The look on Reiko's face hurt -- too much for Rika to be anything but more angry, brow furrowed even more deeply, hands clenching more tightly. What the girl finally said in response made her even angrier: did Reiko think she was going to tell Rika what to do?

After forgetting who they even were?

Rika was about to shout something else when Reiko turned around again and surprised her by dropping onto one knee. The words made Rika's frown soften slightly, replaced by a more genuine pain.

"... I know you, too," she said softly, finally. She wanted badly to hug Reiko, almost did, but instead hugged her arms to herself, tense. Things were too weird to complicate further. "I know you," she said again, more confidently. "I know you'll come back to me. I'm sure of it."

She paused again, and then abruptly, voice somewhere between imperious and pleading: "You'd better!"