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[blossominghero]

Tsubomi didn't know if this was going to work, but it was worth a try. The matter of giving Itsuki the Omegawatch had been an... ordeal, but it had gone relatively well enough, and so Tsubomi was feeling confident.

She was going to ask Yuri to spend some time with her! The older girl needed it, and besides... in a way, Yuri was her first friend, wasn't she? Aside from Chypre, of course...

So, taking a deep breath, she knocked on the door of Yuri and her mother's apartment. One venture had paid off, why not another?

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[blossominghero]

"... you don't... you don't need to do it because you owe it to me," Tsubomi replied, returning Yuri's squeeze of her hand with one of her own. "I'm just happy we're both finally reaching out..."

She smiled up at Yuri, moving a bit closer to her.

"You made me feel like I've really changed, Yuri. That's more than enough to make it up to me...!"

[alilyinthemoonslight]

All of that - the squeeze, her words - make Yuri stop, feeling an inexplicable tightening in her chest. The Tsubomi she first met was... not the same one she's seeing right now, was she? Was Yuri really responsible for that to any degree?

"Tsubomi, I..."

She sighs.

"I never gave you enough credit before... everything happened. Had I done so, it might not have ended that way. At the same time, had you not kept trying afterwards, I'd be... much worse off, now."

[blossominghero]

Tsubomi felt her heart swell. To hear words like that, coming from Yuri... it really made her feel good about herself. Which was something Tsubomi struggled with a great deal.

But more importantly, it made her feel like they both trusted her.

"Like I've been saying," Tsubomi replied. "The same goes for me too... that's why I'm glad we got to know each other...!"

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Yuri gazes at her for a moment, and then gives something of a relieved sigh. She begins to walk again, now pulling Tsubomi along with her. She does trust Tsubomi, and that's something which took her far too long to realize. It feels almost strange to realize that trust is there, but it is all the same. It makes her feel just a bit lighter, as if all the weight is not simply on her back alone.

"Then, I suppose the feeling is mutual all around," she says quietly, and then looks ahead. "Come on, Tsubomi. Let's get going, shall we?"

[blossominghero]

Tsubomi nodded eagerly, and ended up hugging Yuri's arm. "Mmhm!" she said, looking absolutely elated. "Let's go...! I'm really looking forward to this! Maybe I'll learn something new...!"