tenth.

[getawaywith]

[ phone ]

[For a while, nothing can be heard from the phone except rough, ragged breathing which teeters on the edge of sobs. It's not until after quite a bit of this that Shizuru speaks.]

I can't...ask for forgiveness...

Natsuki...how could I?

Natsuki!

[There's a dull clatter as she drops the phone. It'll be a little while before she gets

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[artwithknives]

[Shiki is also WATCHING]

[flameyedhunter]

[Shana just listens, and seethes with rage.]

[getawaywith]

[Shizuru's breath hitches for a moment. Then she collects herself again.]

Someone important to me. I hurt someone important to me.

[getawaywith]

I didn't know.

I didn't know what would happen to Natsuki.