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[imaginemeandyuu]

Who: Anyone
When: Day 49, Late afternoon/early evening
Where: Anywhere
What: Mingling

[This is a mingle! GO WILD.]

Comments

[hallucinogenetic]

. . .

[cups her face firmly, very firmly, in both hands, making her look at him]

Lenalee. I'm not pushing you off. Alma didn't tell you some things probably because—they're mine to tell. You're my friend, and it's my story. And I couldn't talk about it before. But . . . maybe I could now. Just don't be confusing—you have to be clear.

[anklets]

[Immediately goes quiet, blinking hard and fast. She can maybe list the number of times Kanda's called her his friend on one hand. Hearing it said aloud for once is...]



I just don't want to pry until you close me out again.

[hallucinogenetic]

[someone's been learning some hard lessons]

. . . I'm offering.

[anklets]

[Closes her fingers lightly around his wrists.] Kanda...

[hallucinogenetic]

What?

[anklets]

...Thank you. [She doesn't need to ask questions this very second, she doesn't think. This is enough. This implicit trust, the fact that he would answer them. Right now, she doesn't have to press.]

[hallucinogenetic]

. . .

[just nods]

[anklets]

[It's time for a hug.

Don't argue.]

[hallucinogenetic]

[. . . sighs, but lightly wraps an arm around her]

[anklets]

[Deal with it.]

I'm glad we're friends, Kanda. Even if it was because of the horrible things the Order did that we met.

[hallucinogenetic]

It couldn't be helped.

[anklets]

It still means a lot.

[hallucinogenetic]

[pats her hair]

Sure.

[imaginemeandyuu]

Hey guys! How's

...



...........

[anklets]

[Pulls back.

Looks over at him.]

Alma.

[hallucinogenetic]

[jerks back, holding Lenalee at arm's length with one hand, the other still holding the mostly-crushed flowers]

Alma!

[imaginemeandyuu]

Hey, what's up?

[anklets]

[Holding her at arm's length excuse you. Looks between the flowers and Alma, then moves back a little more.] We were talking.

[hallucinogenetic]

[thrusts the flowers out at Alma]

[imaginemeandyuu]

[looks at them] Um, what--??

[anklets]

[Helpfully:] They're for you.

[hallucinogenetic]

[gruffly]

They're for you.

[imaginemeandyuu]

...Are they from both of you...?

[reaches to take them]

[anklets]

No.

[hallucinogenetic]

Why the hell would Lenalee get you flowers!?