Knowing that sort of behavior was part of why Shuji was glad he was around now. Maybe he could help to keep Shou in line, though he doubted something like that would ever happen. Shou would continue to throw himself into the situation as he always did, but Shuji could at least hope that the other would come back in one piece. Or enough pieces that Shuji could help to put him back together.

It felt as though people on the Network were lucking out a lot more than he was, but these people had also been in the city longer than him. Maybe it would be better to leave and pretend none of this had ever happened. Something dangerous could happen. Maybe the feelings about someone important were a lure to keep him there until it was too late to leave.

Shuji flexed his fingers, trying to keep them from shaking as he reached out and grabbed up his tea again. "I don't think I should keep talking about it."

(OOC: I AM SO SORRY for how laggy/flaky I've been lately. My life got really stupid and full of drama for the last few weeks and it's finally starting to settle down. orz;; If you want to wrap up with a summary and talk that over, we can, but I'm fine with backtagging.)