[Mami has retreated into herself as well, holed up in her apartment with only the silent walls for company. A habit she's tried quite hard to break during her time in the Gardens; she no longer wanted to be a girl that ran away from her problems, unable to do anything but cry all alone.
But this news has hit her with a force that, for all her hard-won growth, is not so surprising - it speaks to her deepest fear, her oldest wound. Mami can think of many of her friends who will jump at this chance to finally return home. She will lose them for good this time, left alone again....and once more be hit with the ugly reality that she can either stay and continue breathing, or instead walk into the abyss of final death. Her world will be the Gardens or she'll have no world at all.
It's a tired face that greets Utena when the door opens, the customary smile small and pained. Mami can guess why the other girl has come, but the knowledge fails to soothe the sharp pang in her chest. ...and yet, unable to push her away, she merely nods and steps aside to allow Utena entrance.]
weh weh weh also last edit I swear fffs
But this news has hit her with a force that, for all her hard-won growth, is not so surprising - it speaks to her deepest fear, her oldest wound. Mami can think of many of her friends who will jump at this chance to finally return home. She will lose them for good this time, left alone again....and once more be hit with the ugly reality that she can either stay and continue breathing, or instead walk into the abyss of final death. Her world will be the Gardens or she'll have no world at all.
It's a tired face that greets Utena when the door opens, the customary smile small and pained. Mami can guess why the other girl has come, but the knowledge fails to soothe the sharp pang in her chest. ...and yet, unable to push her away, she merely nods and steps aside to allow Utena entrance.]
Hello, Utena-san.