[Once she's out of the swing, Marui switches hands so they can walk up with them joined. He walks towards the stairs leading up to the porch.]
Maybe. When a place is that tiny, it doesn't take much, does it?
[The heaviness is back, lingering just under the surface. He doesn't especially like the bit of tightness in his chest, but that's all the more reason to do something about it for good now. Like that night when Alvin disappeared, and she came back and stayed over. The cozy piece of wall where she sat beside him and shared her grief. It was a bad time for her, but they worked through it together.
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Maybe. When a place is that tiny, it doesn't take much, does it?
[The heaviness is back, lingering just under the surface. He doesn't especially like the bit of tightness in his chest, but that's all the more reason to do something about it for good now. Like that night when Alvin disappeared, and she came back and stayed over. The cozy piece of wall where she sat beside him and shared her grief. It was a bad time for her, but they worked through it together.
They can do that now, too.]