Up against the ever immovable wall that was Koujurou, Date couldn't find any other words within him to speak out. He was lost, totally and utterly lost - confused and hurt and just so entirely lost. This was far worse than what happened with Takenaka Hanbei, because he wasn't here any more and because Koujurou was leaving him, leaving him and leaving his side and--

All he could muster up was a single, final word, voice on the verge of cracking as he looked at the other man with his one eye and managed it out. "Don't."

Don't leave me.