( 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 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?

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[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... ]

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[chemistryinmotion]

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

... What?

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[loliternity]

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

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[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! ]

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[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. ]