[ The nervous energy Sora had been emitting - the jumpiness and whatnot. Just adds to Van's perception that Sora is afraid of him or just sticking close because he had wanted to "fix him."

Sora calming down and actually looking at him does help. There's no yelling and that gives Vanitas pause. There's a lot of things in those words that Vanitas could pick apart though. Excuses. However, the rest of it does nothing short of strike him. "Want you." Want the bond. Not wanting to give up.

Someone actually wants him but that same person is the one who hurt him. It's so confusing. And it hurts. Why do emotions have to hurt. He should be over this. Shouldn't be so easy to wound. He had been passed all of this. Over this.

This is why... This is why people are a weakness. Vanitas starts to try to pull himself back together, the energy in the room less charged. ]

If you didn't want to run and did anyway, what's to stop you from doing so again? You're better off just listening to those stupid instincts.

[ If he pushes the brat away, then he can't be hurt again. How has it come to this? How is it that Vanitas is feeling so much? But he already knows he can't completely go back. His last visit with Mira has made him realize he's allowed people to mean something to him.

Is that why this hurts so much? ]