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...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 ]