[voice]

[aquaticrush]

It hurts...

It's okay. It's been worse. Um. Is everybody else alright? This time of year is terrible. Have any viruses hurt you?

[fail-locked to Miharu, he's the first one she could think of]

I-- Miharu-san? Please come talk to me if you're okay. Um. It's not really important, but.

(Retasu is affected by Plz Give Me Hugs and everything hurts.)

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[not locked at all]

[oceanicbreak]

Are you okay? You don't sound good.

[not locked either now]

[aquaticrush]

It's okay. I just-- it hurts. Could you please come over here? I'm sorry to bother you.

Re: [not locked either now]

[oceanicbreak]

Of course! I'll be right there!

[And he is! ...With a massive first aid kit.]

[aquaticrush]

*No physical wounds, but she's cringing and clutching her sides.*

I'm sorry, Miharu-san! It's just a virus, I... u-um.

*Can she say it? She winces and bites back a whimper. This really hurts.*

[oceanicbreak]

What kind of virus?

[She looks really sick--how serious is this? He doesn't remember any viruses being THIS horrible!]

[aquaticrush]

It... it's embarrassing, but it hurts until I hug someone! I swear I'm not making it up!

[oceanicbreak]

[Pause. Well. That's a surprise.]

No, I believe you. You wouldn't make something like that up.

...Well, if it helps... [hug]

[aquaticrush]

*Cling. She starts to relax a little before tensing up again, from nervousness now.*

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bother you. I know it's weird and embarrassing and you probably didn't want to and. I didn't want to put it out to everyone, it would probably be someone who'd tease me or laugh, and y-you're an important person to me.

[oceanicbreak]

No, it's okay! If there's any way I can help you, I'm happy to.

[aquaticrush]

I'll make it up to you.

[oceanicbreak]

It's all right, you don't have to.

[aquaticrush]

You sound like someone else I know.

[oceanicbreak]

...I do?

[material_guy]

"It hurts"? Oi, usually these things're more annoying than painful... You all right?

[aquaticrush]

I'm okay, really! A lot of viruses have been bad to people, though. At least we haven't got any of the strange events like zombies or that death course.

[material_guy]

What is it doin' to you?

[aquaticrush]

It's nothing anybody has to worry about! I mean, um. Well, these have all happened before. Ow-- I'm taking care of it! I just got hurt, that's all.

[material_guy]

If it's you, you'd probably have an eye fallin' out and say it's nothin' to worry about. I happen to know even magical girls get hurt 'n feel it enough to need pain killers sometimes, y'know.

[aquaticrush]

I've never had an eye fall out, Greed-san.

[material_guy]

I'll ask it a different way. If it was happenin' to the m--no, who's the new one now? Miharu, wasn't it?

If it was happenin' to him, would it still be all right, no big deal, all that?

[aquaticrush]

The way you're saying that sounds like I just replace people if they don't want me, Greed-san! That isn't how it is!

[material_guy]

Movin' on's a good thing.

[aquaticrush]

The way you put it sounded bad...

[material_guy]

Trust me, as long as you were stuck on him, if there's anything "bad" on that kinda scale, you're completely in the opposite direction.

[aquaticrush]

Um, okay. I guess. I mean, I know I've been a bother and he just wanted to be happy like anyone else.