[ usually "shut up" is what gets told to him after he's said something particularly close-cutting. now? perhaps it's just the truth finally getting to jonouchi. he was strong enough to rise above his circumstances, even if it took crawling hand-over-hand and using cruel, dirty tricks to outwit his adoptive father. jonouchi doesn't have the same strength. and perhaps it's not even his fault that he's been crushed into the dirt, but the world doesn't care whose fault it is; the world doesn't care about the circumstances you've been given.
kaiba frowns to himself and walks over with his food, biting the inside of his cheek when he stops beside jonouchi's chair. it's some kind of self-flagellation for what he does next — picking up jonouchi's plate and replacing it with his own, knife and fork deposited beside it. he unsinks his teeth to speak, just to be sure he doesn't think he's taken that command seriously. ]
Take it.
[ it's all his food, anyway. he returns to the microwave, claiming jonouchi's plate for himself. ]
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kaiba frowns to himself and walks over with his food, biting the inside of his cheek when he stops beside jonouchi's chair. it's some kind of self-flagellation for what he does next — picking up jonouchi's plate and replacing it with his own, knife and fork deposited beside it. he unsinks his teeth to speak, just to be sure he doesn't think he's taken that command seriously. ]
Take it.
[ it's all his food, anyway. he returns to the microwave, claiming jonouchi's plate for himself. ]