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~Send me “↹” for my Muse’s reaction to yours pushing them out of harm’s way… and taking the blow instead.~
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「 梅 」✿┋Staring down at the bloody splatter that painted the cave floor, onyx pupils shrunk into a sea of pristine and opulent tears. Placing a hand over her mouth to silence the scream that threatened to rip from her throat, the Ayaka was surprised to feel something warm, and wet, coating her face. Moving her hand back Noriko was met with the brightest red she had ever seen. A surge of bile bursting from her, the Ayaka collapsed to the ground, a cascade of blood, tears, and spew following her as she did so.
“No no no…” shaking her head, Noriko stared at the small stream of blood that trickled into her view. “No no no no….” She repeated unable to take her gaze away from the brilliant red stream before her. This wasn’t happening, this was all just a dream, she had been knocked out and Shiori had managed to pull her with them and get out of the cave safely. But, no matter how many happy ends she crafted, Noriko still couldn’t deny the radiant ruby reality before her. “No no no no no…” she repeated the word over and over as more more tears continued to pour.
“Shiori san, Shiori san, please, I’m so sorry…” She whined feebly as if they could hear her piteous plea. “I’m sorry, it was all my fault…” she sobbed. “Why did you save me?” a fruitless question, after all, the dead couldn’t talk. “I’m sorry…”













