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[crystallomancy]

( ...mmm. )

There's pros and cons to BOTH.

( Which is only slightly a cop-out answer, and most definitely one said to buy a little time. )

But I think I'd... ( ... ) I'd move ON. I, more than anyone ELSE, know there's nothing to be gained in being stuck in the PAST. "Without an ending, there would be no beginning"—that is to SAY, you can't start a new chapter in your life without first closing the previous ONE.

( It was... is still a hard lesson for him to take in, but one he's been working at, little by little. )

Also, this school is a nightMARE. If it were a little niCER, I might consider staying a little more seriousLY.

( ? he's probably joking. )

[adsum]

This school isn't a nightmare. You just have to not get killed, and join a sports team or something.

[ Be like Subaru who always looks like he's having fun ]

I'd choose the same, though, I wouldn't exactly be rushing towards it. There's stuff I want to do here, too, and if possible, I want to say goodbye to Mama before I'm gone.

[crystallomancy]

( No, it's a nightmare. )

Then we're one and the SAME, Kudo-chan. ( So many things to look into... and if he could say goodbye, then... ) Do you think your mama would let you GO?

( ... )

Do you think you could really let go of HER, if you got to see her aGAIN?

[adsum]

[ Would mama let her go? She has no doubts in her mind that her mama loves her, for as much as she spoils her and had chosen her out of everyone to save.

Mama is a practical woman, though, and so is Chiaki. ]

Yes. As long as I get the time to tell her I love her and to thank her for everything she's done for me, I'll be able to move on. She will too; it would have happened eventually, whether that's moving away for university, or getting a new job, or starting a family.

[ That sort of goodbye isn't the same as death, but sometimes, it feels like it. ]

[crystallomancy]

( My oh my. )

You're surprisingly mature for someone who tried to beat my arm senseless not fifteen minutes aGO.

( A bit of a backhanded compliment, but he means it; it's a very mature view to take. )

...You've been thinking about it a lot, haven't YOU.

[adsum]

Wow! Any mature person would want to beat you senseless.

[ Those are not mutually exclusive traits. ]

Haven't you, though? Been thinking about your family and friends you left behind? Though I guess you've been here longer than I have. It's been how many months?

[ Nobody is out there crying over missing their family, which is good, she supposes, it would be annoying if people were doing that out in public. But she hopes they still miss them. ]

[crystallomancy]

...Nine MONTHS, more or LESS.

( He guesses. He remembers the in-and-out in March, and he was fully like this in April... It's been so long. It's almost been a year, that he can remember. )

I still think of them from time to TIME. ( More than that, actually. ) Having someone from home soothes my homesickness at LEAST, though I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell Baru-kun THAT. He'd never let me live it DOWN.

[adsum]

Aww, that's cute! I'm going to tell him.

[ thank you for this blackmail material, she's going to make use of it ]

[crystallomancy]

( Hey Ori I got another murder plot for you— )

He'll never believe YOU.

[adsum]

[ let's do it ]

He will.

[crystallomancy]

( STOP DON'T LET ME KILL CHIAKI TWICE )

Why should HE?

[adsum]

[ why not ]

Because unlike you, I'm not a liar.

[crystallomancy]

( other people should get a chance to kill her too )

I— ( ... ) No, I suppose that you're NOT.

( ugh.... well. )

WhateVER. I'll take my lumps this TIME.

[adsum]

[ let them try ]

Are you going to tell him before he leaves? You should.

[crystallomancy]

( soulenemies (fated to kill each other instead of love each other) )

I—

( Should he? Should he really? There's a lot he should say, if that's the case, but... )

I'm not going TO. He'll never want to leave then—he's terrible at letting GO.

[adsum]

So what? It's still important that you tell him.

[ He's not going to want to leave. Maybe he would cry. But he should know. ]

It's why a lot of people are stuck here, you know? Either they don't want to disappear, or they don't want to leave somebody important behind, so they keep reliving this place you call a nightmare. We're leaving, Natsume. All of us, someday. So say things before you lose your chance.

[crystallomancy]

( ... )

Alright THEN. ( Then, then— ) You'd look cuter with your hair DOWN.

[adsum]

[ punches him on the arm ]

I'm always cute! Say it!

[crystallomancy]

( HEY )

Ow—No WAY. You're the one telling me to be honest while I still can, aren't YOU?

( That's not what she said but that's the ESSENCE of what she said, it counts. )

[adsum]

[ He deserved that and he knows it ]

And you can honestly say I'm always cute! I don't need to let my hair down to impress anyone, because I'm always impressive!

[crystallomancy]

( he did NOT )

You shouldn't ask for honesty if you can't take IT. ( please. ) You're perfectly cute like THIS, but you'd be that much cuter with it DOWN. Most girls DO.

[adsum]

Yeah, but one of my many many charm points is my cute round face! Having my hair up makes it that much cuter!

[ something something round things are the essence of kawaii or something

but she does pull her hair free from the twist in the back, sliding the clips into her pocket, and looking back up at Natsume. ]

How's that?

[crystallomancy]

( hmmm. he looks at her like he's appraising her, reaching over to pull her hair through his fingers lightly. )

...As a butTON. ( really. ) But I'll have to admit you're right--there's something about having your hair up that emphasizes your cuteNESS. Maybe it's how youthful it makes you LOOK. That'll come in use when you get the chance to grow OLD.

[adsum]

[ Her hair feels like ??? somebody who used to take very good care of herself but doesn't have the means to anymore. As neat and clean as somebody can manage with just liquid hand soap or whatever you guys had to survive on the first few months here. ]

I'm always going to be cute. I'm never going to grow old. You too, Natsume.

[crystallomancy]

Planning on dying young in your next life TOO?