"I don't feel like I have to live up to something I'm not yet around you," Riku said simply, shrugging a shoulder and pushing his hands into his pockets. Idly; "Is that where I look? I don't notice."

Maybe it was weird, focusing on those places. Riku made a face and shook his head, raking a hand through his hair slowly, letting some of the longer strands drop around his face. He was due for a haircut. Long since due. After a moment, he finally exhaled.

"I'm not angry. We're alike, so we do things the same way sometimes... but we're too different to do it for the same reasons. I should probably accept that, too."