[He doesn't pull away, but it's clear from his remaining eye that he's struggling with his pain and hurt over this, over being betrayed. It's a delayed reaction, now that everything is over and he's had time to think about it and see how this whole thing has affected everyone else.
But he knows Akira had his own reasons for not involving him - and yet it still aches to know that the person he loves would have let him condemn an innocent person to death if he hadn't tried to find out the truth.
And that hurts the most - knowing that Akira was willing to let him have blood on his hands, even if it was for a noble cause, was willing to betray his trust so deeply just to save everyone.
He swallows hard and looks away after a moment, nodding slowly.]
...Good.
[He doesn't say anything after that - just keeps quietly looking away.
But from Ichigo, that's basically a slap in the face.]
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But he knows Akira had his own reasons for not involving him - and yet it still aches to know that the person he loves would have let him condemn an innocent person to death if he hadn't tried to find out the truth.
And that hurts the most - knowing that Akira was willing to let him have blood on his hands, even if it was for a noble cause, was willing to betray his trust so deeply just to save everyone.
He swallows hard and looks away after a moment, nodding slowly.]
...Good.
[He doesn't say anything after that - just keeps quietly looking away.
But from Ichigo, that's basically a slap in the face.]