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[sunshinescented]

[this evening you'll find Yuuki looking beyond the barrier

she reaches out to just barely graze through it with her fingertips]

. . .

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[hunting]

... Why?

I'll have to return some day too. And it'll be like no time has passed.

[sunshinescented]

Maybe I'm being silly and sentimental but . . . enough people I love have left here that I can't pretend that it doesn't matter when you're left behind.

[hunting]

... I'm fine. I always have been.

Yuuki has her own path.

[sunshinescented]

I'm not trying to say you need me. I know . . . you will be . . .

[hunting]

I have the president to worry about now. He'll need some other target for his weirdness.

[sunshinescented]

Aah . . . can you be sure he just won't start fixating on you more?

[hunting]

Probably.

[sunshinescented]

I recommend keeping tissues on hand.

[hunting]

[... Dammit I was doing so well with that feelings thing.]

... I'll keep it in mind.

[sunshinescented]

[ . . .

g-going to let this lapse an awkward pause

I don't know how to do this aaahhh]

[hunting]

[Looks at her. Actually looks at her this time, knowing it will be the last time in who knows how long. Knowing that while things are still broken, there is still something that remains. And knowing that when she returns, for that brief moment between their time and whenever this place's own intersects, she'll be truly alone.]

[sunshinescented]

[b-blinks]

Zero . . . ?

[hunting]

[Reaching out and grabbing arm...]

[sunshinescented]

Ah--?

[hunting]

[I am sure neither of us expected this hug.]

[sunshinescented]

[ . . . THIS WASN'T QUITE HOW I SAW THIS CONVERSATION GOING, NO

t-too thrown off to quite know how to respond right away]

[hunting]

[That's cool. Not attempting words just yet.]