six; voice. ☆

[happyends]

[ The message left on the journals is a short one. After all, the message she's bringing is so upsetting to her that she can't really talk much about it. Heck, she can hardly speak up without her voice shaking, and she shouldn't show everyone how upset she is-- after all, it's better for people to not be stuck here, right? No matter how upsetting it might be, and no matter that a lot of people she knows have left already - leaving her all alone in her apartment in the end, even though she's lived with so many people over time. ]

... Um.. F-.. for those of you who knew Yui-chan-- .. Yui Konagi.. she went back home.

[ ... ]

There are some things l-left behind for people too, so.. hmm.

[ She can't even say this properly, can she? Instead she just closes the journal for a bit. ]

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voice;

[happyends]

[ At least he got that much spot on, but right now she'll settle for-- ]

.. Just walking around the village would be fine.. I.. don't really want to sit here alone. Everything here reminds me too much of Yui-chan..

voice;

[menial]

All right. Meet you in the square in ten?

voice;

[happyends]

Yes. I'll be there, so.. see you, hm.

[ and at that - glad at having the choice to leave the apartment for a bit - she immediately closes the journal and makes her way over to the square. ]

voice;

[menial]

[And he, on the other hand, will stroll up in ten minutes as promised.]

Hey.

[He eyes her carefully, trying to see if she's more or less composed or, well, generally how devastated she may or may not be.]

voice;

[happyends]

[ She's not as devastated anymore.. but that doesn't say too much. She still doesn't look really normal - her eyes are still a little red from crying too - but apparently she's trying to look her best despite her expression still being a little downcast. ]

G-.. good afternoon. [ she bows politely, if not a little shakily. ]

voice;

[menial]

['Madoka-chan, why do you do this to me? My heartstrings can't handle Sad Girl in Snow even when you take out the snow!'

Okay, he tries a hand on her shoulder. THERE, THERE. Why is his approach no better than Ron Weasley's.]

Thanks for coming out, Madoka-chan. I could use the company.

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[happyends]

.. You could use it..? [ she didn't quite expect to hear that from him, so she looks up at him when she feels the hand on her shoulder, blinking curiously. ]

W-why?

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[menial]

['Because I like to lie to girls who care too much about being helpful to others?']

Well, uh, you know... The experiment last month, then the draft, then Haruhi going nuclear on the pageant and Tanabata...

['Which is kind of true, actually. I probably wouldn't say anything to you about my long-term psychological damage, Madoka, but still. No lies.']

I could just use a break and some sympathetic company. I'm sure you could use the same.

action;

[happyends]

Ah, I d-didn't know all that was so hard on you.. [ at least he activated her being helpful mode.. apparently. ]

I'm sorry, I'll try to give you my sympathetic company the best I can if that makes you feel better..!

action;

[menial]

Thank you, Madoka-chan.

And you know, this doesn't mean that you should hide what you're feeling. Misery loves company, and all that... I'll probably feel better if you tell me honestly if anything's dragging you down, too.

['A little too obvious...?']

action;

[happyends]

.. Well.. you already understand, right..? [ especially when he puts it that obviously - even someone like Madoka can see through that much. ]

It's a little sad that Yui-chan had to leave, that's all, b-but.. I should feel glad for her, I guess..

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[menial]

Well, yeah, I do, but you might want to talk about it still, after all.

I think you should draw a distinction, honestly, Madoka-chan. You should be glad for her, sure, but you can also be sad for yourself.

action;

[happyends]

But.. I can't do both of those at the same time, right..? I can't be happy and sad at the same time..

action;

[menial]

You'd be surprised. Anyway, the point of that is... don't try to be anything. Just be what you are and don't worry about it. You know, like if you need to cry, well, everyone needs to cry sometimes.

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[happyends]

... A-are you saying.. I should cry?

action;

[menial]

.....

['This is hard.']

I'm saying if you want to, you should. It's not going to hurt anyone.

action;

[happyends]

[ a quick shake of her head. ]

No.. I-it's fine. I've.. already cried enough by now. [ hence the red eyes. ] I shouldn't cry any more than this..

action;

[menial]

['In this episode: I try to make a cute girl cry.

Jeez, Haruhi much? All right, better leave it.']

Okay. Then let's talk about something happier, okay?

[happyends]

.. Hmm, like what..? [ at least she's rubbing her eyes a little now, trying to appear more normal. ] Did anything good happen to you lately..?

[menial]

...Well.

I slept in this morning.

[happyends]

Ehehe, yes, that's.. a good thing, isn't it? Congratulations.. [ Madoka, you don't have to go along with it that badly!! ]

[menial]

['... Wow.']

Well, also, I, um, I've been keeping in touch with my SOS Brigade-assigned pen pal.

[happyends]

.. Oh, you're part of that..? Who is your pen pal, do I maybe know them?

[menial]

It's Shiemi Moriyama-san.

[happyends]

Ah, I've never heard that name before.. are they at least nice to you?