[ Hibiki doesn’t protest, but on the inside, it’s all she can think of doing. Look at her, what is she doing? It was just her dad, she’d always wondered where he was and what he was doing after he left… and now here she is getting fussed over by Ai of all people. At a festival.
And now she’s taking up Ai’s precious time with what shouldn’t even be a big deal… yet no matter how many times she tells herself that, she can’t get herself to calm down. This is the worst, she’s the worst, she should just— ]
Ah…
[ Yet again she’s snapped out of the hell of her own thoughts, the coldness of the drink feeling like it might numb her hands if she holds it for too long, but… ]
I… I can do that…
[ It feels weird. She can’t imagine how this is supposed to help, but… she does as Ai asks. She takes a big long drink, swallowing the cold beverage down, enough of it that she can feel the cool temperature in her chest as it goes down, and when she goes to take some slow deep breaths…
Ah…
It comes… easy. Not as easy as it would normally, but… her breath is less shaky, clearer. ]
Aah… haaah…
[ Her head is… well, it’s still all sorts of messed up, but now it feels less like a whirlwind and more like… the mess left behind by one. ]
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And now she’s taking up Ai’s precious time with what shouldn’t even be a big deal… yet no matter how many times she tells herself that, she can’t get herself to calm down. This is the worst, she’s the worst, she should just— ]
Ah…
[ Yet again she’s snapped out of the hell of her own thoughts, the coldness of the drink feeling like it might numb her hands if she holds it for too long, but… ]
I… I can do that…
[ It feels weird. She can’t imagine how this is supposed to help, but… she does as Ai asks. She takes a big long drink, swallowing the cold beverage down, enough of it that she can feel the cool temperature in her chest as it goes down, and when she goes to take some slow deep breaths…
Ah…
It comes… easy. Not as easy as it would normally, but… her breath is less shaky, clearer. ]
Aah… haaah…
[ Her head is… well, it’s still all sorts of messed up, but now it feels less like a whirlwind and more like… the mess left behind by one. ]