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[justiceinheaven]

I'm going to miss being taller...

[She hesitates for a moment, looking like she wanted to say more... before she turned a brilliant shade of red and reached forward, fumbling with the computer.]

[Private: Yu and Rise]
[And she settles back once it's private to her brother and his girlfriend.]

U-um... onii-chan, Rise-chan... I need to ask you something...

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[notsogrimreaper]

Nanako-chan? Were you blushing?

...What exactly happened when you were all grown up?

[Ryoji's mainly teasing. Mainly.]

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[justiceinheaven]

[Nanako let out a squeek in response.]

N-nothing...

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[notsogrimreaper]

That really sounds more like something... Did you meet someone interesting?

[Lucky guess, Ryoji.]

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[justiceinheaven]

Ah...!

[Nanako turned even redder.]

N-no! Well, not really! I mean...

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[notsogrimreaper]

Not really still means that you did meet someone. It's okay to tell me!

[He still would understand if Nanako didn't trust him, but it's okay to tease about it a little, right? She's not going to actually tell him.]

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[pitiedthefool]

[Eh? Wait, who taught her to filter? because he has a feeling he'll need to thank them later.]

...What is it, Nanako?

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[justiceinheaven]

[She kind of remembers it from when she was older? At least, she remembers using it a lot... sort of. It's really confusing, and it doesn't help with everything else that's wrong right now.]

U-um... ever since I went back to normal, I haven't been feeling right...

[Oh god, she is blushing so hard, why couldn't Rise have answered first?!]

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[pitiedthefool]

[It's okay, she isn't the only one who... well, is a bit different since last week. Though that blush makes him a little curious--

Warning bells and that stern expression of his uncle's are suddenly fresh in his mind also because he checks the network more often.]

What do you mean?

[Like he'd judge. Especially after Ai-chan...]

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[justiceinheaven]

Mm... w-well...

[Oh man, she didn't know how to say this...]

W-well, I don't remember why very well... b-but I remember thinking about Ken-kun last week a lot... a-and now every time I do, my chest gets really tight and... umm... there's this weird feeling. Like a bird's trying to fly around where my heart's supposed to be.

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[pitiedthefool]

[It is a very, very good thing that he and Ken are over rank 6. Otherwise there would likely be a few words he may end up needing to talk to Chidori, though. HOW DO WE DEAL WITH OUR BITTIES CRUSHING ON EACH OTHER???.]

Sounds like you "like" like him, Nanako-chan. [Big bro approves does this mean he is safe from your dad's wrath, now.]

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[idol_support]

[Oh good, looks like Nanako-chan's definitely back to normal, too. She was way harder to keep track of when she was older! (>Д< ;;) Or, well...maybe not completely back to normal, judging by that blush...hmm...]

What's up Nanako-chan?

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[justiceinheaven]

[Oh good; Rise was easier to talk to about this sort of thing.]

Rise-chan... how do you feel when you think about onii-chan?

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[idol_support]

[...Ooh, that kinda question already? Man, kids really do grow up fast these days, huh? But well, Nanako-chan had been older for a while there, and she'd gotten all flushed when she was talking about Ken-kun...]

I feel a lot of things! I feel happy just being with him, and proud that out of everyone, he chose me to be his girlfriend. And...

[...Well, this is private, so it should be okay to be totally honest, right? Besides, it's Nanako. She deserves a straight answer!]

...And kinda nervous sometimes, too. And yet, at the same time, I never want the time we spend together to end. But mostly, I feel warm, right here. [Cheeks pink, she presses a hand to her chest.] Sometimes the happiness is so much, I feel like I could burst, or like my heart's gonna beat its way out of my chest...but it's a good feeling.

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[justiceinheaven]

O-oh...

[She paused a moment, shifting back and forth on her seat.]

Does it ever feel like butterflies are flying around inside you?

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[idol_support]

Sometimes, yeah! That's a good way of putting it.

[...Okay, she has a really good guess already about what this is all about, but...Nanako-chan probably wants to talk it out a little.

So she asks anyway, her tone intentionally gentler and less bouncy than usual:]

Is there someone here who's making you feel like that, Nanako-chan?

[myblueskies]

Me too! But I think I like being a kid, being a grown up was a bit complicated.

[justiceinheaven]

Yeah, it was really complicated... I don't remember a lot, just that I was always thinking about something.

[myblueskies]

Yeah me too, and even though I understood a lot more there was a lot more I didn't understand too but I felt I should because I was grown up and...

[Yeah it had been complicated] I think I'm glad I'm still little.

[justiceinheaven]

Being little is easier but... maybe not in this place.

[myblueskies]

Well that's why we got to stick together. You should come to our meetings! It's for all the kids so we can help each other even though we're small!

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[warriorscribe]

*She wants to keep that blush private. Enoch will refrain from embarrassing her, considering a younger man seems to have taken that initiative anyway.*

You'll grow again, in time. And I would hope in a better place than this.

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[justiceinheaven]

I hope so too. I don't like this place.

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[warriorscribe]

I would be worried about you if you did. *A dry little chuckle of a man trying to keep his own spirits up.* It's all right. We'll find a way to resolve all of this somehow. You won't have to live your life here.

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[justiceinheaven]

I know. Onii-chan wouldn't let me stay here if he could find a way out.

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[autopsic]

Taller?

[ Kyouko can only remember when she was this girls age. ] You have many years ahead of you to remember about growing up.

You have no reason to feel embarrassed over it.