[ haru did that but let's not get into the weeds ]
I do trust you! [ he trusts them so much. it's crushing. he knows this is the fairest outcome, and it still feels so unfair. gerard has a point though, and haru can't really keep exploding for very long, so there's some deflating of his fighting spirit. ] ...I do trust you. I just—I don't want you to leave us.
[ cool, he's going to cry a little. he really tries so hard not to cry and would rather crawl under a porch and disassociate but right now his eyes get very hot and shiny and there's simply nothing to be done about it. ]
...You're the best teammate we could have, Gerard.
[ yeah that's alright. he's allowed to cry. gerard just reaches over to pull him into a hug, squeezing tight - this isn't something he's done to haru before, because he's kind of an independent kid, doesn't seem like he'd appreciate it too much. but gerard is the one who kind of needs it right now. ]
[ he usually doesn't hug back, because he's the worst, but he doesn't mind this. not when it's his friends. and gerard is most assuredly his very good friend, who didn't even want to kill people to begin with, and who they're definitely going to have to say goodbye to in less than a day.
he gently squeezes back, resting his head against gerard's shoulder without a care in the world about whether he's froggy-skinned or covered in ice cream. he can probably feel when haru swallows down a lump in his throat. ]
[ he really doesn't feel too much like a frog right now. a frog wouldn't care about the really sickeningly human emotion of having to say goodbye. despite how terrible everything about this is, for the first time in a long time, he feels a little bit worthy of love. not quite as cold-blooded. ... he is probably still a little covered in ice cream, though.
he doesn't let go until haru lets him. ]
I know you are. Just take care of each other. Everything's going to be okay.
[ a frog would just be speared to death by a crane beak and die before it realized what there was to say goodbye to. unfortunately, they have the whole night to agonize about it.
haru does draw back eventually, albeit miserably, wiping his eyes before he can get called out on crying. ]
...You have to do that too. If you end up with them. You have to take care of everybody.
[ he means rin, mostly, but unfortunately if there is a graveyard, gerard has a lot of people to apologize to and look after on their behalf. ]
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I do trust you! [ he trusts them so much. it's crushing. he knows this is the fairest outcome, and it still feels so unfair. gerard has a point though, and haru can't really keep exploding for very long, so there's some deflating of his fighting spirit. ] ...I do trust you. I just—I don't want you to leave us.
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I don't want to leave you either.
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...You're the best teammate we could have, Gerard.
[ he's glad he asked him to join his swim club. ]
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he gently squeezes back, resting his head against gerard's shoulder without a care in the world about whether he's froggy-skinned or covered in ice cream. he can probably feel when haru swallows down a lump in his throat. ]
We're going to get you back.
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he doesn't let go until haru lets him. ]
I know you are. Just take care of each other. Everything's going to be okay.
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haru does draw back eventually, albeit miserably, wiping his eyes before he can get called out on crying. ]
...You have to do that too. If you end up with them. You have to take care of everybody.
[ he means rin, mostly, but unfortunately if there is a graveyard, gerard has a lot of people to apologize to and look after on their behalf. ]