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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[happyends]

[ That would be impolite, Ayumu..! So she's just going to hurry over all the same, showing up in the tea shop fairly soon after. She's glancing around a little carefully (and still doesn't really look.. well, good) to try and find him. ]

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[sundead]

Hey, Madoka-chan. [Ayumu's behind the bar when she gets there, organizing the different teas.] What'll it be?

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[happyends]

.. Um.. [ she nervously fiddles with a lock of her hair, unsure of where to look.. ]

A-anything would be fine right now, Ayumu-san..

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[sundead]

[Well then, he'll make her some calming green tea. Poor Madoka...]

...She's a good friend of yours, right? Is she from your world?

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[happyends]

Yui-chan isn't from my world.. [ that would make it easier, really - it'd mean she would at least see her again back home. ] B-but.. we were still good friends. We met when I first came here, and we've talked since that.. we even lived together for a long time now.

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[sundead]

[...] I've made some friends like that, too. But, uh... she's not from a bad world, right? She's probably happy to be home...

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[happyends]

Yes. That's why.. I'm glad she's home. I'm sure Yui-chan must've really missed her friends from there, right..? I wouldn't want her to be stuck instead here then. [ but it's still painful. ]

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[sundead]

And she might still come back. You don't know that for sure, yet.

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[happyends]

.. Huh, come back..? Did that ever happen to anyone you know, Ayumu-san?

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[sundead]

Yeah. Eu came back, for a little while.

[And disappeared again, but he leaves that unstated as he pours the hot water.]

[happyends]

... I'm sorry, Ayumu-san.. [ a little quiet. ] It must be so strange to have them here again just for a little bit..

[sundead]

Kind of... but you know, life's full of people you meet and never see again. Even your own parents might decide to go off and leave you on your own. [Not that he has experience in this at all of course!! -] But in my experience, there's always someone new ready to appear in your life, even if you don't want that. Yui-san would want you to meet that person and be happy again.

[happyends]

There's someone else waiting for take Yui-chan's place?

[ it seems a little confusing to her-- or rather, just strange. but even so she listens, since talking like this with ayumu is almost a little like the talks she used to have with her mother whenever she gave her advice. ]

[sundead]

[that's not really what he was trying to say] Well not.. "take her place," Just someone who'll be there like she was.

...Sorry. I'm not really good at this kind of thing.

[happyends]

N.. no, it's okay, Ayumu-san! I'm sorry for misunderstanding..

[ for a few moments she's quiet, just staring down. ]

.. Thank you for helping me, I.. really appreciate it.

[sundead]

It's no problem, Madoka-chan. You'd do the same thing, right?

[happyends]

Ah, of course..! If you're ever sad, pleasse talk to me, Ayumu-san! I'll do anything I can to make you feel better, even if I might not be much good..!