[If you were to ask Alice, she would tell you the hug is as much a surprise to her as it was to Rikka. But releasing all of that emotion at once, after holding it in for so long... Really, she had needed just someone to lean on. She IS afraid of hurting someone again, and even then that screams in her brain. She deniedthat protest, though.]
In that case, I'm... I'm glad for you being selfish in that regard...
[Her worth as a Precure... That will have to wait. She knows that. She can't prove anything there, be it to herself or anyone else, in her current condition. But Rikka's words once more do ring true, and she knows that between both Mana and her... As much as she may have hated the one who did it, as angry as she might be over it... Love had not fully left her heart.]
...[She draws back a little further, but not too far, blinking teary eyes at one comment.] Your name...? [As it sinks in, she actually does blush just a bit. The suffixes had become such a habit, Mana and Rikka's applied only to them for so long... ] I- I could try that...
...but if you ever wake up like that, and feel as if you need to check and see we are still here... Do not hesitate to check, because- [She gulps a bit.] -so long as I know you both are near... maybe my own nightmares will clear in time.
I'll do whatever it takes, whatever either of you need of me... If it keeps us together, makes us closer... I know I cannot get through this without the both of you...
[She gives a small breath, and pulls her hand back, just a bit, until her fingertips are just barely touching where Rikka's wound is.]
But you must take care of yourself, as well. [In spite of everything, she manages to give her a worried look.] You cannot just be re-opening it trying to change your bandages on your own, or... doing things which will aggravate it... there's no need for that any longer, right? Not right now. And... I can't bear to think of you hurting yourself more...
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In that case, I'm... I'm glad for you being selfish in that regard...
[Her worth as a Precure... That will have to wait. She knows that. She can't prove anything there, be it to herself or anyone else, in her current condition. But Rikka's words once more do ring true, and she knows that between both Mana and her... As much as she may have hated the one who did it, as angry as she might be over it... Love had not fully left her heart.]
...[She draws back a little further, but not too far, blinking teary eyes at one comment.] Your name...? [As it sinks in, she actually does blush just a bit. The suffixes had become such a habit, Mana and Rikka's applied only to them for so long... ] I- I could try that...
...but if you ever wake up like that, and feel as if you need to check and see we are still here... Do not hesitate to check, because- [She gulps a bit.] -so long as I know you both are near... maybe my own nightmares will clear in time.
I'll do whatever it takes, whatever either of you need of me... If it keeps us together, makes us closer... I know I cannot get through this without the both of you...
[She gives a small breath, and pulls her hand back, just a bit, until her fingertips are just barely touching where Rikka's wound is.]
But you must take care of yourself, as well. [In spite of everything, she manages to give her a worried look.] You cannot just be re-opening it trying to change your bandages on your own, or... doing things which will aggravate it... there's no need for that any longer, right? Not right now. And... I can't bear to think of you hurting yourself more...