The dark half of Yukio curls up next to his brother, hating that Rin is here and hating that he's so painfully glad to have his brother with him and hating that Rin is worried about him.

"You don't have to be here," he mutters, through incessant tears. "It's... Don't waste your time, nii-san."

It is a waste of time. He knows how this is going to end. The light half of Yukio is going to be the only thing left at the end, which means that this part has to die.

But his tail still wraps around his brother, gentle but firm in an attempt to selfishly get Rin to stay.

(Meanwhile, the light half of Yukio is in a restaurant eating lunch right now. Nosh is going to have to keep searching for a while longer.)