She's really been through a lot and he isn't blameless for any of it. ]
I truly am sorry.
[ He feels like he has to repeat that, to show remorse for his actions. Because while he knows what he did - knows the reason why he did it - that doesn't excuse that he had, in the end, hurt her.
At first, he isn't entirely certain of what to say. He feels that everything that could come out would simply be platitudes, and she's not sure how she'll take it. It's like walking on eggshells.
But eventually, he manages: ]
We just have a little more... and then everything will be alright.
[ He's a little quiet for once, making a noncomittal sound. It's not agreement, but it isn't disagreement, either. ]
Maybe not. But maybe... I just wanted to believe in those words. It isn't going back, Takamaki-san— [ not Ann, he doesn't deserve to call her that, not anymore ] —but moving forward. Because there might be pain now, but that doesn't mean we can push forward and be alright again. If we can't do that, then...
[ He doesn't say it, but the words are implied there.
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fullbodied) wrote2019-04-13 06:02 pm
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It's been fantastic.
I found out that I'd gotten close to my, what, fourth murderer? Fifth, if I count Anon? And now the kitchen's basically ruined for me.
I'm glad it's near the end, I can't take it anymore.
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She's really been through a lot and he isn't blameless for any of it. ]
I truly am sorry.
[ He feels like he has to repeat that, to show remorse for his actions. Because while he knows what he did - knows the reason why he did it - that doesn't excuse that he had, in the end, hurt her.
At first, he isn't entirely certain of what to say. He feels that everything that could come out would simply be platitudes, and she's not sure how she'll take it. It's like walking on eggshells.
But eventually, he manages: ]
We just have a little more... and then everything will be alright.
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That's not how any of this works, Syaoran. You don't go back to "alright."
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[ He's a little quiet for once, making a noncomittal sound. It's not agreement, but it isn't disagreement, either. ]
Maybe not. But maybe... I just wanted to believe in those words. It isn't going back, Takamaki-san— [ not Ann, he doesn't deserve to call her that, not anymore ] —but moving forward. Because there might be pain now, but that doesn't mean we can push forward and be alright again. If we can't do that, then...
[ He doesn't say it, but the words are implied there.
How are we any better than the Witch? ]