[She watches carefully as well, drinks in the sight in the mirror because she's...missed him a lot too, though she tries not to think too much about it most days.
She leans in closer, looping one of her arms around his, letting her cheek rest against his shoulder.]
This is… what he wanted. It was driving him crazy to be here.
[ after he’d come back from the forest, especially. even dextera couldn’t make this town seem like less of a prison to him, not that he really understood how anyway. ]
I’m glad, too.
[ his voice is soft, and he forces himself to take a deep breath—one that betrays himself on the verge of tears. ]
[ it feels selfish to cry, after everything. he shouldn’t be sad that guren isn’t here anymore, because guren really is doing better back where he is—but he doesn’t remember dextera, doesn’t remember anything from this place, and that hurts. he squeezes his hand, in kaoru’s. ]
You'll have to eventually...but it doesn't have to be right now.
[Because when it comes to it, in this case, letting go should be for himself and if he needed time to do that then that's okay.]
You're allowed to be sad, you're allowed to miss him. [She turns a little, uses her free hand to turn his face towards her.] I miss him too. I miss every person who's left this place that I had come to care about. I know they're better off at home and I wouldn't wish for them to come back but all the same...I miss them.
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She leans in closer, looping one of her arms around his, letting her cheek rest against his shoulder.]
...I'm glad he seems to be doing well.
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[ after he’d come back from the forest, especially. even dextera couldn’t make this town seem like less of a prison to him, not that he really understood how anyway. ]
I’m glad, too.
[ his voice is soft, and he forces himself to take a deep breath—one that betrays himself on the verge of tears. ]
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She moves her hand so she can take his hand and thread their fingers together.]
It's okay if you want to cry. There's nothing wrong with that.
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[ it feels selfish to cry, after everything. he shouldn’t be sad that guren isn’t here anymore, because guren really is doing better back where he is—but he doesn’t remember dextera, doesn’t remember anything from this place, and that hurts. he squeezes his hand, in kaoru’s. ]
I have to let him go.
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[Because when it comes to it, in this case, letting go should be for himself and if he needed time to do that then that's okay.]
You're allowed to be sad, you're allowed to miss him. [She turns a little, uses her free hand to turn his face towards her.] I miss him too. I miss every person who's left this place that I had come to care about. I know they're better off at home and I wouldn't wish for them to come back but all the same...I miss them.