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[aididitmyway]

please astral project here

it'll look pretty later

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[aiwillneversmile]

[squeezing her hand]

Next time. I'll be in the front row next time.

[aididitmyway]

[squeezes his hand back...]

Good. You'd better be, or I don't think I can forgive you.

[aiwillneversmile]

I couldn't forgive myself. We've been talking about that show for awhile

[aididitmyway]

At least since I became an idol.

I wish mama could've seen. I'm happy mom did, though.

[aiwillneversmile]

Mm. Miyako, Kana, Memcho, Saitou . . . There were a lot of people rooting for you, like it was their dream too. You finally did it.

[aididitmyway]

You're coming to the party after, right? Since it's Kana's graduation, too.

[aiwillneversmile]

I'd like to. She made a big deal out of this concert too.

[aididitmyway]

Everyone has been. It's like, impossible to make it to the Tokyo Dome unless you're huge!

[aiwillneversmile]

No, it was something else for her.

But I already knew you would make it. Just a question of when not if.

[aididitmyway]

I know, I know...

Knowing who you really are helped a lot, though. I'm not sure I would've lasted if I kept going like I did.

[aiwillneversmile]

You say that, but I was also the one who pushed you into a corner, handling things the way I did.

[aididitmyway]

I didn't appreciate it at first, but...

You know you're totally forgiven for that, right? And does it even matter if I'm better off now?

[aiwillneversmile]

It does matter, because it was cruel, but I appreciate being forgiven. Thank you.

. . . You haven't believed anything I've said, have you?

[aididitmyway]

No.

I knew you were lying the moment you said you were in the wings, dummy.

[aiwillneversmile]

I said I could have been in the wings since I didn't remember anything.

It'll be okay. We can fix it here.

[aididitmyway]

Oh. Sorry...

[she sighs, leaning against him heavily]

I just want you to be there, but I definitely couldn't see you. I looked everywhere. I wanted to see you happy.

[aiwillneversmile]

I was with our dad.

[aididitmyway]

You were... what?

[aiwillneversmile]

I'm sorry. I had to.

[aididitmyway]

Had to what?? Why are you apologizing—

[And then she sharply pulls back, staring him down.]

You didn't.

[aiwillneversmile]

He's dead. It's over.

1/2

[aididitmyway]

Cygnus, you—

[she has to stand up and take a few steps away for a moment because she has to process her emotions. it's not like she was a fan of their dad.]

[aididitmyway]

Why!? Don't you know what it means?? What if they find the body, what if you get thrown in jail, what if I can't see you—what happened to you!?

[aiwillneversmile]

He tried to kill you, Lyra. He wouldn't have stopped trying. And we can fix it here.

[aididitmyway]

But what are we fixing? The fact that you killed him??