Day 34: Lunch

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Yuffie bounced all the way through collecting her lunch, all the way to a good seat- one with a nice view of the whole cafeteria, which was something she'd been missing out on during the past day or so that she'd been stuck in the Institute- and hell, she even bounced into her seat.

A good mood? No, really?

Despite the occasional blip, talking to Sagara had been awesome. He was a fun guy; he wasn't a prude, didn't have a stick shoved so far up his ass it was poking out his eyeballs, and he'd actually had a conversation with her. One that hadn't revolved around doom, gloom or how much life sucked. If she could find other people like that and keep in touch with Sagara, maybe there was a little hope for this place.

After a quick gulp of pink lemonade, Yuffie settled to munching through her food and keeping an eye on the door.

[Waiting for Dean, I think? :x]

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Sniffing, Bridget couldn't bring himself to look up, but he shook his head. "I like you, Miss Sohma," he managed, reaching up to wipe off his own tears. "I-I didn't want you to get hurt. I couldn't stand it if y-you got hurt because of me. I'm sorry. I wouldn't ever abandon you, ever."

Sniffing again, he glanced up and tried to breathe a bit more normally. "I promise never to do that again."

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It wasn't like in the fairy tales. Feelings didn't just magically vanish and there was no real happily ever after. But she did feel a little bit better. It didn't make her heart hurt to look at Bridget or talk with him anymore. She really wished she could hug him because... wasn't that what normal people would do in this kind of situation? As much as she wanted someone to put their arms around her and tell her things would be okay, she realized it was probably the same for Bridget too. Stupid curse.

"Then... me too. I'll try to do better. I want you to be able to rely on me too." She reached out, her fingers brushing his skin before she wrapped her hand around his.

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Bridget's hand tightened on hers and he tried hard not to blush. It worked about as well as trying not to cry had.

"Yes Miss Sohma." His smile was a little less watery. "I trust you." And he did. With his life. Roger would probably think he was being silly and naieve, but... what could he do about it?

He hugged his bear, looked down at him, then up at Kagura. "Since... I can't do much more than this," he squeezed her hand lightly, "Perhaps you would accept Roger's company?" He offered the bear. He remembered she could hug a boy....

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Kagura took the offered bear and hugged him tightly, still embarrassed by her own outbursts, but even so, she felt a little bit better.

"It's ok," she assured him, "this is... fine. I... I'm sorry." She wasn't sure if the apology was because she couldn't hug him herself, or because of the things before, but she felt like it needed to be said.

"Does this mean we're friends again?" she glanced up hopefully, face half-buried in the bear's fluff.