[IC threading: sending up the mama bear signal]

[highspeedo]

[about an hour after A Certain Event, someone's getting a distressing text message]

Mako-chan! Come to the cabin ASAP (ლ `Д ́)ლ this is a matter of LIFE AND DEATH

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[highspeedo]

Ah! Was it Rin-chan? Did he say something like... It couldn't have come from Haru-chan, right?

[breachedwhale]

It was... very complicated, Nagisa. I'm not even sure how Haru and my relationship had evolved from friendship to more, but it just happened. It was actually Haru and me that separately confessed to Rin without knowing the other felt anything. At the time, Haru and Rin had mutual feelings, but Rin didn't know how he felt about me...

[ there's a mouthful for you, Nagisa ]

[highspeedo]

[flops backward]

I guess having three people really would make it complicated...

[breachedwhale]

It really can be. It's complicated enough with just two people, though, too...

[highspeedo]

[i g n o r e]

So even Haru-chan confessed.

[breachedwhale]

[ . . . thanks, Nagisa ]

It was when camp was forcing the truth out of people, but yes...

[highspeedo]

Camp...

[breachedwhale]

Nagisa...?

[highspeedo]

[sits up]

What happens when we go home?

[breachedwhale]

It's going to be hard, but if it's something for the future... It'll work out somehow.

[highspeedo]

... Sorry. I wasn't trying to bring you down. I just wondered.

[breachedwhale]

No, it's not a terrible thought. It's just really hard to say. No matter what, I'm grateful for this time and Rin and Haru will always be important to me. That will never change.

[highspeedo]

Mako-chan...

[breachedwhale]

Yes, Nagisa?

[highspeedo]

You sounded really grown up just now!

[breachedwhale]

[ small laugh ]

Did I?

[highspeedo]

You did! It was straight out of a shoujo manga!

[breachedwhale]

[ blushes at that ]

I'm not sure if that's a good thing...

[highspeedo]

It's a compliment!

[breachedwhale]

Then thank you.

[ at least he's accepting it ]

But why are you asking about all this suddenly?

[highspeedo]

Ah! ... Research...?

[breachedwhale]

Do you not want me pushing the subject?

[highspeedo]

[tips backwards again, whining]

[breachedwhale]

If you want to talk about it, I'm here. I won't say anything to Rin or Haru if you want things to stay between us, too.

[highspeedo]

It's not a secret! Unless it is, I don't know, because someone—

[puffs his cheeks out, making a face at the ceiling]