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[queenofminiskirts]

Awash

ID: #FF8080

Akashi Kaoru
Zettai Karen Children
Journal ID: queenofminiskirts
Game: awashrpg

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where's guren? collect this criminal

[thriftea]

[...Hmm. Ochako's first instinct is to come in for a hug, but that's impossible to do with Busta chillin' in Kaoru's arms. Still, she sets the basket down beside her, freeing up her own arms just in case she decides to risk it. A Busta sandwich! What could possibly go wrong...]

Even if I don't need to worry about you, Kaoru-chan, I can't help it. You're— [Is this the time to get sappy? Well, maybe she should test the waters first.] You're a really good friend! And I know you lost someone important to you, so... I'm here for you.

what a useless chief of police...letting this delinquent run free.

[queenofminiskirts]

[Kaoru's entire friend group is largely made up of people who aren't very good at being honest about their feelings frr one reason or another so it catches her a bit off guard.

But she takes it in stride, feels something warm settle in her chest at the words.]

Thanks. That means a lot to me because you're one of my precious friends too!

[...but she probably can't just smile her way out of this conversation, huh. She'll keep petting Busta as she thinks about what she wants to say.]

When I was ten, I found out Minamoto had been in love with this woman when he was in univeristy. But even though they were in love with each other, when it came time for her to leave Minamoto didn't ask her to stay. I hadn't understood why at the time but I think...I get it now. It's because he wanted her to be able to live her dream and she wanted the same for him. Because that was how much they loved each other.

That's why, especially because he's so important to me, I'm not going to cry! Because the place he needs to be, isn't here, right?

[So she says but it's all bravado because this smile is definitely far more brittle than her usual one.]

i'm so late! i'm sorry! i've been out of it

[thriftea]

[That is, without a doubt, an admirable way to look at things. Ochako knows that she would tell herself the same thing over and over again if—when—Okuyasu ever leaves, and she knows that she, too, would try her hardest to smile in front of her friends, but... well, it would still hurt.]

You're so strong, Kaoru-chan! But... it's okay to cry, you know? Especially in front of your friends. I know that you don't want people to worry about you, and you don't want to make other people feel sad, too, but— [She pauses for a moment, trying to get her mental ducks in a row, before slowly continuing.] That's what friends are for, you know? And besides— sometimes it's easier to smile when you've let everything else out.

[Don't keep it all inside, Kaoru!! That's unhealthy!]

me too, tbh

[queenofminiskirts]

[She could do this. She could hold back the tears and keep smiling until she was somewhere else. She had done this every time they had been in a tough spot from when they were five to ten. She was stronger now and this situation wasn't even as hopeless as it had been then.

She just missed him. That was all. She could deal with that.]

I'm...fine. [She's strong! But she still find herself needing to wipe at her eyes. In a lot of ways, it's because she's stronger now than when she was ten that it was easier to admit when things weren't all right.] It's just...it's a little bit frustrating. There were still so many things I'd wanted to tell him.