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[He doesn't argue with or try to fill the silence. At the moment he welcomed it more than anything, since it gave them both a chance to think. He knew Akito needed it, despite how part of him wasn't all that happy with inevitably thinking about all those horrible things; living it once was enough.
When Akito does finally speak, he's not sure what to say. He runs through the words over and over in his mind with the only coherent thought being 'I haven't been called Onii-chan in a while and I hadn't realized until now that I missed it', but that wasn't very helpful. He sighs, a bit annoyed with himself over not having anything worthy at a time like this.]