Heard the bandwagon was comin' on back

[ashiscomrade]

I suppose this is alright, for now. But... I wonder... Could I consider you as my second friend, mundane? I admit, I feel quite calm speaking to you like this, so thinking of you as a friend would be fine, yes?

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[sepuku]

What's up with this friend thing? You don't go 'do you think it would be okay if we were friends', you say 'we're bonded together for life now'!

[ashiscomrade]

I suppose that approach could work, too.

[sepuku]

No, that's the one that works. You just sound pathetic if you're practically begging. You don't have to beg for anyone.

[ashiscomrade]

I wasn't begging.

[sepuku]

It sounds like it.

[ashiscomrade]

Then you've misheard.

[sepuku]

...Heh. Good. I've got no use for someone who's weak.

[ashiscomrade]

I'm... [Pleased because you need me? Disappointed because I'm still only you're tool?] glad you still have use for me, bocchan. I would hate to be a burden to you.

[sepuku]

Quit that. We already went over it, right?

[ashiscomrade]

I suppose we have, bocchan.

[She resists the urge to reach out and check on his eye, but just barely, instead shifting uncomfortably.]

...How is your eye, if it's alright for me to ask?

[sepuku]

[I haven't finished making eyepatch icons yet oops]

What, that? Don't even know it's there, I can handle it. Maybe it's just what I needed, they'll take me seriously with a scar or an eyepatch.

[ashiscomrade]

You deserve their respect whether you're marked with my mistake or not, bocchan.

[sepuku]

Look, you need to quit blaming yourself for everything. That was my mistake. The whole thing.

[ashiscomrade]

I respectfully disagree.

[sepuku]

You think you can tell me I'm wrong? I told you to do it!

[ashiscomrade]

I lowered my guard and allowed myself to be caught, bocchan, then I dared to raise my blade against you. I've made mistakes, bocchan. I'm... I'm sorry.

[sepuku]

You're twisting it around all wrong. That's not how it went at all. I told you to do it so I couldn't get caught, then let you take the blame! And you sure didn't 'raise your blade against me', I got in the way of it! Then you died because I distracted you, right? So just stop it 'cause I'm not letting you blame yourself when I might as well've killed you myself!

[ashiscomrade]

Whether I intended to or not, I hurt you. That is something unforgivable. You trusted me not to be caught; just like you trusted me to keep my guard up during my execution. I failed you. None of what happened was your fault. So, please, don't blame yourself, bocchan.