i was rewatching clips of them from mk1’s story mode (regular saturday night activities) and i thought of something when i got to this scene in particular.
johnny’s returning sento to kenshi, who refuses at first, but then johnny insists and says, “you saved my life. it’s yours.”
i know he’s talking about sento specifically, but he’s looking at kenshi so intently when he says this. he’s looking because he doesn’t have to hide his quiet longing for kenshi, who can’t see it at this moment— which has me thinking that maybe when johnny says “it’s yours” he’s also unintentionally talking about his own life. that deep down, johnny believes that the sword and his own life both belong to kenshi.
which makes me want to launch myself off the nearest mountain range. just a bit. i’m probably reading into it and the phrasing could be read just the regular way when u add context, but i can’t see it any other way anymore….
if you watch the clip you can see johnny’s gaze softens slightly right after he says it and like. like i know i’m quite literally grasping at straws rn but nrs when i catch you nrs. When i fucking catch you nrs
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