Just because it's my problem doesn't mean I want you to suffer for it. Tch.

[ Honestly, how can Arden not see that? He came to him for advice, for any sort of insight the other might have to these marks and what they could mean because they both share a similar darkness, something that no one else here can understand in the way that he can.

Riku comes to shake his head, frustrated, fingers of his other hand twisting in the bed sheets he sits upon. ]

I did this to myself. I don't want you to suffer like I am.

[ He doesn't want anyone to... not anymore. ]