I know... I-I know, Reddy, but that's not how things work, if you had just gotten someone who actually had the authority first it would have been fine! But you always... You always just run in on your own!
[He could have just disappeared, all those years ago. What if Red had never come back out of Silph? That possibility haunts Blue to this day. He never stopped to think about his own safety. He never stopped to think about who he'd leave behind. They were a team, but he never seemed to think of how his actions affected Blue.]
--You’re so selfish! [Blue shouts with his face flushed red with raw emotion, yanking his hand away, although the regret hits his face instantly. Stammering, eyes wide, he freezes up for a moment before making a weak attempt to reach for Red's hand again.] —I. Wait, I didn’t mean...
[But he did, didn’t he? Hasn’t that been what he’s feared all this time? That he’ll be caught in the crossfire of Red’s impulsive decisions, yet again. That for whatever uncertainty was sown deep within Blue's bones, they were supposed to be together for the rest of their lives, a team, a couple, and yet Red was still impulsively acting on his own with no regard for where that would leave him. Was that selfish of him, to resent?]
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[He could have just disappeared, all those years ago. What if Red had never come back out of Silph? That possibility haunts Blue to this day. He never stopped to think about his own safety. He never stopped to think about who he'd leave behind. They were a team, but he never seemed to think of how his actions affected Blue.]
--You’re so selfish! [Blue shouts with his face flushed red with raw emotion, yanking his hand away, although the regret hits his face instantly. Stammering, eyes wide, he freezes up for a moment before making a weak attempt to reach for Red's hand again.] —I. Wait, I didn’t mean...
[But he did, didn’t he? Hasn’t that been what he’s feared all this time? That he’ll be caught in the crossfire of Red’s impulsive decisions, yet again. That for whatever uncertainty was sown deep within Blue's bones, they were supposed to be together for the rest of their lives, a team, a couple, and yet Red was still impulsively acting on his own with no regard for where that would leave him. Was that selfish of him, to resent?]