I know. [He squeezes his hand again in encouragement.] And ... we will. You won't have to be alone. We can do this together.
[Emotions were messy, uneasy things, and if there was one thing he knew out of how he was feeling? He wasn't going to lose Manabu. He couldn't. Even if this ended with them just remaining as friends---
No. No, he wasn't going to think that way. Manabu wanted to fix this. Ryunosuke wanted to make things right as well.
He's worried that this is only going to get more complicated by the end of it, however, because they still need to account for Kazuma. It was strange to think of him as the wild card in all of this.]
You told Kazuma to leave... that's what you said earlier right? Do you know where he went?
[at the hand's prompting, Manabu lifts his gaze, his brow still furrowed. don't blame him?? really? Ryuunosuke can really baffle him with his seemingly-infinite patience... but not the resolve.]
...Mn. Okay.
[he has to fix it too, right? so...so forget beating himself up; they've got a lawman to chase down!
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Date: 2022-07-31 06:56 pm (UTC)[Emotions were messy, uneasy things, and if there was one thing he knew out of how he was feeling? He wasn't going to lose Manabu. He couldn't. Even if this ended with them just remaining as friends---
No. No, he wasn't going to think that way. Manabu wanted to fix this. Ryunosuke wanted to make things right as well.
He's worried that this is only going to get more complicated by the end of it, however, because they still need to account for Kazuma. It was strange to think of him as the wild card in all of this.]
You told Kazuma to leave... that's what you said earlier right? Do you know where he went?
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Date: 2022-07-31 07:09 pm (UTC)It...It was down in Willful Machine, though? Where he hit me. I don't know if he'd stick around, though.
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Date: 2022-07-31 07:21 pm (UTC)We should look for him - maybe... maybe we can talk about this. Or at the very least get an explanation from him.
[He reaches out to cup Manabu's cheek.]
And we'll fix this. I'm sure.
[He has to be.]
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Date: 2022-07-31 07:25 pm (UTC)...Mn. Okay.
[he has to fix it too, right? so...so forget beating himself up; they've got a lawman to chase down!
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