The words are like music to Chizuru's ears and in spite of how strange this entire situation is, she can't help but smile. There was finally something she was able to do to be useful to him. It meant relying on her demonic abilities again - but... maybe that's okay. Shinpachi embraced something he wasn't born into, something he was opposed to, in order to protect her. Isn't it only fair if she embraces her bloodline in order to help him? She, at least, has always been a demon.]
I'm glad...
[...that he doesn't hurt, anyway. It breaks her heart to know that drinking blood was what he had to do in order to lessen the pain. She wonders if there's something else - anything else - that can be done for him. Not because she's afraid to give him her blood (she isn't, she trusts him implicitly even in this), but because it clearly bothers him to have to drink it. If only her father had brought her into his confidence about his research with the rasetsu.
...his research...
Her eyes go wide as it occurs to her. That's it. They're in Edo! His clinic isn't too far away - he had to have been working on it for awhile, before he went to Kyoto, for the rasetsu situation to have progressed as far as it had; it's possible that some of his notes are there. Maybe they can find something useful. Maybe if she reads up on it enough, she'll understand it more...
...and if she doesn't, Sannan is here. It wouldn't be too strange for her to find it, and bring it to him, and--... no. Can she trust Sannan with her father's research? He knows more about the rasetsu than any of the others in the Shinsengumi, but... he's so far entrenched into it, and he seems to embrace it more than anything. She wants help that will make it possible for Shinpachi to resist it.
Still, the possibility that they might find something at her house is exciting, and that excitement bubbles up within her as she looks up at him.]
Nagakura-san, I just thought of something wonderful..!
[...oh, that was loud. Her cheeks flush and she realizes that she hasn't pulled away yet, and neither has he, and there are people right on the other side of the door so she better step back before someone realizes they're in here and comes to check on them. Still, she's strangely reluctant as she pulls away from his embrace, though the reluctance isn't enough to quell her excitement. She's practically bouncing on her heels as she glances at the door as if to wonder if it's okay to say what she thought of in hushed tones, or if she should wait until they're really alone.]
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The words are like music to Chizuru's ears and in spite of how strange this entire situation is, she can't help but smile. There was finally something she was able to do to be useful to him. It meant relying on her demonic abilities again - but... maybe that's okay. Shinpachi embraced something he wasn't born into, something he was opposed to, in order to protect her. Isn't it only fair if she embraces her bloodline in order to help him? She, at least, has always been a demon.]
I'm glad...
[...that he doesn't hurt, anyway. It breaks her heart to know that drinking blood was what he had to do in order to lessen the pain. She wonders if there's something else - anything else - that can be done for him. Not because she's afraid to give him her blood (she isn't, she trusts him implicitly even in this), but because it clearly bothers him to have to drink it. If only her father had brought her into his confidence about his research with the rasetsu.
...his research...
Her eyes go wide as it occurs to her. That's it. They're in Edo! His clinic isn't too far away - he had to have been working on it for awhile, before he went to Kyoto, for the rasetsu situation to have progressed as far as it had; it's possible that some of his notes are there. Maybe they can find something useful. Maybe if she reads up on it enough, she'll understand it more...
...and if she doesn't, Sannan is here. It wouldn't be too strange for her to find it, and bring it to him, and--... no. Can she trust Sannan with her father's research? He knows more about the rasetsu than any of the others in the Shinsengumi, but... he's so far entrenched into it, and he seems to embrace it more than anything. She wants help that will make it possible for Shinpachi to resist it.
Still, the possibility that they might find something at her house is exciting, and that excitement bubbles up within her as she looks up at him.]
Nagakura-san, I just thought of something wonderful..!
[...oh, that was loud. Her cheeks flush and she realizes that she hasn't pulled away yet, and neither has he, and there are people right on the other side of the door so she better step back before someone realizes they're in here and comes to check on them. Still, she's strangely reluctant as she pulls away from his embrace, though the reluctance isn't enough to quell her excitement. She's practically bouncing on her heels as she glances at the door as if to wonder if it's okay to say what she thought of in hushed tones, or if she should wait until they're really alone.]