（ he needs to stop asking her that question. every time he does it makes little tendrils of foolish hope blossom somewhere in her chest, twisting around her lungs like ivy, choking out breath. it's only sheer luck, she thinks, that she's not being affected by hanahaki too. but if not luck, it does make her wonder if at some point, when she wasn't looking, those feelings... did they stop...? she's lived alongside her love for him for so long, she doesn't think she'd know what to do with herself if it wasn't there anymore.
but it's becoming harder to say if what she loves is man or memory. ）
Yes. After Naruto went missing, before we went looking for him... I thought it would be prudent to have the additional stability of that bond to help. I knew I would be vulnerable if we couldn't find him.
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but it's becoming harder to say if what she loves is man or memory. ）
Yes. After Naruto went missing, before we went looking for him... I thought it would be prudent to have the additional stability of that bond to help. I knew I would be vulnerable if we couldn't find him.