Viral gave Yumi a suspicious look before he looked away, not exactly too thrilled with the fact that she was obviously very angry still. It wasn’t his fault, it’s not like they had encountered water yet that he could wash himself in nevermind his clothes. Not feeling like he should continue to press on with it, he continued to walk on with her without much of a second thought. He was fine with staying home if it meant looking after Yumi, that was the most he could do when he could barely fight or walk by himself anyway. Distracting himself a little, he was caught off-guard when she suddenly kicked a log, practically decimating it in the process. She might as well had given him a heart attack instead of doing that, it was probably less harmful and would do less damage. Looking back to her, he frowned a little before looking away, letting out a sigh, “You know, if you don’t want to go back to the home…then don’t”, he spoke, shaking his head, “Just because Takeshi told you to go home doesn’t mean you have to, you’re your own person so why not be just that and go and do what you want? It’s not like I can’t look after myself”.

Shu didn’t really know whether he should be talking about it, all it did was spark up some bad memories that he’d rather forget. He was able to do something to forget and that was to think of normal things and have activities with his friends and brother so that was good enough for him, his mind coming up with all sorts of distractions instead. When Takeshi suddenly came to a stop, Shu tilted his head slightly, staring at him curiously before he was brought in for an unexpected hug. He didn’t think talking about that stuff would result in a hug, it was a rather curious thing. Looking up to Takeshi, he frowned a little at first before nodding, his frown turning into a little smile, “I will, I don’t want to have them anymore”, he nodded, wondering just how that is done exactly, “I don’t know how you help something that’s in someone’s head, though”.

Once Takeshi let go of him he lowered his head a little only to bounce on his feet once Takeshi removed his hand from his hair, “Okay! I wonder what we’re going to find…I’ve only seen forests!” He did wonder whether his brother would be accepted into the city if he was to ever visit there again, it would be nice to see them and let the Prince see them again when he was better. He did wonder whether the Prince had any friends for one, the guy was awfully dead set on having them stick around for as long as possible. Shu didn’t think other Princes acted like that, but then again it might had just been what normal ones were like. As he continued on his way with Takeshi, he looked around as if trying to find clues before they had even got there, kind of like how they had just found the Prince in the forest, “What are we looking for, anyway? Are we just going to ask…? How do we do this ‘investigation’ stuff? I don’t know how to, you see…what happened if we found who it was straight away? What do we do then…?”