（ the physicality is the important thing. sasuke joins him on the bed, and he — makes space, because it's easy to make space, because sasuke fits against him the way water hugs a shoreline. he lets his hand skim across his side, up over his shoulder. ）

I'm not angry. This isn't going to be a larger issue, and you haven't done anything that has changed my mind about you. We're a team. We'll work this out.

（ that's the first, important thing. ）

Do you understand why I'm hurt?

（ not angry, not annoyed, not disappointed. hurt. because it is an offering of vulnerability, something ripped open and bled raw — and because he knows that will make sasuke pay more attention to the root of the issue than he would if he simply felt chastised. ）