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[dereban]

► open post ♫ for inaba himeko from kokoro connect

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[dereban]

Ah-

[ She pauses a little bit, looking at him rather caught as her dark brown eyes widen for a moment before she tries to steady her voice. ]

What are you talking about? Weren't you paying attention to what I said earlier? I didn't find anything!

[moonlightbeast]

[He just. Smiles.]

Aah, I suppose you did.

[It is not a happy smile. It doesn't reach his eyes.]

You're right though, it isn't anything useful. Knowing one way or the other wouldn't change anything about me. And...mmm, I suppose it's good that this-

[He gestures to the screen.]

-is what people would find, if they look for me.

[dereban]

[ Um.

She can't help but pause a little bit at that smile, tensing a little bit as she wraps an arm around him just a little, if he'd let her. ]

You don't have to force yourself to smile if you don't want to, Atsushi. Especially not to me.

[moonlightbeast]

[He's still going to smile, but he's also going to thunk his forehead down on Inaba's shoulder.

His confession is a bit muffled, but she can probably still hear it.]

I want to meet this Dazai-san.

[dereban]

. . .

[ There's a bit of hesitance and then, she manages, her voice shakes a bit: ]

Why?

[moonlightbeast]

This Dazai-san seems like a kinder person.

[He's starting to figure out that his Dazai was not a good person.]

[dereban]

Yeah, the one you knew was definitely not that nice.

[ Although she honestly shouldn't have phrased it like that, she doesn't notice her mistake. ]

[moonlightbeast]

[It's okay, he can guess why that is.]

I...have to believe he had his reasons. If I'm not that different from this other Atsushi, then he can't be that different from that Dazai-san. S-So he must have had a reason for everything he did. Probably to protect'Oda'.

[dereban]

That's-

[ She balls her hand into a tight fist, frustrated. ]

It's too cruel, even if it's for one person.

[moonlightbeast]

It's...complicated.

[Too bad Inaba didn't read far enough to know why Atsushi keeps defending that choice.]

But it's not just about 'kind' or 'asshole'.

[dereban]

You know you can. . .

[ Okay, yeah, pausing the video since this topic is a little more important. ]

You can always talk to me about it, right? Even if it is complicated. I'll always listen and give my honest opinion.

[ Ironic to say "honest opinion" when she's been lying, huh. ]

[moonlightbeast]

...

[He's hesitating, but not for the reason Inaba might be expecting.]

I...

...

If this thing- this show- if it mentions a book, then okay.

[dereban]

[ She can see that hesitation in his eyes and she finds herself chewing on her lower lip. ]

If it doesn't show up in these episodes... Am I allowed to look it up?

[moonlightbeast]

Yeah. If- if it's already known about, because of this show or something, then I'll talk about it.

[dereban]

. . . I'll look through the rest of it later, then. If it doesn't show up in the anime.

[moonlightbeast]

Alright.

[Luckily it does show up! Since Fitzgerald and all. God that man is so tacky though, and Atsushi is grimacing.]

We should find out if he wants to capture me in this world too, and take him for all he's worth.

[dereban]

Are you saying that if he's in this world that we should swindle him?

[moonlightbeast]

If he can afford literal millions of dollars to capture me, then he can afford it here too.

[dereban]

Okay, I'd do it but we're not letting him actually capture you. Or at least I'm not.

[moonlightbeast]

Well of course he wouldn't capture me, we're tricking him.

We get Cinque-San to help.

[dereban]

[ She places a hand on Atsushi's shoulder, grinning like an evil villain. ]

I like the way you think, Atsushi. Maybe we can even put a tracking device on her too if we did that.

[moonlightbeast]

Exactly. And once we have the money, she can turn into something small, like a bird, and escape.

[dereban]

He would never see it coming. But that's enough of evil scheming for now.

[moonlightbeast]

Alright, alright. I should probably be wondering how he heard about the book in the first place.

[Since that sure got mentioned.]

[dereban]

[ Inaba hums a little, contemplatively as she mulls it over in her head. ]

Do you think it's possible that someone could have told him?