Okay, if G.'s anger wasn't so completely justifiable, Gokudera wouldn't have been able to resist the urge to knock him down flat for the unwarranted shove. He did not like to be physically jostled in that way. But he was willing to suppress his own rising temperament to clear the matter up.
"I know perfectly well how the goddamn rings work," he responded, straightening his robe, "and, you're right, the Tenth knew it too when he made that decision." He paused momentarily to allow the redhead enough time to process that information before he continued. "Don't think I'd agreed to it," he said with a visible edge to his tone, "It was a stupid and unnecessary move, but I couldn't stop him." Running an aggravated hand through his hair, he took a deep breath, "Some crap about 'keeping the peace' and 'avoiding conflict'. It was supposed to be a 'sound decision' and his orders were clear. I'd have tried to change his mind if I knew how fucked up everything ended up turning out to be. But who can honestly stop him when his mind is made up?"
He could feel the anger begin to creep up the more he spoke of the Boss. Ever since that discussion with Hibari, his thoughts and emotions were filled with a turmoil of rage and internal conflict. It was definitely a touchy subject and it seemed their conversation was swerving in that direction dangerously fast, so he did what he could only do at this point. He changed the subject to a less rocky one. "We have our younger selves working on mending the situation now though. There's still some semblance of hope left." Even if he wasn't even sure if they could actually accomplish beating Byakuran. Faith wasn't something he had a lot of these days, but he was counting on them nonetheless.
This is seriously so overdue. Sorry. orz
Okay, if G.'s anger wasn't so completely justifiable, Gokudera wouldn't have been able to resist the urge to knock him down flat for the unwarranted shove. He did not like to be physically jostled in that way. But he was willing to suppress his own rising temperament to clear the matter up.
"I know perfectly well how the goddamn rings work," he responded, straightening his robe, "and, you're right, the Tenth knew it too when he made that decision." He paused momentarily to allow the redhead enough time to process that information before he continued. "Don't think I'd agreed to it," he said with a visible edge to his tone, "It was a stupid and unnecessary move, but I couldn't stop him." Running an aggravated hand through his hair, he took a deep breath, "Some crap about 'keeping the peace' and 'avoiding conflict'. It was supposed to be a 'sound decision' and his orders were clear. I'd have tried to change his mind if I knew how fucked up everything ended up turning out to be. But who can honestly stop him when his mind is made up?"
He could feel the anger begin to creep up the more he spoke of the Boss. Ever since that discussion with Hibari, his thoughts and emotions were filled with a turmoil of rage and internal conflict. It was definitely a touchy subject and it seemed their conversation was swerving in that direction dangerously fast, so he did what he could only do at this point. He changed the subject to a less rocky one. "We have our younger selves working on mending the situation now though. There's still some semblance of hope left." Even if he wasn't even sure if they could actually accomplish beating Byakuran. Faith wasn't something he had a lot of these days, but he was counting on them nonetheless.