[ Vash lets him have the bundle without protest, remaining where he's settled, looking up at Nai.
His brow furrows at the question, but he answers without hesitation: ] Because I love you.
[ There's no softness in it, no cajoling comfort. What comes through instead is exasperation and anger again, that fraying temper that he's trying so desperately to replace with the patience that Rem would have wanted.
That he loves his brother is something that remains true whether Vash wants it to be or not, in that moment. It will remain as steady and unbroken as the resonant song, woven into him long before he had the words for it. He can love his brother, and be terrified for him, and find him infuriating all at the same time.
Vash takes a breath. ] Are you going to tell me what happened between you two?
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His brow furrows at the question, but he answers without hesitation: ] Because I love you.
[ There's no softness in it, no cajoling comfort. What comes through instead is exasperation and anger again, that fraying temper that he's trying so desperately to replace with the patience that Rem would have wanted.
That he loves his brother is something that remains true whether Vash wants it to be or not, in that moment. It will remain as steady and unbroken as the resonant song, woven into him long before he had the words for it. He can love his brother, and be terrified for him, and find him infuriating all at the same time.
Vash takes a breath. ] Are you going to tell me what happened between you two?