[Luckily for Ryuji, Haru is a lot softer and a lot kinder than the track team. Beating the snot out of Ryuji wasn't something that she thought would fix anything. To her? That would fix nothing.
What would fix it is if they could figure out a way to make this better together.]
...
[She allows him to sit next to her, the closeness welcome. She feels grounded when her friends are here. Even if her friends may have been the cause of her hurt. Ryuji meant no harm, and she knows that. She can't be mad at him when he didn't mean to hurt her again.
She looks to him once she realizes exactly what he said.]
Ryuji-kun...
[Her hands find his, it has more meaningful this way.]
I love you too. I don't say often how appreciative I am or how much I truly love the rest of you. But please never doubt my feelings.
[She squeezes.] This is why we're changing the world for the better, right? This is why we keep our heads up and keep going. No matter how much we hurt. We hurt so that others don't have to, right?
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What would fix it is if they could figure out a way to make this better together.]
...
[She allows him to sit next to her, the closeness welcome. She feels grounded when her friends are here. Even if her friends may have been the cause of her hurt. Ryuji meant no harm, and she knows that. She can't be mad at him when he didn't mean to hurt her again.
She looks to him once she realizes exactly what he said.]
Ryuji-kun...
[Her hands find his, it has more meaningful this way.]
I love you too. I don't say often how appreciative I am or how much I truly love the rest of you. But please never doubt my feelings.
[She squeezes.] This is why we're changing the world for the better, right? This is why we keep our heads up and keep going. No matter how much we hurt. We hurt so that others don't have to, right?