1 | Route 29 -> Cherrygrove
[The feed begins with a normal sight: a pokémon tinkering with the pokégear. It's a ledyba, which is strange considering how cold the weather has been these last few weeks days. Stranger still are its surroundings. No warm rooms for this little buggy, it's exploring the great outdoors! ...A bug-type? Wandering in the snowy outdoors? Without its
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But even when his gaze pierces her, she doesn't move away. She lifts her hand, reaches for him a moment in a quiet sort of understanding and companionship. She understands, touching the side of his face, his cheek; it's similar to what Mukuro would say and she's struck again by the similarities between them.
And with her as well] I understand.
And I understand-- [A pause, because she might be wrong] I think you're afraid. Even if you don't realize it yourself, or refuse to admit it. You don't want to lose him, to anyone-- and neither do I.
Ciel-san... What I feel for Ciel-san... [Another pause, because Chrome can't quite bring herself to name the feeling the stirs in her, because that makes it tangible and scary and she trembles with the weight of it momentarily before steadying herself] He means a lot to me as well.
I don't have to protect him from you, because I trust you. Maybe more than I should, and maybe you or others would think I was foolish for it, but... His soul--he, himself... He's yours', just as I'm Mukuro-sama's.
I understand that, at least. [Another pause as she realizes she might not have gotten to the point exactly] I'll protect him with my life, if it comes to that. But I think you already knew that.
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It takes a great show of will not to look away at the word 'afraid.' It's the truth, and he knows it. He has no concern for other people, whether they might try to save Ciel from his fate. The only one who can save Ciel is the boy himself. Should he someday no longer need Sebastian, he is the only one who can sever their contract. Johto has turned their entire relationship around, and more and more, Sebastian fears that Ciel is growing independent.
Chrome's understanding, like her courage, surfaces unexpectedly every time. Somehow, he hadn't thought she'd grasp it at all, but just like that, she's taken hold of the very core of the contract itself.
He might like to have her, too.
When she falls silent again, Sebastian smiles - it isn't a particularly friendly expression, but it is a pleased one - and takes her hand from his face, pulling it back so he can kiss her palm before he releases it. ]
Thank you.
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[The kiss to her palm is like an electric shock that makes her lips form an 'o' of surprise, inhaling sharply. Her fingers curl in and she drops it back to her side when he lets her go.
He'd have to be sneaky about it, because Chrome, first and foremost, belongs to Mukuro. It's one of the three driving forces in her life along with being a guardian to Tsuna and, now, protecting Ciel]
I said before...I like to be useful. I don't mind being used, not if it's Mukuro-samam, or you. [or Tsuna, but Tsuna would never utilize Chrome's talents without extreme reluctance]
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I will use you as I see fit, then. [ It's a promise. ] And Ciel will, too.
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She steps back at last, embarrassed and nods]
I look forward to it. [it will occur to her, much much later, that she probably should have laid down some boundaries here]
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