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[girlybruiser]

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[girlybruiser]

[ Last year they had all sat in the attic, lost and feeling the weight of impending defeat as the public began to turn on the Phantom Thieves.

She remembers how heavy her heart had felt and the idea they would all have to surrender to a humiliating end.

And who had pulled them out of their melancholy? ]

That night that you all stepped in to help Mona-chan and I with Sugimura-san, you all graciously listened to what was in my heart.

[ She could never forget how much a strange attic felt safer and more like home than her actual home.

Because of all the people in it, like Akira. ]

I'm happy you can tell me what's in yours.
I want you to tell me always, when you can.
If the others were here, they would say the same. Please allow me to help you carry your pain.

[arsenist]

You've already had to carry so much.

[Maybe not as much of his burden as she could've. Maybe it hasn't been the same here, where her family name isn't followed by a gaggle of looks and whispers. But it isn't as if she's been without troubles... Those things still exist, even if they're distant. There are the hazards of this world, and there is Akechi.

She's had to carry the weight of the things Akira has said, and the things that he hasn't.

How could he ever ask her to carry more, when she's already...?

I want you to tell me always, when you can.]

If I made things harder for you, I wouldn't be able to forgive myself for it.

[When they were in Tokyo, it was one thing. If the others were here, it would be another thing. If they had even one more of them here-

But in this reality, they are only two Phantom Thieves strong.]

If you're going to carry my pain, you have to promise me you won't take too much. Here, when we're on our own... We always try to, but now more than ever, we need to watch over each other.

[While you still can.

While you're both still here.

It's a cruel, ugly vine that wraps around his heart. If Maruki was truly taken back to his version of Tokyo, there's truly nothing Akira can do to protect Haru from the same.]

[girlybruiser]

[ Perhaps it's a split second of paranoia that grips her, but for a moment, Haru feels there's something Akira isn't telling her.

But she leaves it aside, as she's done the same.

After all these months, he still doesn't know about the blood spilled in the hotel room. ]

My heart is stronger thanks to you.

[ And the others, of course.

But there's a fire Akira can stoke like no other. Sometimes she thinks it it consumes her, she'll readily accept it. ]

However, if that is your wish, I'll respect that to the best of my ability.
Would you like some company later? We don't need to talk. We could watch the leaves fall and enjoy some curry.

[arsenist]

[Akira can feel the weight of all the words he hasn't spilled, heavy in his gut and pulling his limbs down into inertia.

He can feel the sharp prick of his own concern, still begging him to not force pain on her that she should never have to deal with.

And yet he thinks of just sitting with her in the silence, treating her to the warmth of a homecooked meal-

In the midst of the gray that encroaches on his vision, there is light.]

I would, yes.

Let me know when you're coming, and I'll put on some tea for us. We can just sit together for a little while.