Tenka has been on an emotional roller coaster ever since Sousei told him that there were Fuuma twins. In the course of a day, he'd gone from laughing and lecturing children to bantering with his partner to actually confronting Shirasu in terms of all the pain and suffering he'd had to go through. There's nothing about Tenka that's stable in this moment.
He would often laugh when he wanted to cry but when faced with the first tragedy of his life, the one that stole not only his parents but also his mobility, his squad, and his dreams from him, he can't laugh. There's nothing funny and even though they're fine now, there is still too much sadness. He can feel himself slowly crumbling underneath all of it, the tears prickling at his eyes even as he tries to be there for Sousei.
Yet when he feels Sousei return the hug, hesitant and slow as he is, it's the last of Tenka's own tenuous hold on his calm.
His forehead rests on Sousei's shoulder again, just as it had when he first came in, and his fingers curl that much tighter around his clothes. The hug becomes Tenka clinging onto the one person in this world that understands his pain and came back to him after a decade of separation. Taiko and Koyuki aren't here anymore, they can't support him or tell him when he's right or wrong or hold him when he's upset. Sousei can.
So his shoulders shake even as he clings tighter onto his partner, tears escaping his eyes silently. There's nothing shameful about crying, he'd said for so long, but after years of laughing even when he felt his heart about to break, he's out of practice.
This is what has become of your boys, Mom and Dad.]
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Tenka has been on an emotional roller coaster ever since Sousei told him that there were Fuuma twins. In the course of a day, he'd gone from laughing and lecturing children to bantering with his partner to actually confronting Shirasu in terms of all the pain and suffering he'd had to go through. There's nothing about Tenka that's stable in this moment.
He would often laugh when he wanted to cry but when faced with the first tragedy of his life, the one that stole not only his parents but also his mobility, his squad, and his dreams from him, he can't laugh. There's nothing funny and even though they're fine now, there is still too much sadness. He can feel himself slowly crumbling underneath all of it, the tears prickling at his eyes even as he tries to be there for Sousei.
Yet when he feels Sousei return the hug, hesitant and slow as he is, it's the last of Tenka's own tenuous hold on his calm.
His forehead rests on Sousei's shoulder again, just as it had when he first came in, and his fingers curl that much tighter around his clothes. The hug becomes Tenka clinging onto the one person in this world that understands his pain and came back to him after a decade of separation. Taiko and Koyuki aren't here anymore, they can't support him or tell him when he's right or wrong or hold him when he's upset. Sousei can.
So his shoulders shake even as he clings tighter onto his partner, tears escaping his eyes silently. There's nothing shameful about crying, he'd said for so long, but after years of laughing even when he felt his heart about to break, he's out of practice.
This is what has become of your boys, Mom and Dad.]