There's a lot that I've been wanting to say to you, and I know that there hasn't really been a "right time" nor a "right place" for anything we need to discuss. But, I know that I might not have much time left...
If someone has to die, though, I'd rather it be me. I know I can trust you and Akira to fight on, without me. You're both strong - stronger than even you two possibly realize, right now. You're both hurting, and you've both been through so much.
You don't deserve this game... Not even a little bit of what's happening within it. I'm so sorry that I can't do more to help you, but I know you'll find your strength.
I've seen Yusuke Kitagawa rise above many things. While you are not the one I came to know as my best friend, as well as someone I [ the pen was clearly held here for a while, as the ink is very dark ] love, you are still a wonderfully flawed individual whose determination and strength knows no bounds.
You're hurting now, yes, but pain is not a measurement of weakness.
It isn't about the mistakes, Yusuke. It's about how we rise again after making them. It's about protecting what's left - even if all that's left is what we believe in.
If this is the last I'm able to say to you, then I ask that you please keep fighting, no matter what happens.
[Yusuke reads it twice because it doesn't feel entirely real the first time. By the end of the second attempt, he's tearing up again. He's no fool, he notices where the ink darkened on that one word and what came after it, and even his normal obliviousness doesn't hold in the face of a blatant admission.
How much had Goro been hurting to be around him? Far more than he'd even shown, surely. Guilt squeezes tighter around Yusuke's heart, and he quickly sets the letter aside before his tears can smudge the ink.]
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Date: 2019-08-31 01:26 am (UTC)Eventually he sighs and unfolds the letter to read it.]
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Date: 2019-08-31 02:10 am (UTC)There's a lot that I've been wanting to say to you, and I know that there hasn't really been a "right time" nor a "right place" for anything we need to discuss. But, I know that I might not have much time left...
If someone has to die, though, I'd rather it be me. I know I can trust you and Akira to fight on, without me. You're both strong - stronger than even you two possibly realize, right now. You're both hurting, and you've both been through so much.
You don't deserve this game... Not even a little bit of what's happening within it. I'm so sorry that I can't do more to help you, but I know you'll find your strength.
I've seen Yusuke Kitagawa rise above many things. While you are not the one I came to know as my best friend, as well as someone I [ the pen was clearly held here for a while, as the ink is very dark ] love, you are still a wonderfully flawed individual whose determination and strength knows no bounds.
You're hurting now, yes, but pain is not a measurement of weakness.
It isn't about the mistakes, Yusuke. It's about how we rise again after making them. It's about protecting what's left - even if all that's left is what we believe in.
If this is the last I'm able to say to you, then I ask that you please keep fighting, no matter what happens.
-Goro Akechi, Joker, Cardinal
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Date: 2019-08-31 09:52 am (UTC)How much had Goro been hurting to be around him? Far more than he'd even shown, surely. Guilt squeezes tighter around Yusuke's heart, and he quickly sets the letter aside before his tears can smudge the ink.]
... I'm so sorry, Goro....