( Of course he doesn't. He might think it, he might even care about her because they spend so much time together, but loving her? However that word is meant, he surely can't.
Even if she regrets the words as soon as she looks at him. Even if some stupid, naïve part of her hopes for some kind of impossible, happy ending where all tempers suddenly evaporate.
It won't come. How could it? Of course he would leave. And of course Kate wouldn't stop him, because it only makes sense for her friends to disappear out of her life. To only want her when she's playing the role they expect her to play. Whether that's the girl who hooks them up with Graeme's freebies or...
Well. Honestly, she's not sure what she was playing for Shin, what illusion she shattered by choosing to follow the kidnappers that night, but maybe he needed to know that it's a bad idea to think you, even platonically, love someone who can only ever keep half her heart here in Jigokucho.
The door slams shut behind him and Kate's head thuds against the wall.
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Even if she regrets the words as soon as she looks at him. Even if some stupid, naïve part of her hopes for some kind of impossible, happy ending where all tempers suddenly evaporate.
It won't come. How could it? Of course he would leave. And of course Kate wouldn't stop him, because it only makes sense for her friends to disappear out of her life. To only want her when she's playing the role they expect her to play. Whether that's the girl who hooks them up with Graeme's freebies or...
Well. Honestly, she's not sure what she was playing for Shin, what illusion she shattered by choosing to follow the kidnappers that night, but maybe he needed to know that it's a bad idea to think you, even platonically, love someone who can only ever keep half her heart here in Jigokucho.
The door slams shut behind him and Kate's head thuds against the wall.
Of course this is how it ends. )