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[adsum]

[ He frowns a little at Rika holding his face, not looking her in the eyes, but not pulling away either. ]

Nobody took them. They just... eroded away, with time. I haven't seen them for so long.

[contrarily]

( it's weird, to not have him looking at her, considering how usually hellbent he is on being looked at in return. )

... how long have you been here, Rocchi? ( HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN SEVENTEEN? SAY IT. SAY IT OUT LOUD )

[adsum]

[ closes my eyes ]

...A while.

[contrarily]

( STOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP )

... how is that even possible? How old are you, actually?! ( maybe he's old enough to be her perfect age smh )

[adsum]

You should ask yourselves that same question sometimes. It doesn't matter, though.

[ He finally looks up and meets Rika's eyes, placing his hands on hers and removing it from his face. ]

I'm graduating, and I'm going back to where I need to be, and I'm going to put this place behind me.

[contrarily]

( she stubbornly tries to hold her arms up, hovering close to his face, still pressed up against him. )

... what makes this year different from the rest?

[adsum]

[ He won't fight her too much, letting their hands fall around either side of his neck, wrapped in bandages underneath his collar. ]

An ultimatum. It's my last year. One way or another, I'm going to leave. Either I graduate, or I disappear— I won't ever have existed, and you won't even remember me to be sad about it.

[contrarily]

... what?

( her eyes widen, surprised. this is... not what she'd expected to hear. something about finally being ready, maybe, to do whatever it takes, but — )

Oh... ( well, she understands now, why he's so determined. but...

her hands fall on his shoulders, and she presses her forehead against his chest, exhaling slowly. ) It's fine, because we'll make sure you graduate. I... I'd never want to disappear in a place like this. And I won't let you disappear here, either.

( her lips curve into a frown, and she glances up, to look at his face again. this kind of fate... yeah, she wouldn't wish that upon anyone, much less people she cares about. is it all third years? if it is... )

I promise.

[adsum]

[ When she looks up at him he's smiling, but not the happy kind of smile, it's a forced one, one he doesn't believe in but tries anyways. ]

The only person who can help me graduate is me. If there's anything you can do... You have to survive. No matter what, survive and see me graduate.

[contrarily]

( the idea of disappearing without a trace — without anyone to mourn you, remember you, grieve for you... it's terrifying. peaceful, but terrifying all the same. she can't stand the thought of watching him fail — watching the rest of them fail, and then simply cease to exist, just like that.

no... there must be something she can do. they... can do. )

I'll watch you succeed, and I'll join you on the outside, once I'm out of here. ( she nods. when his smile falters, her widens, as if to make up for it. ) So don't get married, 'kay? Hold off until I'm there!!

[adsum]

[ The smile twists in spite of himself, parting to release a breath of a laugh. ]

A marriage proposal? Rika...

[ Don't do this to him... ]

[contrarily]

( oh... it sure did sound that way, huh? she laughs, and shakes her head. )

It'd be a pretty shitty one, if it was, huh? I'm just telling you to wait — 'cause it's not like you can find anyone cuter, anyway.

( she's close enough to kick him in a few sensitive areas if he doesn't agree, just so you know!!!! )

[adsum]

...That's true.

[ It is. He wouldn't call Komaeda cute. That's not why he... ]

[contrarily]

( insane. )

Um... I have one more question, if it's ok. ( something that's been bugging her ever since she heard of the whole memory thing... )

[adsum]

What is it?

[ He feels like he's already talked more about things that he ever wants to in his lifetime, but what's one more, then he can shut up for the rest of his life ]

[contrarily]

So like... since you forgot your family... where do you go, when you leave the school? Uh, did they just... disappear from your house, when you forgot them? Or are they...

( long since dead... ? )

Do you just live alone, now?

[adsum]

Huh? No, I go home to family. They're just not... my... family. Not really. You don't remember anything like that...?

[ Vague memories of high school at Yogen where there shouldn't be, memories of hanging out outside of school, memories of families and pets and everything there should be but impossible. If she thinks hard about it, Rika should remember a family here, too. It's her family, but not hers. ]

[contrarily]

Oh... um...

( she squints, thoughtful. right... she does have some vague, fake memories of her life here — her outings with izumi, and with chiaki, and... going home to...

... huh? )

Weird... ( eyes narrowed, she tries to recall the details, but... she's also aware that it's always been just her and the hag, nobody else. no fake family could wipe that particular stain away. ) Pff... haha! Wonder how I'd turn out, if I really had a family like that! Probably boring as hell.

[adsum]

What, if you had a cute little brother and sister? I think you'd be more...

[ hmm ]

I think you would have liked it.

[contrarily]

... ha.

( kind of a dumb thought, really. considering how mean she was... and still is to people, a younger sibling wouldn't last very long around her. )

I think it's for the best I was a single child in both cases. At least now I can go and call Ran-tan onii-chan without feeling weird about it, and watch him get all flustered.

[adsum]

Oh! You brother-zoned him.

[ Oh okay. Amami can live now. ]

[contrarily]

Oh, no. I think he's got a kink for it.

( she hums, thoughtful. )

I dunno why, though. He never told me anything about his family...

[adsum]

[ Never mind, Amami's back on his shit list ]

Maybe don't indulge in his kinks...

[contrarily]

( ??? ok mr. dry humps komaeda in public... the moment she learns about this is the moment he's getting thrown into the bad end world. forever. )

Oh, it's fine, Ran-tan's nice, so it's okay!! Did you give him his rock yet?

[adsum]

[ LOOK Rokkun will never breathe a word about that and Komaeda has dementia so it might as well never have happened ]

No. Did you know he took my jacket from Nagito and tried to trade for it? Did he tell you about that?

[ what the heck! his jacket! he vaguely remembers mention of a rock back then but being upset makes for selective hearing so it keeps getting pushed back ]