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"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?!"

[ BEEP. ]

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It is. [ Yeah, she won't deny that, giving his back an apologetic pat. ]

... But because you're recklessly jumping into something dangerous for someone else, I would still call that kind more than anything.

[Gosh, Noire.]

Then... Thanks, I guess. [Even if he's careless at least he's kind, apparently.]

You're... um, welcome? I think you already knew that, though.

I think I did... 'cause I know that you think pretty good of me, Noire. Like I think of you.

[Oh a moment of EARNESTNESS.]

[ Hinata pls don't be so earnest when your eyes are watering-- ]

I'm nowhere near that amazing... but I'm grateful, honestly.

[Sorry Noire he can't help it.]

Well, I think you're that amazing. [But he'll grin to hear her say she's grateful.]

And I think you're half-blind right now as it is...

This and that are completely different things.

And right now, your eyes are more important. Should I dunk that cloth again?

Ah... [His lips purse a little but he holds out the cloth in question.] Yeah. Please.

[ 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.

[Being taken care of...]

That's probably because you're always looking out for everyone else.

... 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.

...I'm glad you're here to look out for me, Noire. Thank you.

[Ah... Look, he's accepting it without argument. Hinata might've grown, a bit.]

[ ... He really has, but that's just flustering her.

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.

Yeah.

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.]

Well, you did call me... it's not as though I could stay away after that.

That's true... But I think I knew that when I did call, a little bit. I'm being sort of selfish today.

... What's so selfish about it? [ no really, she doesn't get why he'd think that.

Even though Noire herself always felt bad for craving company when she was miserable. ]

For...just wanting friends around me. Without thinking about if they've got things they need to do or places they need to be...

[Hence...yeah. A little selfish, he thinks.]

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?

O-- Of course I remember. I couldn't forget anything like that.

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.

Noire...

[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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