...it might be alright, but... I'd rather not bank on them being kind, when so far they've only proven themselves to be cruel.
[She says, despite the fact that "trusting cruel people to be kind" was what she'd done in her first life. Living with the Nagumo seems to have squashed that out of her where the Shinsengumi, the demons, and Kaoru himself hadn't been able to the first time around, though. To anyone who remembers the way she was before (which, by her counting, is just one - herself), it really hammers home just how far from exaggerated the stories about the Nagumo clan are.
But oh, she seems to have made a mistake. That expression - it's too painfully familiar, and she shifts her bags of udon to be cradled against one arm so that she can rest a hand on Kaoru's shoulder to try and calm him down. She wasn't trying to make him angry. She just wanted him to agree to be safe—]
It's not dangerous for me. [Her tone is placating, even though she's... lying. She may not be in danger of dying, but there are worse things in the world than death.] I know how to handle them... I can look out for myself, even if they are angry. It's only that I don't want them taking their anger out on you.
...if they hurt you because of me, I'd never be able to forgive myself for it.
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[She says, despite the fact that "trusting cruel people to be kind" was what she'd done in her first life. Living with the Nagumo seems to have squashed that out of her where the Shinsengumi, the demons, and Kaoru himself hadn't been able to the first time around, though. To anyone who remembers the way she was before (which, by her counting, is just one - herself), it really hammers home just how far from exaggerated the stories about the Nagumo clan are.
But oh, she seems to have made a mistake. That expression - it's too painfully familiar, and she shifts her bags of udon to be cradled against one arm so that she can rest a hand on Kaoru's shoulder to try and calm him down. She wasn't trying to make him angry. She just wanted him to agree to be safe—]
It's not dangerous for me. [Her tone is placating, even though she's... lying. She may not be in danger of dying, but there are worse things in the world than death.] I know how to handle them... I can look out for myself, even if they are angry. It's only that I don't want them taking their anger out on you.
...if they hurt you because of me, I'd never be able to forgive myself for it.