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Hello hello~

You've reached the inbox of your One True Love and Shining White Knight, Kida Masaomi! Don't hate me for not being able to answer your call--hate my friends who kept me from answering instead! Ahhhh~ such is the price of popularity~! And the newest class idol can't play favourites, you know~! So leave me a message telling me all about your undying love for me, and I'll call you right back as soon as it's convenient for me to do so!

Ja ne! ♥

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[worldwithoutcolor]

[He's glad that Asuna adds something in, even it momentarily traps his voice in his throat and makes it hard to stay (more or less) neutral. Mikado manages, however, after a pause.]

...And... I need to say this anyway, but I think he'd want to know. [He looks over at Asuna, and it's a different kind of pain in his gaze now.]

You've... really helped me through this, Asuna-chan. And I'm grateful. But... you've lost people, too, and I haven't been supportive enough. So...

[He threads his fingers through hers.]

...I'm sorry. And... it won't happen again.

[He won't be so closed off and unresponsive. Then again, short of losing her, too, there's no one else here whose loss would have such a crippling impact on him.]

[fencerflash]

[Asuna looks back at him, surprised for a moment -- not at the sentiment, which she thought would come sooner or later, but rather that it came sooner -- before she smiles. She squeezes his hand back, then leans into his back. Her free arm hugs him, tightly.]

It's okay. It's...

[As tempting as it feels to say that more, it feels like the wrong thing. She might downplay it, or make it like it hadn't hurt. So instead, she squeezes his hand back.]

[Apology accepted.]

It's okay.

[worldwithoutcolor]

[Mikado manages a smile, and while it's still small, still sad, it's more genuine than the last one, and he doesn't have as much trouble making it.

He notices the clock behind Asuna and looks a little more attentive.]

Mm... are you going back to bed?

[Or getting up at dawn like a crazy dedicated person?]

[fencerflash]

Oh. Well...

[She shakes her head, before she looks back at him.]

I don't think so. I'm awake enough.

[worldwithoutcolor]

[He returns that with a small nod.]

Okay. I think... I'll try to sleep a couple more hours. I've been up for a while.

[Try "most of the night." But no need to worry her more.]

--Unless, ah... you want help with anything. Or... company. Or something.

[...he's tired what are complete sentences right now.]

[fencerflash]

Oh-- [Oh, jeez, he's barely slept. It clicks into place; Asuna nods at him, then she smiles and shakes her head.]

No, you get some rest. I think I might go practice with my sword.

[Tried and true way to clear her head.]

[worldwithoutcolor]

Right. Um... don't overdo it.

[He manages a smile then, too, giving her hand one last easy squeeze before remembering the rune. He watches it for a moment, as if debating saying more...

...but he's said, and probably shown, enough today. So with a small nod -- of acknowledgement, reassurance, and farewell -- he ends the message.]