020 [Video/Action for Olivine]

[soggypastry]

[This has been a terrible couple weeks for one ex-Sergeant Farron, between Serah, Sora, Vanille, and Snow disappearing and the altercation with Leon that she doesn't know what to think of, even after almost two weeks. And with the last bit of hope she'd been holding to get Hope and the others home gone because getting the badges won't get them home

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[restardom]

... [ she wants to say if it's about cooking, that it's a good idea to watch what you're cooking, but sisterly instincts are kicking in. ]

What's up, Light?

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[soggypastry]

[It's a good thing those sisterly instincts are kicking in, because this is most definitely not about cooking. Light wouldn't look this tired or sound this quiet if it was about that.]

...How do you...deal with having feelings for someone? Feelings that aren't platonic?

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[restardom]

-- Whoa, seriously?! Who are we talking about here??

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[soggypastry]

[Seriously. Lightning doesn't joke much, and especially not about this.]

Leon.

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[restardom]

[ silence.

... And then Rise blinks. ]

Well, I figured it would be him, if it was anybody, but... what happened?

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[soggypastry]

He's been avoiding me since April. We got in a fight about it when I got to town, and he said it was because he had feelings for me. Said this wasn't the place for them, and he's right, but....

[siiiiiiigh. If she was the type, this would be when she flops on the bed and buries her head in pillows.]

I don't know.

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[restardom]

[ her very first thought is HE CAN'T IGNORE YOU, YOU TWO BEAT EACH OTHER UP LIKE IT'S SOME KIND OF COURTING RITUAL, HOW WOULD HE COPE-- ]

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[restardom]

[ and then her second thought is--

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LEON AND LIGHTNING ARE PRACTICALLY PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER ♥ ]

[video/private] ... 3/4, I lied

[restardom]

[ ... and then the rest of it sinks in, and she can cast aside girly tendencies in favor of EXTREME INDIGNATION. ]

Wait, so... he's been avoiding you because he's got it bad for you, and he thinks that because we're here in a completely different world, he's-- you're both thinking that there's no way it'd ever work out, so it's just gonna end before you even try??

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[restardom]

... For adults, you two are seriously hopeless!

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[soggypastry]

[Hopeless idiots, really. Light pretty much knows that.]

You think I didn't try to convince him he was wrong? Nothing I said about it even made him think about changing his mind. Besides. We could disappear at any second and doing this would just...make it hurt more that it already would. [rubbing at her temples now. headache coming on...]

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[restardom]

That's still-- there's some things that are worth trying, even if you're scared of getting hurt!

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[soggypastry]

I know, and it's not that I don't think it's worth trying, it's that...[Sigh. Give her a second, littlest sis. She needs a moment to collect herself, and she's incredibly quiet when she speaks again.]

I just don't know what to do. I've...never felt like this about anyone before.

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[restardom]

Aww, Light...

[ it's rare to feel as though Lightning's the one who needs help, but she's certainly not about to tell her to go it on her own-- especially not with something like this, or with anything. ]

Just... hold onto it, okay? Don't give up. Leon's just being an idiot, but if you two like each other, that's a big step.

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[A big step off a bigger cliff. That's how it feels to Lightning at this moment, even as she nods. It's...good advice, near as she can figure. Even if she still doesn't have any idea what to actually do.]

I guess it's...a lot better than where we started.

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[restardom]

Do me a favor, though? Keep talking to him. Even if it's awkward.