(he was expecting the tears earlier, when they first saw each other. perhaps a little after, when scott started cursing at him. he thought that what would weigh those tears down scott's face was anger, grief - not relief. when he first hears that choking noise, the next words mikey imagines to come are
you didn't deserve any of it.
he'd be the first to say that he doesn't. there's a lot he doesn't think he deserves. from his brother tearing the fabric of time so he would breathe again, to takemitchy and all their loved ones raging war against manjiro's stupidity. he's not worth that much. he didn't deserve a second chance, either, and his new timeline was... not without blood and tears, despair, and fuckton of elbow grease, he worked so hard, and it paid off, but considering what he has done, the way he went about it here, at home, anywhere, the last thing he expects is someone to be happy for him right now.
not when he fucked up so bad. hindsight is a bitch, and manjiro has had way too many years to cultivate it.
his hands have never been soft, but the way he reaches to wipe a tear away from scott's face might make up for the roughness in gentleness.)
... Yeah. We're okay. Takemitchy is okay, too. Never left my side, like you said.
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you didn't deserve any of it.
he'd be the first to say that he doesn't. there's a lot he doesn't think he deserves. from his brother tearing the fabric of time so he would breathe again, to takemitchy and all their loved ones raging war against manjiro's stupidity. he's not worth that much. he didn't deserve a second chance, either, and his new timeline was... not without blood and tears, despair, and fuckton of elbow grease, he worked so hard, and it paid off, but considering what he has done, the way he went about it here, at home, anywhere, the last thing he expects is someone to be happy for him right now.
not when he fucked up so bad. hindsight is a bitch, and manjiro has had way too many years to cultivate it.
his hands have never been soft, but the way he reaches to wipe a tear away from scott's face might make up for the roughness in gentleness.)
... Yeah. We're okay. Takemitchy is okay, too. Never left my side, like you said.