He followed, but he spoke on the way, frowning at the back of Mingyu’s head.

“You need to stop talking about it like a separate entity. There’s no darkness in you, just like there’s no light in me, not really. We’re just people who make decisions based on the circumstances we’re presented with. Humans do shitty things. I do too. Don’t make me out to be some paragon, I’ll only disappoint you.”

He waited while Mingyu opened the door, still watching his back.

“Our past decisions don’t determine our future ones, you know. Not if we don’t want them to.”