[it makes him laugh a little, just a short one, but it still takes him a minute to get to standing (he has to make sure he won't shake, won't buckle) before holding out his hands to natsume.]
Okay. We can probably just say she's come down with something, though, and that she'll be better with some rest... I guess.
[even though
this scene speaks of worse injuries, potentially.]
And she's contaGIOUS, so no one else should visit HER. They can leave "get well soon" gifts with US.
( as if it's just a spring cold, and not a missing person. natsume opens his eyes and glances at his hands, then takes one of subaru's and lets himself be pulled up.
only that much, though. he's taking his hand back after. )
[so mean. subaru grips it tighter just a moment longer before he lets natsume let go and shuffles them into his
he doesn't have pockets to put them in, he realizes, so they just fall loosely at his sides instead as he turns back outward, shrine in mind and a glance at natsume.]
You got a coin on you?
[or did that stop when subaru lost his unusual love for luster.]
[...! yesyesyes he'll take it, dancing it between his knuckles.]
Yeah~... I mean, I think they're real pretty, sure, but I can't imagine having a whole episode over it. I always wondered why I acted that way.
[...]
Why he did, I mean.
[subaru's. accepting this and that, he's coming to understand stuff, but he still doesn't want to sully the memory of the person natsume cared so much for by overlaying himself like that.]
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( maybe that's a little too blunt and curt, but... )
We'll think of something to excuse her with while we're OUT.
( or
better yet
find her. and if not, time to think of what to say. )
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Okay. We can probably just say she's come down with something, though, and that she'll be better with some rest... I guess.
[even though
this scene speaks of worse injuries, potentially.]
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( as if it's just a spring cold, and not a missing person. natsume opens his eyes and glances at his hands, then takes one of subaru's and lets himself be pulled up.
only that much, though. he's taking his hand back after. )
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he doesn't have pockets to put them in, he realizes, so they just fall loosely at his sides instead as he turns back outward, shrine in mind and a glance at natsume.]
You got a coin on you?
[or did that stop when subaru lost his unusual love for luster.]
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just like carrying coins does not, natsume making one appear between his fingers like magic. it was just in his jacket pocket, though. )
They're useful for settling petty disPUTES.
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[so cool though... his lil parlor tricks.]
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( naturally )
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[the more he can attempt to normal up their walk the more they can pretend they're okay while their friend is missing.]
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( this too is consistent across all subarus )
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["you wouldn't favor your best friend?" was on the tip of his tongue, a tease both of them know (knew) so well, but that. that'll do.]
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( ...
he produces another coin; subaru may as well have his own. )
I almost miss you begging for these THOUGH. You remember that when we came up here with the little bat, don't YOU?
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Yeah~... I mean, I think they're real pretty, sure, but I can't imagine having a whole episode over it. I always wondered why I acted that way.
[...]
Why he did, I mean.
[subaru's. accepting this and that, he's coming to understand stuff, but he still doesn't want to sully the memory of the person natsume cared so much for by overlaying himself like that.]