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[bloodandblunder]

"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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[willbreak]

You said you might— um, nevermind!

I, I did apologize to them, yeah.

[bloodandblunder]

Then I think it's all right...? Unless you accidentally proposed to anybody else...

[willbreak]

... [ NO FAITH AT ALL. ]

No, it was just one person.

— A-anyway, your turn.

[bloodandblunder]

... What was I explaining, again?

[ can she postpone it for as long as possible-- ]

[willbreak]

[ no seriously

this icon says it all ]

[bloodandblunder]

[ EUGEO CAN YOU TELL SHE REALLY DOESN'T WANT TO

Hnnnnnngh. ]

That's...

[willbreak]

[ EQUIVALENT EXCHANGE. Even though he didn't say his part outright. ]

[bloodandblunder]

[ wow you cheater OKAY how to word this as carefully as possible. ]

There's... someone very important to me, and I vowed to support him no matter what. That I wouldn't be selfish...

[willbreak]

[ ... oh. OH. ]

So me asking you about marriage reminded you of him?

[bloodandblunder]

Yes. I got a little despondent, but like I said, it's not important at all.

[ yes good safe. ]

[willbreak]

[ well it's clearly important to her, he's not thick!! um, not thick unless it involves romance. ]

It's natural that you'd miss him...

[ hahaha whoops he thinks the «mysterious guy» is from her world. ]

[bloodandblunder]

I did, but-- [ ugh this is dangerous abort abort how to make him stop talking about this-- ] But it wouldn't-- I mean it's impossible, so that's... fine. Really.

[willbreak]

[ nuh uh. ]

You'll see him again. Definitely.

[bloodandblunder]

R-right...

[ why does she feel so miserable why is this even happening Eugeo please!! ]

[willbreak]

[ ... He'll reach out to hug her. ]

Nobody is unreachable, okay? Especially an important friend like that.

[bloodandblunder]

[ and she'll shamefully linger in it, sighing into his shoulder. ]

Maybe not, but there are some things that won't ever happen. I know that.

[willbreak]

[ Quietly massaging her on the back! ]

It's not like you to give up so easily.

[bloodandblunder]

... If I think there's a chance, then that's different. And maybe I've gotten more stubborn.

But this is something else entirely. As his friend, giving up is the best thing I could do for him.

[willbreak]

... Did you ask him that? Or just assume that yourself?

[bloodandblunder]

[ and to that, she lifts her head to stare at him. ]

Eugeo, if the person you liked had someone else they liked, what would you do?

[willbreak]

[ ... ]

Nothing. I can't like anyone like that.

[bloodandblunder]

... I don't think that's entirely true, even if you don't think you should.

[ and she gently places her hands on his chest to push herself back. ]

But that's my problem. And I don't want to cause him any more than I already have.

[willbreak]

He's alive, right?

[bloodandblunder]

He's definitely alive!

[willbreak]

Then you shouldn't give up.

[ he steps back, too. ]

... I killed «that person» twice, Noire. Three times, depending on how you look at it.

[ It's weird how he can say it now, when he'd been so reluctant before. There's no real emotion behind it; all that's already been buried. ]

So don't compare yourself to me — especially not when it comes to «liking people».