#we'll see when i finish it VEAIV

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“I’ve… known something is wrong. I’ve known for a long time,” Serizawa utters, and Shigeo feels something in him shriveling and expects that question to come back around again, but then he continues, “So I’m not going to ask you if you’re okay, because I know. I’ve known. And I’m…” Shigeo thinks he knows what’s about to occur, and he gently takes a step forward. The cool air of the aquarium gives him more goosebumps, makes him shiver, and he stifles it. “Serizawa, you don’t have to—” “No, I—I want to. I’ve… made the mistake of sitting back and watching before,” he mumbles out, and Shigeo thinks of red hair and green jackets and floating towers again. He thinks of orange hantens and curly, bushy cuts, of shaking words against sparkling air, of spit flying and denial running rampant. Of hunched shoulders and apologies after hits, of umbrellas dropping to the floor and guilt spilling from mouths. A family walks past them, and he barely pays them any mind. Shigeo watches the blue glow ripple along Serizawa’s face, and sees the same guilt there in his gaze. “I’m… not going to make that mistake again.”