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I haven't eaten yet today, and your cooking is good.

... I think I can-- have a few bites now, at least. And I do want to hear what you have to say.

Very well. You can eat in my room.

[pats her on the head, and goes to get her a plate]

[ '^'

gets her water and follows him... ]

[leads her into his room, setting the plate of food down on his desk and pulling his chair out for her to sit]

[ sits; she definitely seems much more relaxed in his room, away from any potential prying eyes, and immediately takes a bite or two of food. small bites. ]

Thank you.

[sits himself on the edge of his bed, folding his hands on his lap]

Do you feel any better yet?

... mm. A little.

You said you were going to explain...?

[he stares at the wall past her—he's the one who brought this up, and offered, but it takes him a moment to get the words out]

...I didn't feel like myself during that game. Something's happened to me.

... what do you mean?

[his voice is soft and timid]

I felt a great anguish. Something akin to fear, which I have not felt in years.

[parasites, what parasites, don't know her]

When you shot Cosmo, and when even that despicable sister of mine was being punished, what I felt was... indescribably unbearable. For different reasons, in different ways, but painful nonetheless. Something's come over me and it's awful.

[ listens quietly, expression subdued. ]

... I think it's-- simply because you care about them. I don't think anything is wrong with you, Sunny.

[exhales slowly]

I felt it towards you after you fired the gun, too.

...

I don't know what I would call that. I won't assume what feelings you may or may not have towards me.

Then I will be up front.

I was afraid to lose you.

[ looks up at him, surprised. ]

... you were?

[looking away, avoiding her gaze]

Foolish, isn't it? My own unitmate is shot, and beneath the concern I have for him is the unfettering thought that I don't want to lose anything I have with the person who shot him.

[ she doesn't... understand. How he could still want her after all that.

And yet somehow, he does. ... doesn't he?

She hesitates a long moment, voice a little wobbly when she finally speaks. ]

I-I'm-- sorry... to have put you i-in a-- difficult position. Like this. I--

[ another pause, struggling, before she bows her head. ]

... I don't... want to let you go, either.

[takes a deep breathing to steady himself, finding relief in how nervous she sounds

because same]

[turns to face her, trying to look calm and collected over here]

What are we to do when we are forced to part with our graduations?

[ stiffens, eyes widening. ]

I-- ... I-I don't... know.

[ ... helplessly: ]

I don't think about the-- future.

You have to stop me from destroying Dusk's kingdom, don't you?

I-- yes, but...

... I-I don't... want to have to hurt you. I don't want to be alone, in a strange place, with nobody.

[it's about now that he realizes

he doesn't want that—for either himself or her]

[what's the point of going back to his world only to be hindered from doing the Only Thing he wants anyway

and why isn't that as compelling anymore]

[

wait does this mean he wants more out of life now]

Edited 2021-05-20 17:13 (UTC)

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