Catch-All for Namine

[specialdog]

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[whitewalls]

[ ... ah.

she just watches her for a moment, but when akane doesn't move, naminé just lightly knocks against the doorframe to let her know that someone's here. ]

[specialdog]

You can come in.

[ She won't be a good host, though. ]

[whitewalls]

[ that's fine, she wasn't expecting her to be.

but she'll quietly walk in, closing the door behind her. ]

[specialdog]

[ Akane has her knees pulled up to her chest and watches Namine from behind her crossed arms. ]

... What do you want?

[whitewalls]

... I wanted to see if you needed anything.

[ she doesn't think akane is probably going to go out to get like, food or anything ]

[specialdog]

[ Correct... But Akane ignores the answer to the question she asked in the first place. ]

Hey, Namine. You were friends with Minato-kun, right?

[whitewalls]

[ she blinks, then nods. ]

Yeah, we were.

[specialdog]

Just friends?

[whitewalls]

He was one of my best friends here.

[ it's nice to be able to say best friend considering she keeps making the effort to make sure people don't think she's best friends with axel and xion. ]

[specialdog]

Doing things like kissing the glass will give people the wrong idea.

Not me, because we're friends, so I trust you. [ But, you know. Other people. ]

[whitewalls]

... he promised me something that meant a lot to me. And I think that no matter how many times I verbally told him that I appreciated it, he didn't completely believe me.

So I just went with a gesture that I know people use to show affection. Like how a friend might kiss their friend's cheek, or a mother might kiss their baby's head. Although he probably didn't even get it.

[specialdog]

[ Whether or not she believes Namine on that latter part is up for debate, but the first part at least sounds right. ]

[ Softly: ] I'm sure he believed you. What was the promise?

[whitewalls]

That week when he had amnesia, he said that he wouldn't forget me.

[ ... ]

The last person who told me that ended up forgetting. So it meant a lot to me that Minato didn't, when his memory came back.

[specialdog]

[ More of the memory manipulation stuff...? Akane really doesn't get all that, but... ]

... I don't think any of us here are going to forget each other.

[whitewalls]

... probably not.

But when someone tells you something and it's the first time you felt like it was actually real, it still stands out, right?

[specialdog]

Yeah, of course.

It was always easy to believe that he meant the things he was saying and take them to heart.

[whitewalls]

[ she thinks back to what cinnabar had said, when akane pointed out that she lost her boyfriend.

... ]

I wish we could have figured out what happened.

[specialdog]

Me too.

I want to figure it out. I just want to know.

[ But everyone finally broke the track record of catching the corrupted to catch Four instead, so. ]

[whitewalls]

... we can still try to figure it out. Maybe we can try to send him a message and see if he can tell us?

[ it will probably get censored but

they don't know that ]

[specialdog]

If he can tell us, you have to tell everyone.

No one will believe me.

[whitewalls]

... I don't see why you would lie about his killer of all people.

[specialdog]

I wouldn't, but it doesn't matter.

[ all that matters is how people perceive her. ]

[whitewalls]

... fine.

But I'll mention we got the information together.

[specialdog]

Thanks for the thought.

[ Not that Akane thinks it will amount to much. ]

[whitewalls]

... mm.

Are you hungry?