[Shirotsuki avoids answering her first question; explaining it might just scare her more. Yes, it's better for her to see that he's fine now.]
The memories?
[He reaches over to scoop up one of the petals and holds it so that Hibiki can see too. The images within only show the girl, Yui, but the person she's speaking with is unmistakably Shirotsuki. They appear to be having an animated discussion about curtains.
Tiny stars begin to materialize around Shirotsuki's head as he watches the conversation unfold. He doesn't look away from the petal but smiles.]
...No, I don't think they're sad at all. I think I was actually quite happy.
[He so desperately wishes he could remember that conversation instead of merely seeing it through whatever magic makes the memories appear in the petals. But even though he couldn't recall ever actually speaking to the girl Shirotsuki knew that it was real because something stirred inside him each and every time he saw her smile or heard her voice.
It made him happy just to know that, at some point, he'd been capable of making someone smile the way she did for him.]
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Date: 2017-06-07 08:50 pm (UTC)The memories?
[He reaches over to scoop up one of the petals and holds it so that Hibiki can see too. The images within only show the girl, Yui, but the person she's speaking with is unmistakably Shirotsuki. They appear to be having an animated discussion about curtains.
Tiny stars begin to materialize around Shirotsuki's head as he watches the conversation unfold. He doesn't look away from the petal but smiles.]
...No, I don't think they're sad at all. I think I was actually quite happy.
[He so desperately wishes he could remember that conversation instead of merely seeing it through whatever magic makes the memories appear in the petals. But even though he couldn't recall ever actually speaking to the girl Shirotsuki knew that it was real because something stirred inside him each and every time he saw her smile or heard her voice.
It made him happy just to know that, at some point, he'd been capable of making someone smile the way she did for him.]