[ Mitsuru could feel Yukari's eyes on her, tingling at the back of her neck. Despite the fact that it's her - that it's Yukari - Mitsuru has to resist the urge to close off and withdraw.
[ She doesn't want to say it.
[ After what had happened, the thought of acknowledging it terrified her. The thought of confronting it ...? That did make her draw into herself.
[ But she had to face it, didn't she?
[ What was her alternative? Staying here in this agonizing limbo, estranged from one of her closest friends? Wallowing in her own misery because she was unable to face her own emotions?
[ No. No, she'd done that before and she wasn't going to allow herself to do it again -- not for any longer than she already had.
[ Nonetheless, the words didn't come to her easily. They rose from her chest slowly, catching in her throat, scratching like burrs. Eventually, she pried her eyes up from the floor, drew in a breath ... ]
I ... I asked Kotone if ... if she would come with me if I ran away.
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Date: 2021-10-04 05:55 am (UTC)[ She doesn't want to say it.
[ After what had happened, the thought of acknowledging it terrified her. The thought of confronting it ...? That did make her draw into herself.
[ But she had to face it, didn't she?
[ What was her alternative? Staying here in this agonizing limbo, estranged from one of her closest friends? Wallowing in her own misery because she was unable to face her own emotions?
[ No. No, she'd done that before and she wasn't going to allow herself to do it again -- not for any longer than she already had.
[ Nonetheless, the words didn't come to her easily. They rose from her chest slowly, catching in her throat, scratching like burrs. Eventually, she pried her eyes up from the floor, drew in a breath ... ]
I ... I asked Kotone if ... if she would come with me if I ran away.