[ It is entirely not fair to have the tables turned, you know. But that answer gets a surprised sort of look from Allen, before he laughs weakly at it. ]

I don't know... [ A rare honest answer. His kneejerk would be to say because of Shouto, being concerned at how his death had impacted him and that even if he didn't complain, he shouldn't leave him alone. But... ] Both of us, I think. It can be hard to tell with him sometimes, with how much he keeps to himself and doesn't express things very strongly most of the time, but... he was starting to seem happier. He smiled more, and yet could become sad so easily too. And I can't help but feel it was a bad idea to leave him there alone after everything that happened. [ His... death. And while Allen doesn't know Shouto had cremated his body with his brother and Viktor does, what Allen knows and Viktor doesn't is that technically... technically... Shouto had been the one to inadvertently kill him faster with his misfired ice than the wounds from Dabi's beast form. ]

So I had thought about doing that, actually... [ Saying he could come stay with Allen sometimes too, but his tone is still uncertain as that doesn't feel fully right either. He'd spent almost a year working on that house and there was something special about it; something peaceful and content. The short time Allen had spent there with him was honestly the happiest he'd been in as long as he could remember, even with the shadow of his death and recovery hanging over it. Something about it being quiet and removed from everything else, the rest of Trench, that made it easier to let go of his problems. ]

But I don't know. That doesn't feel quite fair either.