[052] Another Loss

[buntails]

[Usagi is in her room, arms wrapped tightly around herself as she sits on the bed with her knees drawn up to her chest. It's as if she wants to quite literally try to hold herself together, as if she might break into pieces if she lets go

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[stepford_smiles]

U sa gi chan.

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[buntails]

[The reply is belated; she's not sure she really wants to talk to anyone. But after a few minutes, it comes.]

It's better for her back home.

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[stepford_smiles]

[Mami doesn't mind the belated reply.]

It is. But part of her will always be with you.

What kind of stories do rabbits like best, Usagi-chan?

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[buntails]

[Part of her. But Usagi wants to be with her, all of her.]

Romantic stories.

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[thebest_shot]

[She looks as concerned as she is confused.] Hey...what's going on?

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[buntails]

[She tries to compose herself before answering. She does an admirable job. She even has a smile, tense though it may be from the effort.]

One of my friends went home. I won't be able to see her for a long time. But it's alright since she was able to go home, isn't it?

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[thebest_shot]

I'm afraid I haven't gotten a full grasp on the way things work around here...but I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Is there anything I can do? For you, I mean.

[Loss. It seems so common, and she can tell Usagi's smile is strained, which makes her frown a little before returning it.]

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[buntails]

I'll be alright. It just caught me by surprise.

She's probably performing right now. She's an amazing violinist back home.

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[coraltaijiya]

I'm sorry, Usagi-san.

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[buntails]

It's better for her back home.

[This is stubbornness, to keep herself from crying.]

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[coraltaijiya]

[A hesitant nod.]

Most often, it is.

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[buntails]

She can be with Haruka-san, too. They won't have to be separated.

[to_the_absolute]

So many people making their own way. Is home a bad place?

[buntails]

No. [She shakes her head, happy to be able to say this much, at least.] It's a good place. She'll be safer and happier there.

[to_the_absolute]

That's a relief then, isn't it?

[buntails]

Yeah. [And she needs to focus on that. Remember that. Think of that positive side.]

And I might be with her there. They say we go back to the moment we came from, if we go home. So in her time, I'm still right there.

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[fabraylous]

...isn't that a good thing?

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[buntails]

Mm. She'll be safer and happier there.

But, I'll miss her. It's selfish of me, I know.

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[fabraylous]

[ a nod. she gets it. she'd miss rachel and kurt and even jesse if they went home, but she'd rather they be back in lima than here where they can get hurt. rachel dying showed her how brutal this place can be. ]

No, sometimes selfish is okay. You want to be with your friends and there's nothing wrong with that.

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[buntails]

[Home, for Usagi, isn't entirely safe; they have battles there, too. But it's safer than here where anything that happens seems to result in more murders. She doesn't understand it.]

Mm. But I'm still glad she could go home, really.