[It's like a weight has been lifted off his shoulders. Words that should have been said years before finally falling onto the one person who needed them the most. They might have been years too late for Zero to say them but at least here and now the one that is still struggling to get through that stubborn guilt and refusal to accept the feelings of others--of Ichiru--is getting to reap the benefits of all the work he's done. Good and bad. More importantly, before everything gets twisted and desperate for Ichiru.
Zero just wraps his arms around Ichiru, grip firm and caring to his brother.]
It was never about you. I blamed myself and wanted to punish myself. I didn't feel I deserved your feelings and stupidly didn't realize how much something like that would hurt you.