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[blowsfortono]

[when a certain blue ranger comes back from doing whatever it is that he does, he may find a certain pink ranger in his cabin, ostensibly practicing calligraphy but also pretty obviously waiting for him]

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[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

If I had been able to tell him straightforwardly, back then. . .

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

...

Takeru is Takeru, yes. But I wasn't even there, and I saw that things weren't right. And now here we are, both worried.

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

... I still think that it's a facade. He only forgets about it sometimes, when he looks genuinely happy, like it's vulnerability.

[adds, almost to himself] As though anyone cared for that.

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

[sees your point, but sighs]

If he can't bring himself to be even a little vulnerable...

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

It takes a little time.

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

Time he wouldn't be getting if neither of us had been vulnerable enough to have this conversation.

[whoops, that was a little snappish]

...I know it isn't your fault. I'm sorry.

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

... It's fine. I defend him too much, don't I?

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

You love him. I think it comes with the territory.

[reaches out and puts her hand on yours]

This can't be easy for you.

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

[shakes his head, chuckling a bit unsteadily]

Well, I'm not very territorial about him.

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

...

Ryuunosuke.

[comes around the table to sit next to you]

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

E-eh?

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

Don't lie, ne?

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

But...

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

No buts. This isn't the kind of thing where we can pretend something is all right when it isn't.

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

Then what do we do..?

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

We make it right, or we don't do it. I'm not going to hurt you so much to have him, doubly so when he can't be honest to me with his own feelings.

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

Just to be clear, you're not hurting me with anything you're doing.

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

Mm. But you're still pretending.

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

[sighs]

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

[sips her tea and gives you time to chew that over]

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

. . . Do you believe we've only been working out on the basis of pretense?

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

No. I think you really love each other.

It seems like Ryuunosuke is the one who's more afraid it's pretense.

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

He told me to trust him.

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

And do you? Trust isn't something that can be ordered.

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

... I want to.