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[parodeity]

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[admiringly]

That doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. [ She hesitates before adding: ] I've cried. I've cried a lot. I like to think it's better if they don't have to deal with these.... nightmares, but it's lonely.

[ Chiyo knows she's not alone and she has friends and family who will be there for her, but that doesn't mean she doesn't miss the people who forgot, that she doesn't miss them remembering. You're not completely forgotten, but parts of you are. ]

[parodeity]

...It is. Especially if you were in the middle of...an argument, or whatever, and they forgot that, too.

[ how do you fix a thing someone else doesn't know is broken? ]

[admiringly]

[ Chiyo looks like she could cry, and she presses her face into Dave's shoulder. ]

Yeah. It was hard enough talking to my brother about everything that bothered me before, but now it's even worse.

[parodeity]

[ and dave's hugging her becomes less awkward and more steady and secure. ]

Yeah. Yeah, I know what that's like. If you ever want to...talk about whatever. I'm around to listen?

[admiringly]

[ She nods into his shoulder. She's not quite ready to talk about how lonely it makes her, and this isn't her nightmare. ]

Yeah, I'll come to you when I'm ready. I was just... starting to tell him something, and— [ She shakes her head. ] Rin's an idiot. [ She's an idiot. ]

You know I'll listen to you whenever, too, right?

[parodeity]

Yeah, I know.

[ whenever one of them is ready to talk, maybe. ]

Thanks. For...being yourself.

[admiringly]

[ Someday, one of them will be. ]

You're great, too. I wouldn't be who I am without you.

[parodeity]

[ chiyo what the fuck that's too sweet. for a second he hugs her tighter, before he starts to let go. he doesn't say "you would be better" or anything, he just. smiles. it's tiny but maybe genuine. ]

My world would be a hell of a lot darker without you around, Sunshine. I think -

[ whatever he thinks is lost, because that's when the dream fizzles out, in a series of gentle white fireworks ]