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Who: Rapunzel and anyone else who wants to join in
What:A certain blondy is feeling under the weather
When: Today?
Where: The giant window near the arrival area
Warnings: Sad lil blonds ):

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All that blonde hair was kind of difficult to miss. Dante follows the trail until he sees Rapunzel sitting in the window.

He leans over her shoulder to see what she's looking at, but the only thing he sees is their reflections.

"Not much to see."

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"Hey, it's okay. Nothing to apologize for."

Without really thinking about it, Dante put his arm around her and gave her a little hug. It was a purely protective instinct that he would never admit to under most circumstances.

"They don't know what they're talking about. They're not from your world and they don't know your mom. Sounds like maybe she was a little over-protective, but that's what parents do, right?"

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She turns to hug him right back and buries her face into his shoulder. As awkward as this may make him feel, she can't help but let out all her tears now. This has been eating away at her for a while now and she wasn't sure what to think.

" Sh-she loves me! She does she does love me!.. Doesn't she?" She whimpers as she says this.

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Poor kid. Dante patted her back and let her cry it out.

"I don't know what to tell you. I don't know your mother. I guess you just gotta ask yourself if you felt loved when you were with her?"

It probably wasn't the most helpful advice. Maybe he should have just said that of course her mother loved her, but Dante wasn't much for comfortable lies.

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"I always felt happy.. I mean.. sometimes her words were kind of mean but.. I know thats just her way of teasing.. It's just her teasing me because you do that with your loved ones!... You do, right?"

She just looks up at him with that pathetic kicked puppy look.

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Dante grinned at her. "Sure. You should hear some of the things I used to call my brother. Still do, actually. And we fight all the time..."

His voice trailed off as he remembered some of their fights. Getting stabbed in the chest by your brother probably wasn't what most people would call a happy family.

"On second thought, maybe we're not the best example."

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" You two don't seem to love each other at all though."

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He didn't answer for a minute, then he shrugged. "It's complicated, kiddo. We were pretty close as kids, maybe closer than most since we're twins, but then our mom died and things were never the same after that."

Dante looked out into space. "Doesn't mean I don't love him. He just makes it really difficult sometimes."

He shook his head and gave her a stern look. "Don't ever tell him I said that though."

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Hearing those words made her smile a little. She hugged him tightly and made sure not to move too far away. Awkwardness did not matter right now. "Dante, you're the best... thank you."

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Time to lighten the mood a little.

"Yeah, I know I am." He smirked at her and snuck in another little hug.

"And you're welcome. Any time."

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Rapunzel just leans into the hug. Unfortunately for him rather he liked it or not, he wasn't getting rid of her. He was making her smile, and she needed that right now, or she might just flood the ship with her tears.

" If you ever need anything I will help you too."

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"Well, I don't know about need, but I could go for a pizza."

He was kidding, mostly.

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She quickly jumped up and held out her hand. " Okay, let's go!"

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Dante just looked at her hand for a moment. Then he laughed as he stood up and took it.

"I didn't mean right now, but why not. I never turn down pizza."

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She stuck out her tongue and started tugging him off down the hallway. It turned out to be easy to distract her from her previous thoughts. "We're going now, brante."