19. Family

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@lostsouls
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@Kubikiribōchō
Happy birthday!

@TwinDragons
Who's birthday is it?

@scales
Not mine.

@lostsouls
Why the hell are
you wishing someone a
happy birthday if
they're not even here?

@Kubikiribōchō
Because I'm nice.

@lostsouls
Like hell you are.

@TwinDragons
Who's birthday is it?!

@lostsouls
Hanabi's.

@TwinDragons
Really?

@TwinDragons
We should go to her
house with some cake.

@lostsouls
Yes.

@lostsouls
And then we'll follow
up with her dieing of shock
and a heart attack.

@scales
You shouldn't say that.

@lostsouls
It's the truth.

@TwinDragons
Can you even die of shock?

@lostouls
Dunno.

@papercuts
And besides they're right.

@papercuts
You shouldn't say such things
even if they're probably true.

@Kubikiribōchō
Well...

@Kubikiribōchō
Since we can't go to
Hanabi how about we
wish her a happy birthday
here.

@papercuts
That'd be nice.

@Kubikiribōchō
Happy birthday to you!

@scales
Happy birthday to you!

@papercuts
Happy birthday dear Hanabi!

@lostsouls
Happy birthday to you.

@TwinDragons
And many more!

@Kubikiribōchō
I think I'm gonna
cry.

@papercuts
That's okay, I'm crying too.

@TwinDragons
So am I.

@TwinDragons
God. I miss that little
girl.

@scales
Please stop crying.

@papercuts
I can't.

@lostouls
You're forgetting something. 

@scales
What?

@lostsouls
Hanabi's like family
to most of us.

@scales
Oh.

He stares ahead with blank eyes.

"I miss them," the girl next to him whispers.

"Everyone of us misses someone," he replies.

The girl nods and they both continue to share at the pond.

"Do you ever miss them?" she asks.

The boy tries his best to clear his face of any emotion for he knows that if he cries then she'll cry.

"Sometimes," he replies, "but remember all of us," he looks to the sky, "all of us are family. Not through blood, but through bonds."

The girl turns to him and smiles.

"We've been through a lot together," he continues, "and nothing is ever going to break or change the bonds we have created these last few years in hell."

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