[Shirotsuki smiles. Hibiki's insight never fails to impress him and he does his best to keep the smile on his face as he continues.]
Hibiki what if...
[He desperately wants to stop there.
It would be so easy to change the subject to something happier and spare her the pain. Tomorrow it would just be a sad made-up story she'd heard from him and Hibiki could go about her day as if nothing was different.
But he knows that it would only be temporary.
One day she would wake up and Shirotsuki could have absolutely no memory of her. Every every cup of tea, every smile—— every happy moment they ever shared, would be gone forever and only she would know any of it had happened. By then it would be too late for him to explain why.
He could never bring himself to do something so unimaginably cruel to her. And so with a heavy heart, Shirotsuki steels his resolve.]
What if I told you that I was the man in that story?
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Date: 2017-06-26 06:26 pm (UTC)[Shirotsuki smiles. Hibiki's insight never fails to impress him and he does his best to keep the smile on his face as he continues.]
Hibiki what if...
[He desperately wants to stop there.
It would be so easy to change the subject to something happier and spare her the pain. Tomorrow it would just be a sad made-up story she'd heard from him and Hibiki could go about her day as if nothing was different.
But he knows that it would only be temporary.
One day she would wake up and Shirotsuki could have absolutely no memory of her. Every every cup of tea, every smile—— every happy moment they ever shared, would be gone forever and only she would know any of it had happened. By then it would be too late for him to explain why.
He could never bring himself to do something so unimaginably cruel to her. And so with a heavy heart, Shirotsuki steels his resolve.]
What if I told you that I was the man in that story?