...How did it happen? If I might ask? [He'll shift his hold on her to be a more comforting hand to the back, rather than an urgent push.] Your passing and becoming a cupid.
[ While it isn't an easy talk, it isn't the most difficult; Koharu's had time to come to terms with it and where life has lead her now. It hurts at times, like a wound that hasn't quite healed yet, but she can manage. ]
It was—some freak accident. Aki and I were walking home from school like we usually do, but we... stopped. And talked for a little bit. [ He might be able to guess why. ] But the building we stopped under was still under construction, and a part of it collapsed on us.
[He knew it had to be a sudden thing. She never mentioned being sickly, or showed any signs of prior conditions. He supposes he ought to be grateful that it was an accident. Too many people here got gutted in gruesome ways, it would break his heart to hear that she suffered the same.
This is just heartbreaking in a different way.]
I'm sorry, Koharu. That must have been painful. [He has an urge to ruffle her hair. Fix her bangs or something, but he thinks it might be out of line in a way. She's a teenager, not a child, and not his child for that matter. He shouldn't be overbearing, not when this shit was already so damn hard to talk about. It's just hard to see her go through it, is all.]
Was that the first time you saw her since the accident?
[ She gives a small nod, standing still, gaze fixated on nothing; it's difficult to know where her eyes should settle when she can't see. ]
It was, but it didn't seem like long for me at all. [ One moment, she felt the world fading around her; in the next she was staring into the sky, not unlike waking up from nothing more than a deep sleep. It truly was a blink of an eye. ] Even now, it's weird to think that years have gone by.
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[ While it isn't an easy talk, it isn't the most difficult; Koharu's had time to come to terms with it and where life has lead her now. It hurts at times, like a wound that hasn't quite healed yet, but she can manage. ]
It was—some freak accident. Aki and I were walking home from school like we usually do, but we... stopped. And talked for a little bit. [ He might be able to guess why. ] But the building we stopped under was still under construction, and a part of it collapsed on us.
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[He knew it had to be a sudden thing. She never mentioned being sickly, or showed any signs of prior conditions. He supposes he ought to be grateful that it was an accident. Too many people here got gutted in gruesome ways, it would break his heart to hear that she suffered the same.
This is just heartbreaking in a different way.]
I'm sorry, Koharu. That must have been painful. [He has an urge to ruffle her hair. Fix her bangs or something, but he thinks it might be out of line in a way. She's a teenager, not a child, and not his child for that matter. He shouldn't be overbearing, not when this shit was already so damn hard to talk about. It's just hard to see her go through it, is all.]
Was that the first time you saw her since the accident?
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It was, but it didn't seem like long for me at all. [ One moment, she felt the world fading around her; in the next she was staring into the sky, not unlike waking up from nothing more than a deep sleep. It truly was a blink of an eye. ] Even now, it's weird to think that years have gone by.