[ Leaning into the touch is far easier than looking at Raidou, and Yuji shudders through the tears, trying to stem the flow, trying to calm it all down as much as he possibly can. ]

Really together, this time. I... I won't mess up again.

[ It's not a promise, exactly, because he wouldn't be able to keep that, so... ]

I'm sorry. For doing it alone, and for what happened after. For what happened with Ratio-sensei and Eresh-chan, too.