"It's complicated. Kaiba...didn't look right. He looked sick, and...not himself. I offered him my wrist to drink from, and then he...became himself. He got better."
Yeah, he noticed the arms crossing; he noticed the way Mokuba was firmly not believing him. But something didn't seem right about all of this. Something seemed wrong, and he didn't want Kaiba being--
"Something seemed off about him when he came in. Even when he'd lost his control before, he never...you know. He always held himself back. But after he drank from me, he emphasized just how much he didn't want to hurt me."
Was he saying too much? Possibly. But pride be damned--
"We were very close, and yeah, it might have looked bad, but..."
He paused.
"I trust him. I know he wouldn't do anything to hurt me. Because if he truly wanted to do that...I'd be dead right now."
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"It's complicated. Kaiba...didn't look right. He looked sick, and...not himself. I offered him my wrist to drink from, and then he...became himself. He got better."
Yeah, he noticed the arms crossing; he noticed the way Mokuba was firmly not believing him. But something didn't seem right about all of this. Something seemed wrong, and he didn't want Kaiba being--
"Something seemed off about him when he came in. Even when he'd lost his control before, he never...you know. He always held himself back. But after he drank from me, he emphasized just how much he didn't want to hurt me."
Was he saying too much? Possibly. But pride be damned--
"We were very close, and yeah, it might have looked bad, but..."
He paused.
"I trust him. I know he wouldn't do anything to hurt me. Because if he truly wanted to do that...I'd be dead right now."