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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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voice;

[bloodandblunder]

B-but... if it still hurts...

voice;

[particularity]

It's not a big deal... It's kind of a waste to call up a healer or something for this little thing.

Okay?

voice;

[bloodandblunder]

... All right. But please don't push yourself.

voice;

[particularity]

I won't.

[There's a pause. Hinata doesn't do the talking about his troubles thing. But...] Do you think...I can ask you something?

voice;

[bloodandblunder]

You can ask me anything.

[ well, that's straightforward enough. ]

voice;

[particularity]

[fdhgdfg Noire. That prompts a pause, embarrassed at just how straightforward it is.]

What should you do with someone you can't be friends with? Because of bad stuff that they did. But they keep doing stupid things that you get mixed up in, but they end up helping you, and...

[Pause. He puts a hand to his face, though she can't see it. It may be obvious that this pertains to him, though he's trying to distance it from himself.] This is a weird question.

voice;

[bloodandblunder]

Er... well, I wouldn't call it weird. This person does bad things, but they help you, too?

... Did they say why?

voice;

[particularity]

Yeah, I know why... But I don't think it's a reason that you use to justify it. Er, not that he's done anything like that here.

But now he's avoiding me and it's really ticking me off. [It's not often that Hinata gives in to his temper (sassy internal monologuing aside), but it's coming through now,] Something about me getting mixed up in his bad luck or whatever.

I don't get why it's bugging me that he is at all.

voice;

[bloodandblunder]

[ it's a bit of a surprise, to hear him so blunt-- but it's also oddly refreshing. He was always listening to her, but he hadn't really talked about himself all that much. ]

If he helped you... I think, even if it's just a little, you might want to help him in return? But it'd be hard to do if he's avoiding you...

voice;

[particularity]

Eh... [Hinata quiets for a second, as if mulling this over.]

Y-yeah. I shouldn't really... [He shouldn't want to help him... Too many of Hinata's thoughts are composed of shouldn'ts where it comes to Komaeda.] He was blaming himself and his luck for what happened to me, and when I can't even find him to talk to him...

voice;

[bloodandblunder]

You're kind, Hinata. [ she knows this to be fact. ] So whether you should or shouldn't... I think you'd do whatever felt like the right thing to do either way.

And this person... I think I can understand him, too. If something happened to someone I'd tried to help before, I'd... no, I did use to blame myself and my luck when bad things happened to people who associated with me. It's an awful feeling.

voice;

[particularity]

You're saying that again... Am I really that kind?

[Hinata falls quiet, bites on a corner of his mouth. He'd know the right thing to do? But isn't the right thing not to get involved... Forget that, already, Hajime. It'll drive me crazy if I don't do anything.]

Noire... You said you used to. How was it that you changed that way of thinking?

voice;

[bloodandblunder]

I wouldn't say it if I didn't think so.

[ which is true, she's surprisingly honest for someone who's easily scared of everything. ]

... And I don't know if I've really changed it, not entirely. It's not something you can easily change. But... I guess because the people around me kept telling me that it wasn't my fault. And they'd point out ways that I had somehow helped, and even if it was hard to believe, they still stayed by me.

voice;

[particularity]

[Could I do something like that? For more than just-- Thinking about it, thinking on what he knows about Komaeda, how long has he been on his own?]

Right... Having people around you like that would make that much of a difference...

voice;

[bloodandblunder]

It did for me, anyway. So maybe it's the same for this person, too.

If nothing else, maybe it's worth trying?

voice;

[particularity]

...Yeah. You're probably right, Noire. I don't think it'll hurt, at least.

Thanks. [He feels almost nervous, what's with that--] I'm going to give it a try.

voice;

[bloodandblunder]

Let me know if I can help... um, somehow! But I think you'll be fine.

voice;

[particularity]

Yeah... I've gotta believe it'll work out somehow.

[Even if that means abandoning some things he's been holding onto all this time.]

voice;

[bloodandblunder]

... But don't do anything until your legs feel better, all right?

voice;

[particularity]

I dunno if I can promise that. I mean, waiting is...

voice;

[bloodandblunder]

I know, trust me... but please, just try?

voice;

[particularity]

...I'll try.

voice;

[bloodandblunder]

Thank you. I can come visit sometime, if you get bored... if that's all right.

voice;

[particularity]

I'd like that. You sure it won't get boring for you?

voice;

[bloodandblunder]

Of course not! I used to end up in the medical tent all the time, and it was really boring when I was by myself... so as someone visiting, and if it's you, I don't think it'd be boring at all!