R4 Viewing Party - no crying til the end (if you can help it)

[serrata]

I'm sure this is fine.

WELCOME TO THE R4 LIVEWATCH: AIRLOCKED REACH EDITION

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[serrata]

[ She gives him one in return -- a little less shaky, but no less tired, and shakes her head. ]

No, it's nothing you need to apologize for. This... it's a lot, isn't it? All of it. And I know you won't stop watching. If you feel like it's what you have to do, then I can't make you stop. But if you feel like you need to step away or you have to take a break or anything just... come find me and we'll go into the garden. Okay?

[ It's not as good as hit me as hard as you can but hopefully it's as good a substitute as she can provide. ]

[scourgingstars]

I will, Yuuri. I promise you that.

...What have I ever done to deserve any of you?

[serrata]

Well, you had the terrible fortune of being stuck on the same spaceship as us and then we couldn't leave well enough alone. It's a terrible burden to carry, I know, but plenty of people make it through life with a clingy family.

[ Her smile's a little brighter now, just a little steadier. ]

Do you think you can handle that?

[scourgingstars]

...No idea, I've never had one.

[His brother had been clingy in his own way, once--but that had been so long ago as to have already been a distant memory when Ardyn was still human.]

But I think I'd like to give it a try and see where things go from here.

[serrata]

Me either. I guess that makes this a learning experience for the both of us.

[ They'll make it works. She knows they will. ]

[scourgingstars]

I hope you're fully prepared to get much the same in return.

[Ardyn stood up, made a bit of a show of dusting himself off, then-]

[...hugged Yuuri and picked her up like she weighed about the same as a couple of grapes.]

I have been told I'm completely insufferable.

[serrata]

Wh--!

[ That's all she gets out before she realizes she's getting scooped up off her feet like a child. Whatever else she was going to say gets lost as he startles a laugh out of her and she finds that once she's started, she can't easily make herself stop. ]

Y--you see?! All that about me being the most dangerous one here and you go and pick me up like you're scruffing a kitten!

[scourgingstars]

Even a kitten can cause untold destruction left alone for too long with anything remotely breakable.