Yukine frowns over that last remark. “I don’t know what you mean by that. … Except that you’d be surprised by how much it means to me, at least. I can relate better than you think.”

Scraping up the last of the curry he swallows it down, then goes for the chocolate milk. While he’s busy with that he doesn’t have to look up as he speaks. “If anything, I didn’t think you new guys were taking the shinki bond that seriously. For your god to not let you go--” He then looks up at Shizuo, and he can only hope that his tone conveys the weight of the unidentified mix of feelings sitting in the back of his mind. “That’s a lot on you.”