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WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, CCC-REDHORSE. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 134.64.202.69 *** CCC-REDHORSE has joined 134.64.202.69 <CCC-REDHORSE> This is Reira Akaba! <CCC-REDHORSE>I'll try to answer you but sometimes I'm busy or sleeping, so I don't think about the message right away.

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[liquidbaby]

I, I can't, I can't t-tell, I p-promised... I'm s-sorry, I really, I'm r-r-really really sorry, nee-san... P-please f-forgive m-me...?
[ He's trying so hard to keep the promise he made to Tsukikage, he doesn't want him to be disappointed... but it's difficult not to tell Reira right this moment. ]

W-would y-you still l-l-love me even if- if I wasn't f-following G-god anymore...? [ He doesn't know if it'll come to him not following him anymore, but he needs to know the most important part first. If Reira won't love him anymore, there's no way he'd be able to leave Fourth. ]

[soft_focus]

[....She'll forgive him. Absolutely. But even as she tries to answer, she's finding tears in her eyes. Even then...]

...You...

...Even after all the stuff we did together, and for the 4th... ...even after we stopped the fog, you'd leave..?

[Even as she says it, she knows she shouldn't have. She hugs Ron tighter, and shakes as she answers.] ....I wouldn't be mad. And I'd...I'd still love you-and that's a promise.

But... ...but if you don't want to be the 4th's friend any more...

...You have to be the one to tell him why.

[liquidbaby]

I, I don't know wh-what I wanna, I j-just... If you'd h-hate me if I leave I w-won't, okay? Promise? I p-p-promise...!

[ He's terrified of her leaving him. It hurts enough that Robbie might be gone (he won't know yet), but the thought of losing either Reira or Tsukikage was mindnumbingly scary. ]

I-I know, I, I'll th-th-think l-l-lots and b-be r-r-really s-sure what I w-wanna d-do...

[soft_focus]

I already promised that I wouldn't hate you..! I just...

[She sniffles, and for all she's been trying-trying to say that everyone can think what they want, and do what they want...

...She doesn't want him to go.]

I just wish everyone would stop being mad at him...

[liquidbaby]

I- I'm not, not m-mad at him, I j-just don't kn-know what to do...

[ He hugs her, holds on to her as tight as he can, even turns partly into liquid so she's really close. ]

[soft_focus]

Aaa-AAAH- [RON IT'S REALLY HARD TO HUG YOU LIKE THAT-

...But fine, she's still hugging.] ...just think about it. ...Really hard ok?

[liquidbaby]

S-s-s-sorry...! [ He turns solid again, on her lap this time. ]

I, I'll th-think a-about it h-harder than I've e-ever thinked a-about an-anything b-before, p-promise.

[soft_focus]

[...Well. That's the most she can ask for.

...And...maybe...] ...Okay.

...


...Hey, Ron?

...You said you didn't know how a 'god' could be friends, right? ...Why don't you ask him, then? ....Ask him about if he wants to be friends more than he wants to be someone more important.

[liquidbaby]

[ He looks at her when she says those last things. ]

You, you think I sh-should do that...? W-will it h-help when I th-think?

[soft_focus]

...Yeah. I think so.

[...She hopes it does.]

[liquidbaby]

I... Th-then I'll t-try to ask...

[ It's an intimidating thing to ask though. ]

H-hey nee-san, can I n-nap with you...?

[soft_focus]

...not right here right? [Beds are better!!]

[liquidbaby]

Um...

[ That's what he'd been thinking, but... ]

In th-the bed if you cuddle with m-me?

[soft_focus]

That works. [Ok-she'll scoop you up and carry you to that weird loft bed now, let's go.] ...You gotta talk to the 4th after you wake up though, ok?

[liquidbaby]

[ He curls up in her arms and nods. He's so tired after this emotional talk. ] I, I'll d-do that.