[Even after all of what he's saying, there was nothing that hit him quite so hard as that. Saying he was the cause of all of this was bad enough, but he was trying to do it out of some misplaced attempt to make everything Better - or at least, that was how Ichigo chose to see it. It was why he'd begged for Adachi to stop, because he believed in their bond.

But in that one moment...

The question he'd been holding onto was suddenly answered, and in the worst way possible.

If the look of pain and hurt had been bad before, then it was nothing compared to what he looks like now. It felt like...like Adachi had just casually reached over and yanked his heart out of his chest with every single harsh, laughing syllable.]

Y...You're....

[Of course he 'bought' into it. Adachi was the one who he'd laid himself bare in front of, spilling his insecurites and placing his trust into.

And now, it was being crushed under the detective's heel, while the older man sneered at him for it.]

You're telling me....it meant nothing to you?! Everything we've been though...our friendship...You're telling me it was a lie?!