[Obsessive. Prideful. How is every iteration of this annoying man able to push his buttons in just the right way?
Because he's horrifically right. Was right. Before his death, Akechi would have done anything to be the one to strangle the light out of Joker's eyes, to see him be rightfully bested by his rival, to settle this feud between them once and for all. The sick, twisting satisfaction he'd felt when he shot the other teen in the head had been real, knowing he'd won, that he was better, that Akechi's own pathetic life was still worth more than Ren's-
But death changes everything it touches and Akechi was no exception.
The competitiveness remains, but not so much of the bloodlust. He'd much rather pin his rival to the floor than to pin his corpse like a trophy against the wall. He still wants to fight, to bicker and brawl, to sink his teeth into the other's neck, but Ren being alive is significant to him now. It's why he'd saved him in the Engine Room, why he'd kick Joker out of the way of attacks while they tear their way through Maruki's palace. No one else is allowed to touch him like that, just him.]
Your death is my right alone. Remember that. I wonβt stand to let my greatest rival fall to a lesser enemy.
cw: thoughts of murder, possessiveness
Because he's horrifically right. Was right. Before his death, Akechi would have done anything to be the one to strangle the light out of Joker's eyes, to see him be rightfully bested by his rival, to settle this feud between them once and for all. The sick, twisting satisfaction he'd felt when he shot the other teen in the head had been real, knowing he'd won, that he was better, that Akechi's own pathetic life was still worth more than Ren's-
But death changes everything it touches and Akechi was no exception.
The competitiveness remains, but not so much of the bloodlust. He'd much rather pin his rival to the floor than to pin his corpse like a trophy against the wall. He still wants to fight, to bicker and brawl, to sink his teeth into the other's neck, but Ren being alive is significant to him now. It's why he'd saved him in the Engine Room, why he'd kick Joker out of the way of attacks while they tear their way through Maruki's palace. No one else is allowed to touch him like that, just him.]
Your death is my right alone. Remember that. I wonβt stand to let my greatest rival fall to a lesser enemy.