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[hopedout]

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[hopedout]

I know that. [ There's an insistence in his words, as if he doesn't need to be told this. He doesn't. He knows already. ] But I can't talk about my own loss. Not when it stares me in the face every now and again.

[ Like right now, for instance. ]

Being able to listen to him means that I have to be able to respond back. That I have the chance to talk to him properly. As I was, then, I couldn't. Not while everyone was there, not while- [ not while you were there. ] I can't... be a bad host to everyone, it isn't fair to their feelings, either.

I wanted to talk to him about it properly, but...

[ Lost opportunities. ] "There's a time and place for everything, but not now."

[ It seems that he's quoting something, a phrase that Nanami might recognize that he's pulling from, in fact. ]

Besides, I feel like it wouldn't be fair to him, either, if I listened to him in the state I was in. I'd be listening... but not listening. I don't want to do that to him. I care about him so much, after all. I want to help him. I want to be by his side forever.

I can't-- [ His voice cracks like tiles and there's something about his demeanor that seems almost fragile. ] I can't just be useless to him. I can't let my own hurt get in the way of that. After all, I'm not just "Hinata Hajime".

[1upzero]

Hinata kun, perhaps at that moment being a host was not important. And being able to reply isn't important, simply listening is, or letting him talk. You don't have to have an answer, you don't need something to say. You don't need to solve it, or have anything meaningful to contribute. All you need to do is hear him when he is trying to speak.

[She recognized what he said, but she didn't find it relatable to this situation particularly.]

And, sharing how you feel as well.

[hopedout]

Perhaps.

[ His tone is clipped slightly, eyes slightly narrowed in what seems to be slight frustration. He doesn't say anything else at first. ]

Is that all?

[1upzero]

[She can't help but sigh softly, if that was how it was going to be, that's how it was going to be.]

If that's what you want....

[hopedout]

[ There's a tenseness in his voice as he speaks a single word, one that holds so much meaning behind it. ]

Sorry. [ He doesn't mean to be so frustrated, but in the end... he is. This wasn't something that needed meddling in. While he might talk to Komaeda about it later, it's still. It's a scar on the both of them that was left opened. Different scars for different reasons. But there, nevertheless. ] I... should get going. I have work to do. If you need me, you know how to contact me.

[ It's a lame excuse to escape from talking anymore, from spilling his guts open. But he needs to get away from this before he hurts himself even more. ]

[1upzero]

[She nods slowly, but there's one last thing she needs to say, she needs to make sure it's understood.]

There is nothing good about keeping things to yourself, and I won't force you, or anyone, but please remember, that when you feel like voicing them, there is someone who can listen. Both you and Komaeda kun, need to not fear that.

[They didn't have to talk right away, but it was important to make them understand that they didn't need to bottle it up either.]