[ thank you, dani, this actually reminded my goldfish brain to tag yuusuke so now it is done. ]
[ she nods. she'll just have to keep reminding sasuke to stop blaming himself. in the meanwhile, she'll put her hand up against to feel if the invisible wall is still there and, surprisingly, it is. she makes a small frown. ]
The wall is still up. What should we d--
[ before she can, another question rings out through their heads. ]
[ that gets rei to stop dead in her tracks and to freeze up. it'd be so much easier if she could just say something like "he's no one" so she can avoid this line of questioning, but she can't bring herself to say that because that's not true. he's everything. ]
He... he's...
[ ... what does she say? she settles for the following, hoping that sasuke remembers the conversation they had long ago when they first met: ]
[ she bundles up her hands in her clothes, kneading them anxiously. she doesn't look up, just staring downwards. ]
M-Mmhm, it's not...
[ that should be it, but she doesn't seem pleased with that answer. she still looks overly guilty and it seems like maybe she doesn't want to talk any more about it. ]
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...Yeah. I guess I should.
[This will not actually get him to do so, though.]
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[ she nods. she'll just have to keep reminding sasuke to stop blaming himself. in the meanwhile, she'll put her hand up against to feel if the invisible wall is still there and, surprisingly, it is. she makes a small frown. ]
The wall is still up. What should we d--
[ before she can, another question rings out through their heads. ]
"Why have you left Zen alone?"
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...Who's Zen?
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He... he's...
[ ... what does she say? she settles for the following, hoping that sasuke remembers the conversation they had long ago when they first met: ]
... Zen's the one who put me in the school.
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...Oh.
[Yeah.]
But... it's not your fault you're here now, right?
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M-Mmhm, it's not...
[ that should be it, but she doesn't seem pleased with that answer. she still looks overly guilty and it seems like maybe she doesn't want to talk any more about it. ]
... C-Can we move forward now?
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