... I don't need to validate to you everything I've been through to get to where I am. I don't need to prove to you that I've changed, and I'd simply prefer it if we left it at that.

[Joshua gently touches the right half of his face, gaze still obscured by his hair... He wouldn't let it slip but... the fact that Riku couldn't see any progress with his behavior was making him feel quite insecure. Even he himself had trouble believing he'd changed, he always had to get other people like Neku to tell him so.]

Just stay out of my business, alright?