catch-all: itsuki.

[pura]

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[nightchild]

[they're the spider man meme pointing at each other,

Itsuki stands still for a moment, before he approaches.]

...Nogiku-san.

[at a closer view his eyes are red, but his expression is calm]

Thank you.

[pura]

[Oh.

She just... looks baffled by that.]

... Why are you thanking me?

[nightchild]

[...]

You got me to realize.

[honestly, his thoughts had been so far away from Marie that he knows he'd never have guessed if left on his own.]

[pura]

[...]

You don't wish you had never realized? You obviously cared for both of them. But even then, they both dragged each other down... to their deaths.

Knowing the truth now... Even though it resolves the matter of Buzen Gou's death, it can't be easy.

[nightchild]

...It's not.

[hm,]

But I'm tired of pretending not to see. I'm not that great of a liar anyway, even though I tell myself that I am.

[pura]

... I see.

Then, hold onto that feeling. If things continue as they are, you'll need it more than anything.

[nightchild]

No rest for the weary, huh? ...If anything good can come out of this...

[actually, he won't finish that sentence,]

What about you, Nogiku-san? Do you have regrets too?

[pura]

[It's maybe a good thing that he doesn't finish that sentence, because Nogiku's eyebrows had already started to creep their way up.]

Whether or not I have any regrets... [She trails off with a small huff.] It's none of your business.

[nightchild]

[he smiles]

...Yeah.

[he can barely handle his own, but it's his habit of always trying to take up someone else's issues, that way he doesn't have to focus on his own.]

Saying them now feels a little meaningless anyway.