Event Story – Heroes with Dirty Faces, ch.15

[kozvme]

 

Jet: ......

Jay: So you hadn't thought about that... I knew it, you're much more terrible at planning than I expected.

Jet: ... Oh, shut up. If you plan on lecturing me, then I'm outta here.

Jay: Ahahah. Sorry, my bad. That wasn't my intention.

Jet: For him... For Gray, his past as "Jet" ain't good.
A dark past...? Nah, it's more like a stigma.
So we don't really need to tell him about this if you've already taken care of it.

Jay: A stigma...

Jet: He won't handle it... That's why I'm here in the first place.

Jay: ......
... And you're fine with that?

Jet: Huh?

Jay: Are you okay with that, Jet?
"Jet" is the name Gray originally used in-game... In other words, the way Gray identified himself, not you.
I feel like shouldering it all by yourself while keeping it a secret from Gray is wrong.

Jet: Wrong, you say?

Jay: No... It's more like, that's what I believe.
Heroes are humans, too. Thus, not entirely upright and cleanhanded.

Jet: ... What are you tryna say?
You're not gonna preach about how trusting too much in your ability is wrong or losing what's significant to you, are you?
Just so you know, there's no way someone like you would be able to understand me or Gray.
... Take that arm of yours. If I had to say, it's like an order of merit, right? Don't lump me with that crap. 



Jay: My arm is not the only thing I've lost.

Jet: ......?

Jay: The trust, the love my family had for me... I've lost my family itself.
I've betrayed their expectations many times, hurt them beyond repair...
I am firmly convinced that I did terrible things to my ex-wife and son.
I chose this for myself. I made up my mind to shoulder it all, but... in the end, there's still a lot I regret.
So let me tell you this one more time, Jet... stop shouldering everything by yourself.

Jet: Wh-...

Jay: It's not too late.

Jet: Kh, that'sー



???: (Jet.)

Jet: ...?

Gray: (Can you hear me, Jet...?)

Jet: Wh...

Jay: What's wrong?

Jet: ... I can hear Gray's voice.

Jay: What?

Jet: H... How come you're able to talk to me...
You're supposed to be asleep when I come outー

Gray: (You protected me, huh...)

Jet: !!

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