We are still friends. Better than we were before, in fact!
[Hakkai's much easier to talk to when she has the option of tuning out the last disaster or terrible life choice. As a shinki, she'd felt obligated to protect him from himself as she felt a shinki should protect her god. He hadn't wanted her protection and she hadn't wanted his protection either so the smartest thing to do had been to remove herself from the situation entirely and leave him to others better suited to handling him in regular, close proximity than she.
Sometimes she feels a little wistful or misses the calmer, more domestic aspects of living with him but she doesn't miss the constant stress, anxiety, and tension. Ayumu doesn't regret leaving him; if she hadn't, she wouldn't have been assigned to Sanzang who's much easier for to live and work with for whatever unknown reason.]
And I think it's easier to not to take someone for granted when circumstances make it so you have to reach out to spend time with them.
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[Hakkai's much easier to talk to when she has the option of tuning out the last disaster or terrible life choice. As a shinki, she'd felt obligated to protect him from himself as she felt a shinki should protect her god. He hadn't wanted her protection and she hadn't wanted his protection either so the smartest thing to do had been to remove herself from the situation entirely and leave him to others better suited to handling him in regular, close proximity than she.
Sometimes she feels a little wistful or misses the calmer, more domestic aspects of living with him but she doesn't miss the constant stress, anxiety, and tension. Ayumu doesn't regret leaving him; if she hadn't, she wouldn't have been assigned to Sanzang who's much easier for to live and work with for whatever unknown reason.]
And I think it's easier to not to take someone for granted when circumstances make it so you have to reach out to spend time with them.