"H... hello? Um, this is me-- ah, Noire! I'm Noire, and I'm very sorry for missing you somehow... I promise I'm not avoiding you, unless you're scary or you're Mo-- trying to curse me. U-um, so when I can figure out how to-- ( beeps ensue, followed by a shriek of fright ) O-oh, no! What did I push, how do I-- make it-- oh gods, did I break it?! W-why can't we just talk in person?!"
[ She'll move then, accepting the cloth to go back over to the table and soak it in the basis. There's not much else she can do for him, but at least it's something.
It won't take long before she's back, holding it up to his eyes herself this time. ]
It's been awhile, since I was able to take care of someone else.
[Hinata doesn't expect her to do it herself, so he breathes in in surprise before he relaxes. Because it's Noire and he trusts her implicitly, so even this he's fine if she's the one who's doing it.]
I don't think that I'm, ah... really used to it yet.
Hinata... do you remember when I called you at an entirely troublesome hour at night and you wouldn't let me be alone? Or when you came out when I got stuck on the stairs? Or when M... I thought I killed my mother, and you didn't leave my side? Or the time I got sick and you stayed with me until I fell asleep?
After all of that... and after telling me so many things that must have been incredibly painful for you, do you really think there's anything I'd find more pressing than being there if you needed me?
Being needed at all, beyond my temper or my magical potential, or things like that... there's no way I could find that troubling.
[Hinata flushes a little, more than he's already flushed.] Yeah, I... Mm... [He leans in then and drops his forehead down against her shoulder, hiding his face.]
[ ... Well, at least she's gotten to know him well enough to additionally know whether he's not feeling well, or whether he's just embarrassed. It makes her smile, warmly-- even if he won't see it. ]
I thought I should try speaking my mind, like you suggested.
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It won't take long before she's back, holding it up to his eyes herself this time. ]
It's been awhile, since I was able to take care of someone else.
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I don't think that I'm, ah... really used to it yet.
[Being taken care of...]
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... But I don't think it's wrong to have other people look out for you when you need it. I think it's the least I can do, honestly.
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[Ah... Look, he's accepting it without argument. Hinata might've grown, a bit.]
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Except rather than squeak and ask him not to thank her because gods, she takes a deep breath. ]
You're important. If I can, I'd like to be there as much as I can for you.
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You're here right now. That means a lot.
[It does. Even more so with what happened, he... it's a little childish, he thinks, but he's glad to know that his friends are here for him.]
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Even though Noire herself always felt bad for craving company when she was miserable. ]
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[Hence...yeah. A little selfish, he thinks.]
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Being needed at all, beyond my temper or my magical potential, or things like that... there's no way I could find that troubling.
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[Hinata flushes a little, more than he's already flushed.] Yeah, I... Mm... [He leans in then and drops his forehead down against her shoulder, hiding his face.]
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I thought I should try speaking my mind, like you suggested.
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[Mumble. His ears are hot. But did you have to pick me...]
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[ but-- ] Hinata, your ears are red.
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I can't make them be less red...
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[He'll lift his face before he gets her shoulder like wet or anything. Stupid eyes.] I mean, I'm glad that you think that.
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... But you're still embarrassed.
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[AND Noire is one of the few who speaks so earnestly about that to him. A-and he wasn't expecting it.]
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[ she can do subtle!! ]
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[He thinks he can handle that... probably... but.] Ah, I don't want to discourage you from being honest and speaking your mind, though...
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