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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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[Video; private]

[justiceinheaven]

...because. I love onii-chan.

[She can't have fluttery butterfly feelings about another guy!]

[Video; private]

[idol_support]

[Oh, man. Well, at least she's not physically feeling bad, and it's not like Rise doesn't understand...DA SWAG Yu-senpai's pretty hard to resist, after all. But she still needs to feel this situation out a little more...]

You don't have to feel guilty about that, Nanako-chan. There's more than just one kind of love. I mean...you love your dad, too, right? But I'm pretty sure you've never felt those butterflies for him.

[Video; private]

[justiceinheaven]

Oh... so if it's family love, it's okay to love another guy...?

[...but she's pretty sure she doesn't like Ken like family. Oops.]

[Video; private]

[idol_support]

[...And now, the Big Question...]

...Well...do you feel those butterflies for Yu?

[Video; private]

[justiceinheaven]

...u-um...

[Video; private]

[idol_support]

[...That's...not really surprising, or unexpected. Nanako-chan had said she wanted to marry him, after all...and since she'd been older for a while, at an age where that could actually really seriously mean something, and wasn't just a little kid crush anymore...her confusion is understandable.

Rise gives a soft, not at all unkind chuckle.]

Maybe just a little, huh?

[Video; private]

[justiceinheaven]

[Nanako gave a meek little nod, embarrassed to say anything more.]

[Video; private]

[idol_support]

[...Yu and your swag, honestly...

...Rise thinks it's probably still a little bit different, what Nanako-chan feels for Yu and what she feels for Ken (like a hero worship crush vs. an actual first love sorta crush), but she can't know that for sure, and she's not certain if Nanako-chan would know the difference herself even if she asked. So she'll try the comfort and calming route for now.]

I don't think you should worry about it too much, Nanako-chan. You can't change what you feel, but you've got a few years still before you should really have to think about this kind of thing too much. But...Yu-senpai really is pretty wonderful, so it's easy to like him. And I don't think there's anything wrong with that, no matter what you feel for anyone else.

[Yu was there for her a lot, after all. Nanako had been alone so much of the time before he'd come to Inaba, and loneliness is a feeling that Rise can definitely understand. It made sense that Nanako would feel that way about him. Still, she is just a kid right now--she shouldn't have to worry about this sorta stuff too much just yet.]

[Video; private]

[justiceinheaven]

...yeah; it'll be awhile before I'm actually seventeen after all. I have a long time to figure out how I feel...

[She smiled then, still a little unsure, but happy again.]

Thanks, Rise-chan!

[Video; private]

[idol_support]

No problem, Nanako-chan. Oh, and any time you need someone to talk to about things like this, just come find me! Okay?

["Things like this" being...things that Nanako might not quite feel comfortable talking to her big bro about. Or, well, just anything! Whatever Nanako-chan wants to talk about!]

[Video; private]

[justiceinheaven]

Mm... okay!