All those years I spent with Madarame, only to learn the Sensei I had loved was not that man at all, and he had lied to me so extensively. With you, I should have known better, but I... wondered if the same would happen again. I panicked.

[trust issues are the worst. he sighs deeply, shifting, bumping shoulders with Akira ever so slightly]

I know better now. And I believe in you, no matter what.