a winter labyrinth

[townmusician]

断ち切るしかないんだろ
注いだ冬は心のラビリンス
後戻りなんて出来ないから
やりきるしかないんだろ
黒い気持ちと手を繋いだって構わない
抱きしめたっていいh

I have to break free
This pouring winter is my heart's labyrinth
I can't go back anymore, so
I have to finish this
I don't care if you took my hand with dark motives
I want you to hold me close

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[fullmoonmutt]

[ There he is! Yet, weirdly enough, considering the topic at hand? Eli doesn't want to rush in and beat his stupid ass. Amazing. Instead, he'll close the door after him and wander over to plop down on the floor, taking a seat in front of Haruka there. ]

Yeah? That's good, isn't it? Finding people who want you around. Took me until this weird ass place to actually find friends that weren't the same folks who raised me.

[ In any case... ]

What's Touma like?

[townmusician]

[Eli, showing restraint? Say it ain't so.]

It is, if they don't change their minds.

[But that's an inevitability Haruka is prepared for. "Love" is a commitment, and it's not one many people can make for everyone in their lives.]

...Loud, stubborn, tends to jump into things without thinking about the consequences. Kind of an idiot at times.

[All Dogs Is The Same.]

But he's a nice guy. He cares a lot.

[fullmoonmutt]

...if they've put up with you so far, I'm figuring they won't.

[ Because daaaamn, this guy. Who knows, though. Eli isn't an oracle or anything. ]

Ughh. I guess I should be mad you're implying I'm an idiot, but...

[ He is. Look, he knows it. He is TRYING to show RESTRAINT. It helps that he no longer has Rage. Also nothing is trying to set him on fire or shoot him with arrows. ]

That does sound like me. I guess. So what's the problem, then? With all this stuff here? You got folks who care about you waiting for you. You got that weird snake guy now, too. Other folks as well, I figure.

[townmusician]

Well, they're also being paid to spend time with me.

[It's not like they were a group of friends who decided to start and idol group! They were all scouted and signed individually, thrown together by the powers that be.]

Didn't you just say that nobody here actually likes me not that long ago? What's with the change of heart?

[fullmoonmutt]

Tch... I was just pissed off. I yell all sorts of mean shit when I'm that way.

[ He has no idea who and who isn't friends with Haruka. He doesn't like the guy, personally, and that's the end of it. ]

I know I'm wrong because too many people here are all gooshy about being friends and caring about one another. [ And so, he shrugs. ] Do they only spend time with you when you're on the clock, though?

[townmusician]

[Snort.]

Is that so? I would have never guessed you let your anger control you.

[You should work on your temper—]

...And it used to be that way. We've been working together for a while, though, so it's not like it was a quick thing.

[It took longer than a couple months, that's for sure.]

If I see them again, it'll be strange.

[fullmoonmutt]

[ Eli squints. ]

Is that sarcasm...?

[ Simple dog is very sure Haruka could have guessed that. ]

Uh, well, yeah, friendship takes time, doesn't it? Shit like that don't just happen instantly unless you're like... Rutile... or something. [ That guy is waaaay too happy all the time. ] Why's it going to be strange?

[townmusician]

Yes, it was sarcasm.

[duh]

And it'll be strange because there's no way I can go back to Tokyo and be the same person they knew—are we supposed to tell people what happened to us? It'd sound insane, so wouldn't this place and everything that's happened here just become a secret we have to keep to ourselves?

[fullmoonmutt]

Dunno. I don't really got an answer for that, but even if no one believes me, I know it happened.