heartholder | IC INBOX.

Chika-san. If you are around... I would like to speak with you for a while. I have been rather absent ever since the lockdown situation.

Ruby was really scared, and I pretty much forgot everything else for a while.

Are you well? None of the monitors harmed you, right?

No, I wasn't hurt or anything. It was confusing, but...

I understand. I can't imagine how hard this must have been on Ruby-chan, but, Dia-san... What about you? Are you okay? You need to take care of yourself, too. You're our student council president, after all!

I haven't really thought about myself this entire time.

I'm just worried that this is going to keep happening.

Don't worry. I'm sure everything will work out. Things will go back to normal soon enough. I know it.

[ except she doesn't. none of this is normal. nothing has been normal since she first set foot here.

but chika has a responsibility to uphold. she can't afford to be scared; she can't afford to be worried.

she can't afford to let her fear show. ]

[Dia feels much the same. She has to keep her head high. She has to be the strong one for all of them. Especially her sister.

Dia thinks it looks sad on her part that she's finally showing a little bit more of her vulnerable side to Chika.]

Nothing here is normal. It hasn't been normal for any number of the months that I have spent with this coven.

... I thought I got used to it though.

[The tone of that text is a little uncertain.]

[ it takes a good minute or so for a response to pop up. chika has to weigh over her words and collect her thoughts. ]

We need to stick together. The four of us. As long as we have each other, we can persevere. We can make it through anything if we combine our strength.

I believe that fully, Chika-san. We just need to stick together for one another and make sure that are each others support system.

Forgive me for sounding defeated. I will admit that I was losing sight of the important things.