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[howsketchy]

❝ This is Naminé. I'm sorry, but I can't talk right now. Please leave a message and I'll get right back to you, I promise. ❞

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[howsketchy]

See you.

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[several minutes later...]

[knock knock knock!]

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[howsketchy]

[ the door will be opening rather quickly; the door probably knows by now to let Xion in without anyone saying so. ]

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[recidivated]

[WELL NOT LIKE THAT'LL MATTER MUCH SINCE THEY'RE ALL DITCHING 3-7 ANYWAY...]

[er I mean]

[she steps into the room, and heads straight for Naminé's bedroom.]

Naminé?

[voice]

[alizarinsea.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean to--...I didn't know. He spoke to me like he knew me when I got here.

[voice]

[howsketchy]

You don't have to apologize.

[voice]

[alizarinsea.livejournal.com]

I don't know how to make it up to him.

[voice]

[howsketchy]

He's going to need time, but... Just talk to him.

[voice]

[alizarinsea.livejournal.com]

I did...he wouldn't reply.

Is he upset because no one told him? Or because of...what they didn't tell him?

[voice]

[howsketchy]

... Both, maybe.

You shouldn't blame yourself. It's our fault for not telling him.

[voice]

[alizarinsea.livejournal.com]

It's not that, it's...

I never even thought about what it looks like. Telling someone that's all they have to look forward to--

[she stops for a moment.]

[video]//private

[alizarinsea.livejournal.com]

[when her face comes on screen, the emotion in it isn't guilt, but sympathy, sorrow.]

Namine...are you really all right with how things turned out back home?

[video]//private

[howsketchy]

Yes, I am.

[ she knew that this conversation would come up eventually, but... ]

And Roxas did too. It might not seem like it now, but he did a lot of growing up back home. He just never went through any of it before coming here.

... But it was for the best.

[video]//private

[alizarinsea.livejournal.com]

[she's silent for a moment, absorbing this.]

It's just, seeing you two here, making friends and leading your own lives...it doesn't seem fair to take that away from you.

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[howsketchy]

[ she laughs lightly, shaking her head. ]

You won't take anything for me. My friends, my life, my memories-- they'll all still be there. Just inside of you.

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[alizarinsea.livejournal.com]

[she knows that, deep down. But something still nags at her.]

But...once you come back to me, it'll stop. It won't...grow anymore. We're connected, but I can't be what you were to someone. It's just not fair to that person. Right?

[video]//private

[howsketchy]

I don't expect you to be. It's just... I'm really not sure how to explain. There are people who are against this decision of mine, but in the end that's what it is-- my decision. I know it may sound selfish, but it's what people do. We make selfish decisions for the sake of others and ourselves. My friends have made choices that I don't agree with, but in the end they had every right to do so.

You see, I was alone for a very long time. All I wanted was a friend, and Sora gave me that. He doesn't remember me anymore. What we had won't grow, like you said. But our memories together are still there, they all really happened, and I'm okay with that.

[video]//private

[alizarinsea.livejournal.com]

[she listens quietly, nodding a little.]

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to belittle your choice. I don't think it's selfish at all.

[so Namine met Sora, and he forgot her? That explained their little exchange back in the World that Never Was.]

If that's what you want, then I'll respect that.

[video]//private

[howsketchy]

Thank you.

And please know that I never, ever resented you. Someone told me that we should be angry at our Others because they get hearts and we don't, but-- if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't even be here. I can't thank you enough for that.

[video]//private

[alizarinsea.livejournal.com]

[someone? Was it that man, with the red eyes? She almost asks. Uncertainty flickers across her face, before vanishing behind another quiet smile.]

You don't need to thank me. I'm just as happy to be able to meet you.

[video]//private

[howsketchy]

[ Naminé definitely will not bring that topic up on her own, ha ha ha... ]

Same here. And I'm glad we can spend time together.

[video]//private

[alizarinsea.livejournal.com]

[someday she will, sigh...]

Speaking of which...do you want to have lunch together sometime?

[video]//private

[howsketchy]

Oh! I would love to do that.

[video]//private

[alizarinsea.livejournal.com]

All right! When are you free?

[video]//private

[howsketchy]

Any time, really, unless I'm working. But it's easy to go around mission schedules.