Reserved to After Living

[believeme]

Mundane, while it is good that you are sending me someplace where Haruhi Suzumiaya is located, the information I have heard about the Kyon there will complicate my work there. Make sure that you make a plan that I can use there.

..It is good that my connection to The Data Overmind may be restored there. That will help me achieve my objectives.

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[observesthings]

[ His thumb strokes her temple, and he's all too happy to return the embrace, choosing to ignore Yuno's outburst. You're not killing the mood this time, Yuno! ]

Why do you think I wanted us to kill ourselves instead of one of us winning the Survival Game?

[ He wasn't stupid, he knew what Yuno wanted for him, but it wasn't what he wanted. After everything they had been through together, after she had done more for him than both of his parents put together, and after all they had bee through together, he couldn't bare the thought of living without her. ]

Yuno... that's all over now. We can finally be together. Doesn't that mean anything to you?

[madmadworld]

(Yuno shakes with an onslaught of emotions. She wants to defend the boy she is clinging so desperately to, but she also wants him to care about her...to agree with her. When he doesn't, she feels as if her whole world has been thrown off-balance.)

Because you're kind. (She closes her eyes and leans into his touch.) You care about so many people. You wouldn't want to see any of them die. (A tear slips down her cheek.) It means everything to me, Yukki. E-Everything.

(Without him, she would have no reason to live. Popularity, intelligence and friendships weren't enough to fix what her parents had done to her. Only Yukki could heal that wound.)

Are you m-mad at me?

[believeme]

[Again, Yuki keeps silent and just watches the proceedings.]

[observesthings]

[ It killed him to see Yuno like this. Especially considering the fact that she died by stabbing herself, and if he had the powers he had now, he couldn't have saved her back then. ]

No, I wouldn't. Especially not you. [ He takes a moment to glance back at Nagato, before leaning down to kiss Yuno's forehead. ] This is our chance. Don't blow it, okay?

[ He sighed at her question. ] No, I'm not mad... I guess after everything that happened in our own world I can't really blame you, but Nagato wouldn't hurt me. She just protects that Haruhi person the same way you protect me.

[ It's the only way he can think of to phrase it in a way that would make sense to her. ]

[madmadworld]

(Especially? Yuno fixates on that one word, her cheeks turning pink. At least her blood flow is healthy.)

Y-Yukki... (She squeezes her eyes closed and inhales shakily.) I'll t-try my best.

(When she opens her eyes again, she focuses on Nagato.) Is that really how you feel about Haruhi? (If so, Yuno can certainly be sympathetic. And maybe even helpful.)

Do you love Haruhi?

[believeme]

[Yukiteru, phrasing it like that doesn't help her situation.]

I do not hold and personal affection on a romantic level for Haruhi Suzumiya. In observing her and making sure that certain pieces of data do not reach her, I can ensure the safety of my universe.

[observesthings]

[ .... Maybe he could have chosen a slightly better way of phrasing that, but his point was made, and it stuck. But Yuno can probably relate to protecting her universe, as well. After all... No matter who won, whether it be him or her, surely Yuno didn't desire the destruction of their world? ]

I know you will, Yuno. I never doubted that about you.

[madmadworld]

(If there was no Yukki, she might destroy the universe or find some way to time hop again. She really isn't fussy about morality.)

That's all you care about? Then...you love the universe most of all? (She reaches up and grabs Yukki's hand, holding it against her cheek.)

Thank you.

[believeme]

I have a personal interest in keeping my universe safe. If it were compromised, everything would be destroyed or altered beyond repair, and I, personally, would be so changed that this identity would cease to exist.

[observesthings]

[ And then Yuno missed the point again. He sighs, stroking Yuno's cheek with his thumb as she held his hand there. ]

I believe in you, okay? One of these games will be a place where we can be happy. I'm sure of it.

[ He sighed at Nagato's counter to what Yuno said. ]

Yuno, it would be like nobody winning the Survival Game in our world. Not me, not you, not anyone else.

[madmadworld]

You don't sound like you care very much. (Her voice is quiet - almost sweet. The danger, for now, has passed.) If Yukki is happy in one of them, I will be too.

(She kisses the palm of his hand before shaking her head. Finally, she gets to her feet and dusts herself off.)

If you didn't win, no one should win.

[believeme]

Emotional responses are new, and thus, are difficult to categorize and process, much less make visible. However, I can assure you that I do hold a personal interest in the safety of my universe.

[observesthings]

[ Yukiteru doesn't let Yuno slip away. As if some unseen force is about to take her away from him, he wraps his arms around one of her arm, clinging to her, just as she does to him sometimes. ]

Nagato... it's just that Yuno loves me, and after what happened in our own world, she's afraid someone will try to take me away from her. I can't really blame her after what happened in our own world, but...

[ He shakes his head. ]

I understand your need to protect Haruhi, but maybe you should tell her why it's so important? I guess it's not the same as it is for her and me, after all.