It startles him, the way she suddenly turns to him and hugs him like that, but doesn’t that mean that Kotone needs the companionship more than ever? Especially when she’s the kind of person to hide behind a mask, although he’s glad that she can be this honest with him. Maybe it’s hard not too, when he’s always been someone born from her own heart.
So he returns the hug in full, running soothing circles behind her back.]
You don’t need to force yourself to feel something you don’t feel, Kotone-chan.
[Because that’s the root of all this, isn’t it? The desire to be happy all the time because you don’t want to worry anyone else. Ryoji knows that feeling all too well, because it’s something he would do too.]
The fact that it hurts just shows how much he means to you. It’s because you cherish your time with him that you can’t be happy with him being gone. And that’s okay.
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It startles him, the way she suddenly turns to him and hugs him like that, but doesn’t that mean that Kotone needs the companionship more than ever? Especially when she’s the kind of person to hide behind a mask, although he’s glad that she can be this honest with him. Maybe it’s hard not too, when he’s always been someone born from her own heart.
So he returns the hug in full, running soothing circles behind her back.]
You don’t need to force yourself to feel something you don’t feel, Kotone-chan.
[Because that’s the root of all this, isn’t it? The desire to be happy all the time because you don’t want to worry anyone else. Ryoji knows that feeling all too well, because it’s something he would do too.]
The fact that it hurts just shows how much he means to you. It’s because you cherish your time with him that you can’t be happy with him being gone. And that’s okay.