whisper in his ear, "what makes you think I'd want any help from the person who killed Kaoru?"
As Mamoru's eyes widened with shock Keisuke's lips twitched in a smirk. He patted Mamoru on the shoulder and walked straight for the door. All the while cursing the words he'd just spoke. If Mamoru was going to leave him alone, he'd have to be harsher than he'd ever been before. But he knew it was for the better. He wasn't the type of person anyone should be troubled with caring about. Not ever.
