The Team So Far (Death and Angel)

Eh.It just came out of me.Besides that's what personas truely are you know?They represent us in all kinds of ways....Even if we don't know how the fuck how. He said barely understand what each of their personas represented about themselves. Their arcanas maybe,But he had no idea for the time being at all.

Alright guys,Your all dismissed.He said gesturing for the two to walk out of his house.

Akina stay here for a second.He said in a low tone to avoid tremora hearing at all.

"Oh, ok, sure. Yes they do represent us, although mine is a bit too on the money. Ok then, see you too!"

[Exit]

"Alright!" She had made a movement towards the door to leave after he said they were dismissed before she heard Nozomi tell her to stay. She raised an eyebrow at him, curious.

"Oh, bye Tremora! See you later." She waved as he left, smiling at him before turning to Nozomi, clearly confused.

"What's up? ...Is something wrong?" Akina asked him.

Nothings wrong akina it's just....He put a reassuring hand on akinas shoulder and switched his voice to a more comforting and supportive tone.


Listen about the outburst you had....Don't stress that Shit akina. We all lash out sometimes you know? It's natural for us to freak out in situations like this,Especially when we're facing some forth of panic or stress. It's what makes us human. We ain't perfect you get me? I'm here for you if you ever need someone.

If there was one thing nozomi had to do it wa be a real * friend for Akina. She needed someone to lean on. It was clear that she needed some form of emotional support or otherwise this would come back to bite them and her in the ass sooner or later. He didn't want to risk his friend suffering a emotional breakdown later on.

"W-What?" Akina was clearly shocked by what the boy said. She was expecting something close to him maybe getting upset at her for what she said, something like that. It's the common reaction when Akina lashed out at someone or something.

"I just..." Akina wasn't sure what to say or how to react. "I didn't mean to. It just...kind of happened. Happens. Like back when I was talking to you at the Cathedral, I mentioned that I kind of did something similar when my parents yelled at me. I kind of said some things I didn't mean to, and then I left." She sighed. "I guess when I'm stressed, I don't know how to react to it so I just get kind of angry and end up lashing out about it. I mean, I remember doing some...not good stuff while pissed." Akina recalled a memory of when she was younger, but chose to not voice it. "Is that really okay though?"

"I'm sorry. I'm just used to people calling me crazy or unstable over it. It was worse when I was younger, but after I got older I realized I had to do something about it. So I became more careful of what I say or how I act, but that means I can hesitate or take longer to say something, since I'm unsure about it." That could explain her random pauses or stutters, or overall nervousness. Well, that's one explaination at least.

"This is dumb," She was quick to dismiss her words. "Thank you, I really appreciate you being here for me. But, I'm not sure if I'm exactly important right now with all that's going on."

Akina I told you relax....He said making sure the young girl understood his tone with what he was saying.

Akina,Akina. I told you haha. That's normal! I do the same shit anyway! Sometimes we just have all these emotions converge on us you know? Where we get all overwhelmed and wanna freak out however we want. Hey I've done some bad things too when I was younger under stress!That's in the past. He couldn't believe it. She had to accept this about herself you know? Everybody has their own crunch times when under stress and everyone takes it differently. They ain't mean't to be perfect.

Well nobodies gonna call you crazy over here! It's nice that you tried to garner self control over this. But don't let it restrain you you know?Your you and I dont care how you are. We're still your friends in the need.

It's not stupid. Hey what are friends for!I'm supposed to be here for you. We got alot of things going on yeah. But that doesn't mean your insignificant at all.

Hey let's go do something. Idk what. But we should do something so you don't focus too hard on this. As he started to walk out the door gesturing for her to come along. She couldn't just sit down on this. That wasn't always the best option.

-Nozomi exit in a sense-

"Relax. Okay. Relaxed." She took a deep breath to demonstrate. "So it is normal, huh. I never thought of it that way." She paused for a second, thinking a bit. Everyone was like that? She'd never really seen anyone else act the way she had when it came to certain situations, but then again she hadn't seen many reactions to any situation in the first place.

Maybe he had a point. It was true she had restrained a lot of things because of how hot-headed she could sometimes be. It was to make herself calmer. Wasn't she supposed to restrain that? Isn't that how it's supposed to be? She had no real way of knowing the answer to that, but from what her friend was saying, apparently not. So, was she wrong this whole time? Could she really act freely without worrying about every little action or word that came to mind or out of her mouth? Another thing. Was this really not insignificant? It wasn't hard for Akina to convince herself it was, as always, but hearing someone else say otherwise was making it hard to think straight. ...Oh great. Nozomi had her pondering her whole existence now. Thanks a lot, Nozi.

Akina was pulled out of her own thoughts when Nozomi said they should do something. She raised her gaze from where it was locked on the ground and noticed he was already at the door. Oh. "Sure," Akina stood up as well, walking over to the door. "It's kind of funny, whenever we have a conversation like this, it always ends in us going somewhere fun together. Last time it was ice cream. I wonder what it'll be this time..."

She smiled as she walked out the door with him to go do whatever they were going to decide to do. Though her mind was full of questions, more than she could count, she felt better. About the whole situation, and herself. When she spoke to Nozomi like this, it reminded her that maybe she really wasn't alone anymore. She had friends who cared about her, and were there for her.

And that was enough to make her feel happy.

-Akina Exit-