He longed for you to know him, he longed for your soft touch on his face, he longed for your lips to touch his own, it might have seemed easy for him to fake his death and see you believe it, but no, his heart was breaking, it was to protect you and those around him, of course, but that was the price of being Shuichi Akai, that was the price of being the FBI's most powerful sniper, that was the price of being the Black Organization's most powerful threat, he wanted you to be safe, even if it meant faking his own death and disguising himself as someone else, watching you from afar safe and sound was good, but that wasn't enough for him..