FOGCUTTER.

   She stares in silence for a bit - listening to what Naegi had to offer her, his comments - all with her typical deadpan expression. It was...so typical of him. All of this was typical and...

heyo folks!!!!!!!! i gotta quick announcement - after experimenting with keeping indie and isola interactions on the same blog, i’ve decided that i’m going to again, make a separate blog for indie interactions! this blog will be kept for isola interactions - those in isola, this doesn’t really apply to you

“Hey! Hey! Hey happy birthday to the bestest sister in the whole damn world!”

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   “It’s fine,” she starts, meeting his gaze with a hand coming to squeeze his shoulder. “You didn’t need to do anything. I’m...sorry for being distant. I know now that it hurts more than assists. You don’t...deserve to be alone in the way I’ve been,” it rushes past her lips without thinking - almost as if a weight had been taken off her shoulders. It was the truth. She knew she had been doing wrong - she knew she needed to be doing better. And it was that resolve that allowed her to keep going and push.

  “...you’re my family, Travis. You’ll always be a priority to me. I love you.”

  Her hands take the box from him wordlessly, a thumb sliding over the opening to reveal that crest. One that was connected to her source of hurt. One that had taken over her line of thinking. Her heart aches and bleeds - instinct almost compelling her to destroy it. She was stronger than that, however. Far stronger.

   Her other hand plucked it out of the box, tossing it to the side and she weaves the pin into the leather of her jacket. Right under the pin of her work crest - over heart. She wouldn’t turn a blind eye to it. Otherwise, all that time spent would have been for nothing. Her eyes close and she takes a step forward, hugging him.

   “Did you now?” her eyes glance from the paperwork she was filling out, tapping the pen against the table, clicking it shut and her brows raise at the box he brought in. Kyouko stands up and pushes her chair in, taking the present from him and setting it on her desk - she would open it later, considering what offer he was presenting her. 

  She was never huge on her birthday - sure, she knew of the date, but she didn’t really set aside anytime to do anything for it. Nor did she actively speak about it as if it was a huge occurrence. Her eyes widened a bit in response to being handed a small box - her fingers pressed into it faintly when given, brows furrowing a tad before relaxing back into it’s normal state. Kyouko takes a deep breath and clears her throat.

“ What? You expect me to retort that? I hate myself more than you ever could. Why ya think I go around doin what I do? I just want wanna of ya to put me outta my misery at this point! But I ain’t talking about me. I’m talkin about you.” He leaned over just a bit, tone becoming a bit less mocking.

“What do ya mean ‘how pray tell am I pissy’? Look at yourself. You’re hurt, and its effectin ya. Ya let someone get close to ya, gave your all to um and somethin happened. I might be a big disgrace to…well pretty much everything but even I know how it feels to have your heart broken. It ain’t narcissism, it’s just bein smart. The more people ya let in the more your gonna suffer. Keep your lovers and friends at a distance, think everyone will betray ya and you’ll never get hurt.”

There’s a pause and her brows furrow. He...he had a point. Combined with that less of a mocking tone? She could see what he was saying. And she genuinely considered it.

   “...you’re right,” she says blankly, brows furrowed. “I...I am hurt. Deeply. Agonizingly,” she pauses once again. His words...they mirrored those of her doctrine. The doctrine never lead her astray before - she was able to get things done. Was able to keep herself from being hurt. 

  But was she ever happy?

   “ I ain’t tryin to insult ya lady, well not there anyway. I’m just sayin what ya are actin like. Ya wanna get all pissy cause someone went and broke your heart?! Ya sound like any ol’punk that’s walked the Earth! Ya wanna know how to be be happy? Fall in love with someone who’ll never leave ya! Yourself, cause that’s the only person ya can ever fully trust.”

   “And how pray tell am I acting ‘pissy’? I was stating a simple fact - emotions delude the right course of action and can influence you to do things you normally wouldn’t.”

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Look at this little girl freaken out. You'd think she just lost her whole damn family. Pathetic."