[ . . . . . he stops when his wrist is grabbed but - it's hard for him to parse. he sifts through white's feelings at that and there's just a feeling of guilt. he knows that he failed him as a best friend, and he knows that he took a lot on himself even when he knows how badly people would've wanted to support him. instead he let white continue all day not knowing anything.

mineo really is the worst.]

.... you don't have to be. [softly, sadly] You can be on anyone else's side, and I get it. My side is.... it's so messy, I don't even know up from down.

[he knows just how wild and chaotic it is, to follow after someone like him.]

I wouldn't be on the side of someone who struggles so much to tell me things, or who fucks up like this.