[Majima can't hear it, but Zhao laughs at the first sentence. It's fair. He deserves it. And it's genuinely amusing. He thinks he can imagine perfectly how Majima would say the line out loud to his face. Imagine the look he would receive at the time. He smiles.]
I don't know. Do I? You seem to be smitten, so maybe I do. Maybe you shouldn't tell me though because I might use it to my advantage, Majima-kun~.
[But the conversation here is a serious one. So it doesn't last.]
I see.
[There's a long pause between that response and what comes next from Zhao. Just enough to wonder if that was all Zhao was going to say. And yet before Majima can maybe make up his mind whether to reply before anything else comes from Zhao or not, the Chinese gangster sends another message.]
Don't ever let anyone tell you that you were wrong for what you did, Majima-kun. There's nothing more sacred than the bond of brothers. I wanted-
I wanted a brother like you. I thought I had one. I did everything I could for him. I defied not just my clan's leader but my father for him. It's the only time-
Look, as a leader of a gang myself, I see both sides of that equation. And I understand what happened. But damn if I don't want to punch someone for punishing you for doing what you thought was right. What was right. Some rules are meant to be broken to save what you cherish most. And some people are dumbasses for not seeing or caring about that when it comes to other people.
Besides, if that led directly to what I think it did- [to what he saw in that dream.] -then that asshole went way beyond what was deserved for your defiance. Screw him. I ever get my hands on him... he won't know what hit him before he's gotta explain what he did to his Maker.
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I don't know. Do I? You seem to be smitten, so maybe I do. Maybe you shouldn't tell me though because I might use it to my advantage, Majima-kun~.
[But the conversation here is a serious one. So it doesn't last.]
I see.
[There's a long pause between that response and what comes next from Zhao. Just enough to wonder if that was all Zhao was going to say. And yet before Majima can maybe make up his mind whether to reply before anything else comes from Zhao or not, the Chinese gangster sends another message.]
Don't ever let anyone tell you that you were wrong for what you did, Majima-kun. There's nothing more sacred than the bond of brothers. I wanted-
I wanted a brother like you. I thought I had one. I did everything I could for him. I defied not just my clan's leader but my father for him. It's the only time-
Look, as a leader of a gang myself, I see both sides of that equation. And I understand what happened. But damn if I don't want to punch someone for punishing you for doing what you thought was right. What was right. Some rules are meant to be broken to save what you cherish most. And some people are dumbasses for not seeing or caring about that when it comes to other people.
Besides, if that led directly to what I think it did- [to what he saw in that dream.] -then that asshole went way beyond what was deserved for your defiance. Screw him. I ever get my hands on him... he won't know what hit him before he's gotta explain what he did to his Maker.