[ He doesn't feel a need to tell Takao not to tell anyone about this. He knows he won't. He trusts Takao. Even after a year, Takao is still the person he knows that he can rely on and who knows the difference between when it's annoying to push his buttons and when he needs support and understanding. Even after all this time, he still hasn't found anyone who quite understands him on that level even if there are those who have made strides toward it.
In the end, he doesn't know what he would've done if Takao didn't show up when he did. He had wanted to just bury it, to never talk about Eichi again and to put up walls so losing someone wouldn't hurt as much again. He doesn't know what kind of fate this is that they've fallen into, but if there's some divine force watching out for him, it sure picked the right time.
Midorima stays largely quiet through his process. He cleans up, brushes his teeth and hair, checks his nails and retapes his fingers, then returns to do his bedtime stretches before realizing the futon is in the way of where he normally does them. So he goes into the hallway to do them, which Merlin seems to find particularly hilarious and hops up on his back while he does seated toe-touches. Which is what is occurring when Takao returns from brushing his teeth. ]
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In the end, he doesn't know what he would've done if Takao didn't show up when he did. He had wanted to just bury it, to never talk about Eichi again and to put up walls so losing someone wouldn't hurt as much again. He doesn't know what kind of fate this is that they've fallen into, but if there's some divine force watching out for him, it sure picked the right time.
Midorima stays largely quiet through his process. He cleans up, brushes his teeth and hair, checks his nails and retapes his fingers, then returns to do his bedtime stretches before realizing the futon is in the way of where he normally does them. So he goes into the hallway to do them, which Merlin seems to find particularly hilarious and hops up on his back while he does seated toe-touches. Which is what is occurring when Takao returns from brushing his teeth. ]