[In the beginning, Mal sometimes crossed his thoughts when he was kissing Alina. When they lay together in bed basking in the afterglow, he might realize that he was stealing Mal's life, having what wasn't supposed to be his.
He chased the thought away so many times it eventually stopped coming back.
So he has no good answer for Konoha now. Because he was happy. Because he was tired of being lonely, and he couldn't go back now that he knew what it was like to be chosen by her.]
I didn't want to give her a reason to turn back. It all felt so fragile, I didn't want to break it.
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He chased the thought away so many times it eventually stopped coming back.
So he has no good answer for Konoha now. Because he was happy. Because he was tired of being lonely, and he couldn't go back now that he knew what it was like to be chosen by her.]
I didn't want to give her a reason to turn back. It all felt so fragile, I didn't want to break it.
I'm an incurable fool, I know.