He gritted his teeth, and soldiered on, tension leaving his shoulders in an uncharacteristic expression of defeat. His voice was gruff but quiet.
"I have only my pride to blame. I wanted to be angry, wanted to find something to blame for my inability to protect you from Crocodile. I wanted to be angry at you for keeping your past a secret from me. It never occurred to me that you may have been doing so because it could be painful." He breathed in, frowning deeply. "Fujiko said that if I was unable to accept your past, then I do not deserve you. But I disagree. I have proven myself unworthy by my actions against you. Both as a friend and anything deeper that rises from that friendship."
Calgara looked back up into the darkness, frowning.
It's not that I want your forgiveness...It's that I need it.
"I do not want my own past to repeat itself. I have lived with enough regrets."
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"Your forgiveness."
He gritted his teeth, and soldiered on, tension leaving his shoulders in an uncharacteristic expression of defeat. His voice was gruff but quiet.
"I have only my pride to blame. I wanted to be angry, wanted to find something to blame for my inability to protect you from Crocodile. I wanted to be angry at you for keeping your past a secret from me. It never occurred to me that you may have been doing so because it could be painful." He breathed in, frowning deeply. "Fujiko said that if I was unable to accept your past, then I do not deserve you. But I disagree. I have proven myself unworthy by my actions against you. Both as a friend and anything deeper that rises from that friendship."
Calgara looked back up into the darkness, frowning.
It's not that I want your forgiveness...It's that I need it.
"I do not want my own past to repeat itself. I have lived with enough regrets."