[003: Audio]

[spellsdeadwrong]

So all of this stuff with people being sick is over now.

[Pause. Asuka's seen a lot of people upset about everything that had gone down, whether they'd been a part of it or just seen the destruction or if they'd died or lived and killed. He wants to make them see that it's all right now. But while he's good at talking to people one-on-one,

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[angha_firebird]

[Have some airy, stifled breathing and a whimper before the audio finally clicks off again.]

[COMMENTLOGGING IT UP] XDDD break what???

[angha_firebird]

[Tilting her head to one side--tears nearly dry on her face--Aara considers that with a smile.]

I am honored and humbled, and I thank you...

I will never take your words for granted.

[She smiles, and it's only then she realizes she is in Asuka's lap, still, and she tenses the smallest bit as a bright blush steals across her cheeks. Her eyes widen briefly, and she ducks her head, wondering if he would think her rude if she got up--what he thought of her being in his lap in the first place.]

Ah... am I... h-heavy?

[COMMENTLOGGING IT UP] EVERYTHING. Like if I were to kill Asuka. :D

[spellsdeadwrong]

[At first, Asuka doesn't answer her words--he doesn't feel like he needs to. But then she finally realizes that she's in his lap, and Asuka's chuckling, leaning back to rest on one palm, his other arm still at her waist.]

Nah, you're fine. It'd take a bit more than that for you to be too heavy.

[COMMENTLOGGING IT UP] DDDD8 <-- THIS IS MY HORRIFIED FACE! AARA SAYS NO!!! D< D8 T_T!!!

[angha_firebird]

[Aara's blush deepens, heart pattering in her chest as she finds air necessary to intake if she does not want to feel dizzy. She is sitting in Asuka's lap. As a friend? He does not mind it--and his hand is at her hip. But didn't she used to sit on Kanan's lap when she was younger and had been sick? Only didn't he claim she was too big, and was not allowed to do that any longer? She figured she was too heavy. But Asuka said she wasn't too heavy...]

Ah...

[She would ignore it then. If Asuka did not have a problem with it, then neither should she. Right? Heart still pounding in her chest, she tried to focus on other things. His words earlier. His belief in her. His take on friendship.]

You... really think a true friend should forgive me? What if I am not forgiven, but can understand, and still consider that person my friend?

[COMMENTLOGGING IT UP] :DDDDDDDDD

[spellsdeadwrong]

Yeah, I do.

But if you still want to think of that person as your friend, it's your choice. Nobody else can tell you who you should or shouldn't be friends with.

[COMMENTLOGGING IT UP] NO BAD D8 XD

[angha_firebird]

[Why his words make her feel oddly vulnerable, Aara does not know, but she is thankful for them and touched by them none-the-less, expression crumpling once more as she ducks her head at that. Thinking about all this made her heart hurt.]

Thank you...Asuka...

[COMMENTLOGGING IT UP]

[spellsdeadwrong]

[Asuka's just going to sit up now and make to hug Aara again now.]

Of course. I'm glad I could help.

[COMMENTLOGGING IT UP]

[angha_firebird]

[With a light, breathy laugh, Aara moves to return his hug, feeling immensely better.]