Izu or Is?
Nizu & Aruto, Nizu & Jin, 700+ words
The first time after is… strange, in the fight, and after, she knows her predecessor is there. Beside her, perhaps in control, but the sense fades in the time between then and when Aruto comes into work the next morning.
It’s not a merge, and it is complicated, and Izu… does not quite know what to do with it.
Aruto asks before she can, though.
“Are you Is, or Izu?” He asks. Izu considers.
She is not… who she was before, but she knows she’s changed. Though she truly couldn’t say how.
“I feel different,” she says. “Sure that my place is by your side, and by Jin’s… helping people, like you do.”
Aruto smiles.
“Well, I guess that’s enough,” he says. “Is gave us her blessing, though. I’m glad…” he blinks. “Hey, you do seem different. I wonder…”
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