hotel: hope

[shaft]

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[shaft]

[ jabs him in the ribs ]

[highestheim]

[ he just takes it >:T ]

I'm not going to hit you back while you're injured.

[shaft]

[ he eyes hope for a second Bernie t sighing ]

I can't feel anything.

[highestheim]

It still wouldn't be fair.

[ a more critical, serious look ]

You did at least get looked at, right?

[shaft]

[ WHO IS BERNIE?? ANDIE WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING ]

[highestheim]

[ i honestly thought it was just some fe3h meme i wasn't aware of and just rolled with it ok just continue the thread ]

[shaft]

[ cries ]

I got two heals! You don't need to worry about me.

[highestheim]

Two? How generous.

[ ... ]

I'm glad there are others who care about you.

[shaft]

[ pinches the bridge of his nose ]

Quite the charmer in your old age, aren't you?

[highestheim]

I'm only a few years older than you.

[shaft]

Dimitri treats me like I'm ancient, so it's only fair.

[highestheim]

[ hope is about to comment back and continue the banter, but...

hey, memshare! ]

[shaft]

[ Oh, that is a beautiful world. And a beautiful girl.

He peers at Hope. ]

Your flirting skills could use work.

[highestheim]

[ there's a moment where hope looks a little flustered as they transition back out of the memory... but it's gone quickly, replaced by an air of nonchalance. ]

I was fourteen then. You've said yourself I'm rather charming now.

[shaft]

[ HE'S SO CUTE ]

So that's your girlfriend now?

[highestheim]

[ ok no here's the spittake blushy face ]

Wh— no! I was just joking!

[shaft]

That's the face of a man with a crush...

[highestheim]

That's not—

[ he closes his eyes and takes a deep breath to ground himself. look at him, regulating his emotions like a proper adult! ]

Vanille... she's one of the friends I'd lost when I made it back to my world after Wiwaldi. She and another one of my friends sacrificed themselves to form a crystal column that stops the artificial satellite of our planet from crashing into it. [ hewwo...??? ] It's a long story, but one of my long-term projects over the years was to try and figure out how to wake them from their sleep without endangering the world.

[ . . . ]

On top of it all, even if I did hypothetically have a crush on her . . . I'd be much too old for her now.

[shaft]

[ oh, he feels bad ]

... I'm sorry, that was insensitive of me. So she's among those you lost.

[ WAIT THIS IS THE CURFEW THREAD

Holds Hope's hand. ]

[highestheim]

...

Claude?

[ he's surprised and confused, yes, but he doesn't let go. ]

[shaft]

[ doesn't comment on it ]

I hate to ask but... Your hostage, Lightning. She's not one of them suspended?

[highestheim]

[ well ok i guess we are just holding hands now ]

No, she's not. [ ... ] You remembered.

[shaft]

Yeah, would you forget something like that?

[highestheim]

I wouldn't.

[ . . . ]

Why do you ask?

[shaft]

I'm just glad that not everyone you care about is trapped like that.