Hanako Sasaki

I'll be strong and all will be fine.

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@KoharuShirahara @ShinjuHayama @WingsOfArgent @UenoAsaharu (Damn it all...! This... this is not fair!)

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

*Hanako is standing in the manor's foyer, staring down at the floor as she rests against the banister of the stairs leading up*

... I... I really can't go back anymore, can I...?
...
Is this... is this all... really all in my head? Everything I've done... said... I...

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@KoharuShirahara @ShinjuHayama @WingsOfArgent @UenoAsaharu *Hanako glances between the group and Aoi, increasingly panicked in expression*

(Don't... don't do this to me... don't make me choose. I... neither side is making a move... what do I do?!)

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@WingsOfArgent @UenoAsaharu @ShinjuHayama @KoharuShirahara A... Aoi, you're not... you're not thinking about...

*Hanako's breathing is shallow and quick, the air around the room going completely still*

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@WingsOfArgent @ShinjuHayama @UenoAsaharu @KoharuShirahara A... Aoi?!

*Hanako rapidly looks between Aoi, and back to her group of friends*

I-I...

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@ShinjuHayama @UenoAsaharu @KoharuShirahara I-I...
...
Everyone... I...

*the wind around them becomes completely still as Hanako looks down*

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@KoharuShirahara @UenoAsaharu @ShinjuHayama What do you -want- me to say?! What do you want me to -do- here, Koharu?! Shinju?! Ueno?! Tell me what to do!

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@KoharuShirahara @UenoAsaharu @ShinjuHayama ......

*Hanako just stares down at the floor*

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@UenoAsaharu @KoharuShirahara @ShinjuHayama H... How can you forgive me for that?! I... I allied with her, even after knowing what happened to you! Koharu... I've always been self-destructive, since the day we met. Yet here you are... why?!

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@ShinjuHayama @KoharuShirahara @UenoAsaharu ...How? I... I don't understand. After everything I've done...

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@KoharuShirahara @UenoAsaharu @ShinjuHayama Th... This doesn't make any sense! I... I'm too far gone, Koharu! Everyone!

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@UenoAsaharu @KoharuShirahara @ShinjuHayama B... But why?! Why are you all here? Why now?!

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@ShinjuHayama @KoharuShirahara H... How... how did you all... get up here?! It's... it's not possible!
...
E-Even... even you, Ueno-chan...?!

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@KoharuShirahara *Hanako wheels around in shock, eyes wide*

N... No... it's not possible...

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

I am not... the friend you thought I was.
...
...The friend you all... deserve.

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

*Hanako's hand digs into the rail, stifling heavy breaths. The air around her has gone completely still*

Koharu... Shinju... Ueno-chan... I... I'm not... I don't...

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@KoharuShirahara @WingsOfArgent @Mirai_Mizutani @ShinjuHayama @UenoAsaharu @YunaSakurauchi ... I told you. Tell me that when this is over. All of you.

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@KoharuShirahara @WingsOfArgent @Mirai_Mizutani @ShinjuHayama @UenoAsaharu @YunaSakurauchi Koharu. Shinju. ... Ueno. If all of you can look at me with a straight face... and say exactly that, once this is all over, then I will believe it. But my reality... *Hanako shakes her head and turns away without finishing her sentence*

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@WingsOfArgent @Mirai_Mizutani @KoharuShirahara @ShinjuHayama @UenoAsaharu @YunaSakurauchi ...I would... still have a rightful home to return to.

[Hanako Sasaki @SasakiLily]

@KoharuShirahara @UenoAsaharu @Mirai_Mizutani @ShinjuHayama @YunaSakurauchi Sure, we could. But then what happens after? I have nowhere to return to, Koharu. ...Nothing can redeem the actions I have taken here. Besides... Aoi's methods are flawed, but I cannot deny the allure of her motives. Even if they were built on a lie...