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[ WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO HIM!!! ]

N-No, they're my own compliments! I meant every single one! Really!

[ okay yeah he's going to let go of her now because that seems like a wise idea. also he's not lying?? he really did mean every compliment but he's just flustered because oh boy he does not want to make her mad ]

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I see... [ she crosses her arms but seems marginally less icy...back to normal levels. ] ...Well, as long as you're here, I had a question about those memories of ours.

[ god, this is awkward.............. note to self: do not take up daisuke on another round of truth or dare for a while ]

What is it?

Did you...notice anything about me, in the memories you have?

Anything about you?

[ cue the thought bubble appear over naegi's head as he goes through the three memories with her, including the hand!! holding!! one!! what an embarrassing memory ]

[ ................. ]

Why are you thinking about us holding hands?

Huh?

[ he looks up and that goddamn thought bubble. he immediately lets out a small 'aaaaa!' and waves a hand in the air to try and get rid of it. he truly regrets playing that round of truth or dare with daisuke. he regrets everything about this right now. ]

I-It's just a memory! I was just remembering a memory!

[ ... not that really makes it better but ok ]

... [ KYOUKO KIRIGIRI IS AS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ AS EVER, poor naegi ]

...Regardless, I meant...about me specifically, did you notice anything in particular that was a habit of mine...?

[ WHY IS SHE LIKE THIS he's going to have a heart attack because he'd just think she's mad at him like 99% of the time ]

A... A habit?

[ he's still trying to calm down from having her see that really embarrassing memory and all this nonsense so ??? does she mean her habit to just leave mid-convo because he hasn't gotten enough memories of that happening yet, surprisingly ]

Maybe more of an affectation.

[ she means did he notice the gloves etc ]

Affectation...

[ that means something... unnatural, right? ]

Well, asides from the hair and eye colours...

[ he thinks a bit more, now that he's calmed himself down and can focus on something else... well, he still goes back to think of the handholding part but... ]

... um, in that memory where we did hold hands, I did notice that your hand was...

[ how does he word this nicely... ]

... burned.

So I removed my gloves another time as well...

[ hm. ]

...It was both hands. They truly were...horrific burns, weren't they?

[ he just silently nods his head, figuring that it's best not to say anything about them. granted, he didn't get a good look at them but he did feel her scalded hand against his and that is enough to tell that they weren't minor burns ]

I'm sorry, but I don't know how your hands got that way...

...Some sort of accident after I began work...?

[ she isn't certain. ]

...At any rate, I recalled them, and I wanted to say so.

[ naegi has to wonder if one day... she'll regain back those same scalded hands... he decides not to ask out of concerns that he'd bring up unnecessary worries but it's probably written all over his face like the open book that he is ]

I see... uh, I've gotten back a few memories since we've last talked but they don't give me any context to understand them.

[ yeah kirigiri just straight up assumes she will because she's a cynic? ]

Oh? [ information is always acceptable bring on the information. ]

[ are you going to be awful enough to have her regain her scarred hands but not her custom breathable gloves ]

Well, the first one was when we held... hands...

[ doki doki ]

I didn't get to see a lot of the room but you said that the power of the words I've believed in became your... hope? It was a pretty short memory.

...

[ yo @ naegi why the fuck are all these memories so sappy................. ]

...You do have a way of making things brighter.

[ because he's regaining back the cute sappy memories while she can get back all the scary ones about murder and shit. that's just ic for them ]

I mean, being optimistic is just really who I am... In my other memory, you actually mentioned it too. You said that my optimism was a fantastic saving grace.

[ WHY IS THIS SO TRUE. ]

...It is a fantastic saving grace, really. Especially when many people have trouble seeing the optimistic side of things.

[ herself included. ]

[ kirigiri just needs to be shoujo like naegi so she can get back the cute memories as well ]

You think so...? It's really nothing that special.

[ compared to things like... kirigiri's brilliance, being optimistic really isn't that big of a deal. most people can be positive thinkers ]

[ he can get her all the shoujo memories it's fine she'll get them the terrible ones ]

Isn't it? Without the ability to do that...it can be easy to give up when the cards are down, perhaps?

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