sharkgirl: (sixty-seven)

[personal profile] sharkgirl 2023-10-22 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[she lets him hug her, absolutely, she doesn't resist, and she's also okay with him taking her hands, just staring down at them.]

I don't think there's a way to stop it. [she says, finally.] But I like that you want to try.
sharkgirl: (eighty-one)

[personal profile] sharkgirl 2023-10-22 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[she smiles, just a little. it's kind of lifeless, but she tries.]

Sure.

[a long pause, and then:] I care about you, Hanako.
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[personal profile] sharkgirl 2023-10-22 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
... I'm trying.

[her hair falls in her face, long and tangled.]

Tomorrow - tomorrow is... [she has to pause to try and catch her breath, a little.] Tomorrow is going to be bad. Sorry.
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[personal profile] sharkgirl 2023-10-22 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
[she keeps hold of that.

maybe she will just lean forward and rest her head on his shoulder, actually, because she's felt the full spectrum of human emotion for the past six hours and she feels like garbage. she's little for an hour, she'll take advantage of it.]