[Ryou lets the Ring-Spirit take full control of their body again, nesting in his partner's heart like the intruder that he is...but selfishly, he's glad to be here. When everything hurts...when you know you're hopeless...it's good to have someone at your side.]

Maybe...it would be better, if you destroyed everything.

[It's a whisper that nearly dies on their tongue, but Ryou forces it out anyway.]

When we go home, if we ever do...I can't have the same things here. I'll go back, and be no one's best friend.

[Ryou hadn't been upset about that before, but he finds himself feeling particularly hurt about it now, about knowing that his friends didn't want to know his hopes and dreams, like he had listened to theirs. Knowing that his father only reached out now that there wasn't a cursed artifact creating distance between them, but that it would never be the same.

And worst of all, he'd leave part of his heart here, because even if they fought, even if it was over...Atem mattered to him so much that Ryou was sure his heart wouldn't be able to handle such a separation.]

I'm tired, Spirit. I'm tired of...everything.