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[cupidsammo]

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[cupidsammo]

I'm— I'll manage.

... I'm just exhausted. My head feels like it's swimming.

[kumeyuri]

... Yeah, I think a lot of us feel that way. We figured out who did it, but everything is still a mess, huh?

Do you want to talk about it?

[cupidsammo]

[ She lets out a thoughtful hum, like she has to think about this. ]

I... don't mind, but I barely know what to say. I just want this to be a horrible dream to wake up from.

[kumeyuri]

[...]

I'm sorry, Koharu-chan.

[he is personally not great at this, so he isn't sure of what else to say.]

[cupidsammo]

[ shakes her head ]

N- no, it's okay. I just need to be tougher about this—like everyone else has been...

[kumeyuri]

[uruha's quiet for a bit, because honestly, he probably lived a very different kind of life than koharu—the kind where, like, yeah, a lot of people her age were going to war and the like.

but also, at the end of the day...]

It takes a lot to get used to this kind of thing. It doesn't happen overnight.

[cupidsammo]

[ there's like, a mildly questioning look she gives, but seems to refrain from voicing what's on her mind. ]

I... guess a part of me does know that. Most people never see this sort of thing.

[kumeyuri]

... Ideally, it'd stay that way. [...] Do you want to keep thinking about it tonight, or do you need a distraction?

[cupidsammo]

[ she simply exhales ]

Not really. Maybe I should do something else.

[kumeyuri]

[a hum]

... Do you play any instruments?

[cupidsammo]

I could probably play one badly, if that's okay...

[kumeyuri]

Show me, if you don't mind? We can go to the stage.

[cupidsammo]

.. Alright.

[ she stands up ]

We can go.

[kumeyuri]

[he nods and will lead the way to the soundstage...]

[cupidsammo]

[ timeskipping we are there, wow!!

Out of everything, Koharu ends up picking up.... a recorder. Like, the shitty flute kind. ]

I think I might remember how to play a few songs from elementary school...

[kumeyuri]

I feel like this kind of thing never fully leaves you. Give it a try.

[play your shitty recorder koharu...]

[cupidsammo]

Alright, let's see...

[ She'll start playing this, but considerably more clumsily, taking occasional pauses to remember the notes. It isn't great, but it's... recognizable? ]

[kumeyuri]

[absolutely no idea if uruha went to elementary school or not but presumably he knows this song in non-shitty recorder fashion]

Oh... Sakura!

[cupidsammo]

[ A SAFE ASSUMPTION. probably? ]

Mmhm. I remember always being a little biased toward this one when I was little.

[ but like, her halo has a little sakura flower in it, so yknow. ]

[kumeyuri]

It's a classic. A good choice to be biased to.

[koharu your sakura flower...]

[cupidsammo]

Did you have to play these songs, too?

[kumeyuri]

I've trained in the traditional arts. [we are going so far into popular fan headcanon territory.] It'd be pretty bad if I didn't know the common folk songs.

[cupidsammo]

[ i can relate in that only ten chapters mood ]

So that's a yes... I bet you're better at playing these than I am.

[kumeyuri]

[high-fives. me, jan]

I'm pretty decent with the shamisen, though I'm a little out of practice.

[cupidsammo]

—You are? I want to hear!