I don't think they care, the natives probably all have masks that work correctly after all. And if they cared for the safety of visitors they would have warned us all.
[That way they wouldn't have been affected unless they wanted to. They could have chosen with whom spend their nights without masks.
And he would have hidden somewhere to never dare to take the chance, to say what he has been failing to say for a long time.
He stops when she does, turning to face her, her expression is serious and honest. His eternal frown twitches a bit as he looks at her eyes and her expression. Would he dare to think that there's hope there? Or is it mere shock hidden the inner disgust she feels? He licks his lips before he speaks again.]
It hurts. Even since that day, it still hurts, to be around you and know that you're not for me. It hurts to just be your friend and nakama.
That day... All I wanted was you to stop being hurt because of me, I wanted us to be happy and fine, like we had been before. I thought that maybe the problem was how we had started. I was more worried about what you expected from me, about what your idea of me was, than about being with you, because I thought that if I kept failing your expectations you would just leave. I wanted to start over, to forget about romance novels or expectations and just, be ourselves, be together.
But you thought I meant to break up and... I thought that you wanted to leave already, that you just wanted an excuse to run away to someone else. Someone better. And I just let you go without saying the truth. I should have never done that, I should have told you, I should have keep you with me.
[He doesn't realize that he has stepped closer and closer until there's basically no space between them, not until his hand finds her face, caressing it tenderly. He's not good with words, he has never been and that Selphie was quick with assumptions didn't help. Her impatience didn't allow him time to express himself as he should and his lack of social skills didn't allow him to find the right words that would fix everything.
Someone once said that even bad things happen for a reason and that some good could be taken from them. Ikki isn't sure if that's true or not, but that bloody flower and the previous nights, while awkward and mistakes, had helped him find some courage to go after Selphie. And being left without his senses for a few days had made him realize the best way to show her what he means without words. Slowly, he expands his Cosmos, reaching for hers and connecting with it, so she can feel everything that he's feeling. Everything that he hid from her those days they were connected. He does it slowly, of course, because if he himself feels at times overwhelmed by them, she will probably be sweep away if he shows her all of them at once.]
{I really want to take you away and keep you with me forever.}
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[That way they wouldn't have been affected unless they wanted to. They could have chosen with whom spend their nights without masks.
And he would have hidden somewhere to never dare to take the chance, to say what he has been failing to say for a long time.
He stops when she does, turning to face her, her expression is serious and honest. His eternal frown twitches a bit as he looks at her eyes and her expression. Would he dare to think that there's hope there? Or is it mere shock hidden the inner disgust she feels? He licks his lips before he speaks again.]
It hurts. Even since that day, it still hurts, to be around you and know that you're not for me. It hurts to just be your friend and nakama.
That day... All I wanted was you to stop being hurt because of me, I wanted us to be happy and fine, like we had been before. I thought that maybe the problem was how we had started. I was more worried about what you expected from me, about what your idea of me was, than about being with you, because I thought that if I kept failing your expectations you would just leave. I wanted to start over, to forget about romance novels or expectations and just, be ourselves, be together.
But you thought I meant to break up and... I thought that you wanted to leave already, that you just wanted an excuse to run away to someone else. Someone better. And I just let you go without saying the truth. I should have never done that, I should have told you, I should have keep you with me.
[He doesn't realize that he has stepped closer and closer until there's basically no space between them, not until his hand finds her face, caressing it tenderly. He's not good with words, he has never been and that Selphie was quick with assumptions didn't help. Her impatience didn't allow him time to express himself as he should and his lack of social skills didn't allow him to find the right words that would fix everything.
Someone once said that even bad things happen for a reason and that some good could be taken from them. Ikki isn't sure if that's true or not, but that bloody flower and the previous nights, while awkward and mistakes, had helped him find some courage to go after Selphie. And being left without his senses for a few days had made him realize the best way to show her what he means without words. Slowly, he expands his Cosmos, reaching for hers and connecting with it, so she can feel everything that he's feeling. Everything that he hid from her those days they were connected. He does it slowly, of course, because if he himself feels at times overwhelmed by them, she will probably be sweep away if he shows her all of them at once.]
{I really want to take you away and keep you with me forever.}