( voicemail )

[chemistryinmotion]

Yo, this is Kid Flash, leave a message after the beep.

... Wait, did that work —?

Oh. Yeah. Okay. Cool.

[ BEEP ]

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[chemistryinmotion]

[ wally puts on his best grin for shirayuki. he doesn't want to worry her! he's fine, really... he's just... a little traumatized from nearly killing fujimaru. and conner selling his soul to him. he's... trying not to think about it.

he waves at her and tries not to laugh. kids, man, they're cute. ]

Hey, Shirayuki. What's up?

[ see... he's totally fine. ]

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[loliternity]

[ Well, she's slept plenty, so she looks like she didn't go through a horrible time at all.

... Which she won't be telling him about anyway, so she only smiles, then points to him. She wanted to check on him! ]

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[chemistryinmotion]

[ wally points back at himself, raising his eyebrows just a hair. ]

Oh, me? I'm cool. [ and not at all traumatized, nope. it's not like daddy tried to kill mommy or anything. ] I mean, I've been better, but... you know, it's Haven. How good can you really get?

video;

[loliternity]

[ Well, not like she's got a great parental history as is. But she's frowning, staring at the screen very intensely. So something did happen... ]

video;

[chemistryinmotion]

[ it's hard not to shrink a little under that stare, even though it's coming from a small child... ]

... What?

video;

[loliternity]

[ a slow shake of the head. He doesn't seem entirely okay... ]

video;

[chemistryinmotion]

[ oh no, she looks concerned... that's not good... ]

Hey, don't worry. I'm fine. Really.

[ he smiles unconvincingly. it's hard to look her in the face and lie, especially because he's the one who nearly killed fujimaru, and there's no way shirayuki doesn't know about that. ]

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[loliternity]

[ She actually doesn't, so she can't even begin to guess what's going through his head. But she puffs out her cheeks a bit. He shouldn't lie! ]

video;

[chemistryinmotion]

[ that's a relief, if only he knew... but he sighs and looks defeated, exhausted. ]

It's better you don't know, Shirayuki.

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[loliternity]

[ Shaking her head; maybe he thinks that way, but he's still sad, isn't he? ]

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[chemistryinmotion]

[ wally averts his gaze and frowns slightly. he really doesn't want to tell her, but maybe if he's vague about it he can convince her he's okay. ]

I just... I hurt a lot of people.

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[loliternity]

[ ... Oh.

When he looks back, her eyebrows will be drawn together, her gaze anxious.

But there's something a lot like understanding there. ]