Minato closed his eyes and focused on the warmth there where they made that intimate contact and on Souji's voice.

"Wherever you go, take me with you."

He almost, almost asked if he should leave. If Souji needed the time to himself, then Minato just had to understand that too. As intertwined their lives were and could be, Minato wondered if there were some things that he would never know, or the more he thought he understood Souji, the more he realized that maybe he never could.