week two ♡ thursday ♡ nino

[jokered]

[it's kind of cruel, really.

the second the smell hit his nose, akira knew it had to be bullshit—sojiro's curry, that familiar smell—there's no way it could be on this deathtrap island unless he made it himself.

and yet every time he opened his eyes, he could see it on one of leblanc's dishes, coating the rice, piping hot. closing his eyes almost seemed to mitigate the scent wafting into his nose.

almost.

so akira is letting out an agitated groan, flopping back onto the sound and just muttering in annoyance:]

This is hell. This place has to be hell.

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[learnings]

... She has to be able to be saved! She has to.

[Nino shakes her head firmly, expression serious.]

I believe in it. You'll be able to see her again!

[jokered]

I'm worried about it. They already made an example of her once.

[his gaze shifts a bit. he knows it's possible, but it's not guaranteed.]

If something goes wrong... how could I face them?

[learnings]

I... it won't.

[Nino shakes her head firmly.]

I know you're worried but... we have to believe that there's a way to save her.

We have to.

[It's all they have.]

[jokered]

...Right.

[even if he has concerns and doubts, he's going to brush them off. nino's been through plenty herself, after all—he wouldn't burden other people with less normally...

this is a lot more than he's ever usually willing to reveal out loud, which may be telling in itself of how taxing things have been on him since they got here.

huh.]

Sorry. You're right—I let my head get away from me there.

[learnings]

No... it's okay! Please don't apologize.

[She just shakes her head, looking at the ground idly.]

... I know it's scary. When you lose someone that you really, really care about.

[... She's been there...she understands that much.]

But...the fact that we have the chance to get her back is a lot. It's...really, really a lot.

[More than they'd ever have in any situation--more than she ever had with her family, with Lloyd and Linus.]

So we can't give up!

[jokered]

[nino doesn't know what he knows, of course. so she can't know how different the stakes are when it comes to haru.]

You're right. I'm not going to give up... for her sake, I can't.

[he's never given up before, so he certainly doesn't want to start now.

his confidence is just oddly shaken in ways it never has been before.]