Dealing With It

[wildmelody]

[Hibiki's laying in bed, staring up at the ceiling with a little smile on her face. She turns over and waves a little at the mirror.]

Hey comm.

Kanade and I are together now.

Just letting you know.

So...

... how does one girlfriend anyhow?

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[tranquilrhythm]

No, Hibiki, I've been trying to come to terms with it because I was afraid of myself! [A pause.] Ugh, I can't believe I just said that...!

And there are people here I would rather not be that open with! Depending on who saw, you may as well have told the whole school!

[wildmelody]

Afraid of what? We basically got together. There really isn't anything about it.

I don't understand you sometimes. You want to get together, but you're afraid of letting people know about it?

[tranquilrhythm]

We got together because I spent most of a day with my common sense taking a vacation and letting me run wild! Everyone's going to think I'm insane! I... I can't trust myself, Hibiki! Why can't you see that?

[wildmelody]

No one's going to think you're insane, Kanade! And why can't you trust yourself? Just go with your feelings! I don't understand this at all, you said you knew exactly what you wanted!

[tranquilrhythm]

[Did she really not understand? After everything, she just thought Kanade had spent the day outspoken and bold? She can't help herself, screaming:]

That wasn't me!

[Silence. Then, her voice low and shaking, Kanade stands.]

I don't want to talk about this now.

[And she's gone, having shut off the video feed and run away.]

[wildmelody]

Kanade... damn...

[Hibiki's going to sit there, frustrated. What was wrong is that she understood Kanade hadn't been herself. What she didn't understand is why she couldn't be truer to her feelings.]