[ Understatement. Yu would have been amazed if Yosuke had managed to catch sight of his assailant at all. He's quiet for a moment, meeting Yosuke's eye, serious as the grave. He wants to still Yosuke's tail, wrap this boy he likes so much up in his arms and just hang onto him, but--
life isn't always easy, or fair. ]
... ever since April of this year, there's been a string of serial murders and attempted murders. My friends and I ... are the only ones who can solve them. We've been investigating for months. [ Falling into the TV with Chie had been an accident. But when Yukiko had disappeared shortly after that... things had simply kept happening, one after the other, and when Chie said she felt like she could rely on him, well... somehow, he came to be the leader of all of it. ]
The murderer is the only person I can think of who'd want me out of the picture like that. But... [ He pauses, trailing off. It means the murderer knows who he is. It means the murderer was following him - who else would just happen to be out on a night like this? He'll have to tell the team. But what can be possibly say about why he was out tonight? The truth would require outing Yosuke. Yu's mouth turns down in a sour, unhappy frown. ]
... I'm sorry I never told you this sooner. When we first met, I ... thought we might have solved it. I kept feeling like it wasn't over, though. I should have trusted my instincts. [ This is said somewhat more coolly. He's starting to blame himself a little, not just for almost dying out here tonight, but-- who else will be at risk, because he was willing to this go? ]
FIGHTS U. W MY MOUTH. ON UR MOUTH
Don't blame yourself. It happened pretty fast.
[ Understatement. Yu would have been amazed if Yosuke had managed to catch sight of his assailant at all. He's quiet for a moment, meeting Yosuke's eye, serious as the grave. He wants to still Yosuke's tail, wrap this boy he likes so much up in his arms and just hang onto him, but--
life isn't always easy, or fair. ]
... ever since April of this year, there's been a string of serial murders and attempted murders. My friends and I ... are the only ones who can solve them. We've been investigating for months. [ Falling into the TV with Chie had been an accident. But when Yukiko had disappeared shortly after that... things had simply kept happening, one after the other, and when Chie said she felt like she could rely on him, well... somehow, he came to be the leader of all of it. ]
The murderer is the only person I can think of who'd want me out of the picture like that. But... [ He pauses, trailing off. It means the murderer knows who he is. It means the murderer was following him - who else would just happen to be out on a night like this? He'll have to tell the team. But what can be possibly say about why he was out tonight? The truth would require outing Yosuke. Yu's mouth turns down in a sour, unhappy frown. ]
... I'm sorry I never told you this sooner. When we first met, I ... thought we might have solved it. I kept feeling like it wasn't over, though. I should have trusted my instincts. [ This is said somewhat more coolly. He's starting to blame himself a little, not just for almost dying out here tonight, but-- who else will be at risk, because he was willing to this go? ]