“I... don’t know.” Atsuki answered slowly, finally giving voice to that creeping uncertainty that had been gnawing at her since she fully turned her back on the life she’d known. Dark Nebula was no more, and allying herself with Ryuuga wasn’t an option for her at the moment.
"If I tell Hagane and the others how I betrayed them...” she said, voice breaking at the end. Tsubasa laid a hand on her shoulder, and the next thing Atsuki knew, she’d pressed herself against him, struggling to hold in her doubts, fears - everything she felt, both the good and bad.
“I can’t tell them! I can’t risk turning them away!” She couldn’t lose another potential family. Besides her grandfather, she’d have no one else.
“I know Ginga, he’s a good guy. Kyoya and the others, though...it may take some convincing. But I’ll be with you all the same.”
Quick Totemshipping sketch+color, inspired by the song “Right Here” by Ashes Remain.
Ootori Tsubasa (c) @takafumi-adachi
Tsumeda Atsuki, art (c) Kris