[ why are you so upset? great. keith doesn't like having his feelings brushed aside like that on a good day, but it's especially intolerable coming from shiro. you always do this. that's another nerve skewered. if you put in the tiniest bit of effort into it.

if keith were processing anything rationally, this would have all been irritating yes, but nothing outside of his tolerance level. in the moment however, it comes across a whole lot like the only person allowed to feel sorry for themselves is shiro and keith erupts out his seat, very nearly knocking it backwards. ]

And what about you, huh? What's keeping you from going back to your old ways if you miss 'em so much? Nobody cares about a bit of scarring, you know. Nobody whose opinion matters anyway.

[ he takes an uneven step away from the table, forcing himself to take a deep breath. ]

I'm going home.