𝚊𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚖, 𝚒𝚗-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚋𝚘𝚡.

[coherer]

sadwhore04:

if a demon possessed me i'd just b like ok take it from here good luck man

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[coherer]

It's exactly how it sounds.

Family supports family, friends support friends. Through good shit, bad shit, with whatever they need whenever they need it. And right now he needs consistency and presence. Especially yours, even if I don't understand it and probably never will.

So we're gonna tolerate each other eventually, you and me. bc ik that'd make things easier on him.

[anbu]

[While it isn't the first time the comparison has come into his head, it's the first time it feels very strong, and he wonders what it is that draws people like Jonas and Naruto to his brother. Whatever the reason, it's an influence that should be maintained and nurtured. He recognizes that.]

So you believe tolerating my presence will benefit Sasuke. Tolerating what I have done, and the pain it has caused him.

Can you?

[coherer]

I can't even believe I'm talking to you right now, but Geardagas is the last stop for me and it's forcing me to do things I never would've done back home. It's like I'm in juvie all over again, just instead of thieves, junkies, and kids in for assault with a deadly weapon, I'm swapping cigarettes with a bunch of assassins.

So yeah. Maybe I can handle it, maybe I can't. Guess we'll see.

All this is no less fucked and it won't ever be right.

[anbu]

[There's a lot to unpack here. He reads the message a few times through, trying to decide where to latch his attention first.]

You've died, in your world?

[coherer]

(well, denial's never really gotten him anywhere. how else could he interpret it?)

Yeah, I think so.

[anbu]

... You don't know?

[coherer]

It's complicated. I feel like I did, it was painful and I saw what happened to my friends.

I don't want this to be what you take away from this string of texts.

[anbu]

I died as well. Sasuke killed me, because I wanted him to. [That simple statement doesn't do justice to years of manipulation and lies, but it's still true.] Perhaps he's also told you that.

What do you want me to take away, then? It doesn't sound as if you're ready to discuss a compromise. For the time being, I'd recommend avoiding one another in person. I would respect that distance.

[coherer]

You what??????? why would you do that?????? what the fuck

[anbu]

[So that's a... no...]

It's complicated.

[coherer]

(he feels like he's going to throw up, jaw aching, shoving himself up out of bed and away from the space he's learned this news in.)

You need serious help, and I'm not it.

Stop texting me.

[anbu]

[He can't blame Jonas for this reaction, even if it is... disappointing, and the meaning behind 'get help' is lost on someone whose world has no therapists.

Itachi doesn't really need that context. The final line is clear and to the point. In lieu of a reply, he goes to process why he feels disappointed at all. TBC.]