[How many times now has someone said the same thing? There's a visible hesitation, confused, frustrated, as though he wants to ask something. But he bites it back, letting his grip go to instead hold Haru by the shoulders.]
And I thought you were dead, too. The last I remember, you'd vanished, and so had Xiao, and so did the card he sent you both through...
I... don't remember what happened. But I'm okay, Haru. I am.
It wasn’t torture. He wasn’t… any worse then people I’ve known before.
[Except he kind of was, because at least Ryou never managed to actually kill anyone. Still, something about writing Lobelia off as someone entirely cruel doesn’t sit right with Haruka…
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H-hey!
[please be careful with his poor human bones]
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no but Beelzebub is squeezing him pretty tightly, an exhale of relief.]
You're okay.
I'm so glad, Haru.
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but also-]
Why are you worried about if I'm okay?
[He might sound a little panicked.]
You... I thought you were dead!
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And I thought you were dead, too. The last I remember, you'd vanished, and so had Xiao, and so did the card he sent you both through...
I... don't remember what happened. But I'm okay, Haru. I am.
And I'm so sorry.
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You killed Lobelia - or, or something like that.
[He didn’t exactly have a great view of things, and he doesn’t exactly want to remember it all.]
…But as long as you’re okay right now, you have nothing to be sorry for.
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For a brief moment, he looks deeply ashamed.
But he'll still nod, letting his hands drop away from the teen's arms to instead clasp in front of him, wringing at one of his wrists.]
...Mn.
I'm glad he won't be around to torture you anymore. The bastard.
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[He sighs, wrapping his arms over his chest.]
It wasn’t torture. He wasn’t… any worse then people I’ve known before.
[Except he kind of was, because at least Ryou never managed to actually kill anyone. Still, something about writing Lobelia off as someone entirely cruel doesn’t sit right with Haruka…
Maybe he’s just stupid.]