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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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[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

[sighs]

That isn't how it seems. At all. Maybe he just...enjoys the idea more than the actuality.

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

... What do you mean?

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

Just the things he says sometimes. Like that he's been waiting a long time to be with me. Except he hasn't, really, has he? I haven't been here very long.

I'm sorry, I really shouldn't be burdening you with this.

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

He said that, did he..?

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

He said he'd been waiting for this for a long time, actually. So the three of us, I suppose. It just...wasn't me. That he was really waiting for.

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

... Mmh. It must be more difficult for him to see the difference, after all.

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

[that doesn't necessarily make her feel any better, so she takes a sip of tea]

Mm, maybe that's why.

[wetfortono.livejournal.com]

At least in part, that's probably my fault.

[pinkufortono.livejournal.com]

Eeh?

[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.