[ Hikage wonders if it's actually okay to believe in that. But he's gone too far to turn back now; he told her about himself. It's out of his hands. He'd told her with the intention to either be killed by her, or accepted by her, and it seems like the latter is what happened.
For the second time today, someone has seen all of him and accepted him nonetheless.
Maybe this feeling is temporary - she could die tomorrow and seal his fate, or he could be killed off this week in the name of this horrible game. But he's not in the manor in the in-between anymore - and he's not living his old life, either. Maybe it doesn't have to end in suffering. Maybe it could simply end, at long last. And if that's the case, then he can embrace this happiness. It can be real. ]
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For the second time today, someone has seen all of him and accepted him nonetheless.
Maybe this feeling is temporary - she could die tomorrow and seal his fate, or he could be killed off this week in the name of this horrible game. But he's not in the manor in the in-between anymore - and he's not living his old life, either. Maybe it doesn't have to end in suffering. Maybe it could simply end, at long last. And if that's the case, then he can embrace this happiness. It can be real. ]
Then... I'm counting on you.
[ he squeezes back, faintly. ]