*Shouichi went rigid as the arms wrapped around him, but he didn't really struggle either when he heard that sigh*

It... Byakuran-san, it isn't that. I just... I don't despise you. If I despised you, I wouldn't think of you as my best friend, would I? Or be living here with you.

*The dream was still fresh in his mind and even if you ignored the weird thing in the middle, the feeling of being up there on stage with Byakuran, just both loving what they were doing and doing it together was something he really missed...*

Byakuran-san, listen. Even.... Even if we don't agree on something, I won't ever despise the co-creator of Choice.

*I just wish that I could believe you were still that person underneath it all...*