[It was, of course, just like his father to try and shoulder such a burden on his own. Just as he'd tried to protect what happiness he, Ai, and their mother had.]
But uncle might come around eventually, right?
[He wanted to be optimistic, if only in the hope that it would make Father feel better, but he knows that it wouldn't terribly matter once he had devoured Ichiru's life. They would make peace with one another then, even if his uncle didn't know it.]
I doubt me being here would be very helpful of that...
[He laughs a bit, just thinking of how it might be if Ichiru met him now. He was everything his uncle had hated: a vampire... more importantly he also was his father's son. They were practically mirror images of each other, though he knew he was incredibly similar to his Uncle in looks as well.]