[ Ruruka freezes at the question, eyes widening for just a moment before they narrow again, but it's evident that the question took her aback. Did Seiko truly believe that she didn't trust her...? Despite herself, she can't help but feel offended at the accusation. They had once been friends, after all; and because they were friends, Ruruka trusted her - admittedly, not to the extent that she trusted Izayoi, and that was something she wasn't ashamed to admit, but Izayoi had always been on a different tier because he was her boyfriend. Seiko was her friend, and despite the fact that the girl would never eat her sweets, she still at least tried to have some degree of trust in the girl as to not betray that friendship.
"You were my hero, Seiko-chan. You could do anything, and you did anything I wanted. I trusted you."
"I don't want to betray you because you trust me."
"I asked for your help because I trusted you."
"I asked Seiko-chan for so much because I trusted her."
It made her happy to have someone that she could rely on. A person that she could call her friend. While she depended on Izayoi for mostly everything, there were some things that even he could not do; and though he gave her everything in his ability to give - protecting her, eating her sweets, providing her affection - it was nice to have someone else that she could also depend on. Ruruka never once stopped to consider that anything was wrong with the way her and Seiko's friendship functioned; after all, the girl said that she would do anything she asked, and so she grew to depend on Seiko, supplying her with favor after favor.
Wasn't that what she wanted? Didn't she want people to rely on her? With a talent like that, there was no way that one wouldn't want people to depend on her and to ask her for things. Izayoi was like that - willing to do anything that Ruruka asked, happy that she trusted and depended on him so heavily. Ruruka felt that same sense of joy and pride whenever she could feed him her sweets, whenever she heard him call them "dewicious," but ultimately her ability was limited. Seiko was different, though; there was so much that she could do, so why was she upset...? Didn't she know what Ruruka would give to have a talent like hers? So to accuse her of not trusting her when she did, so much that she looked up to her...
Ruruka grits her teeth and clenches her fists at her sides, her former listlessness being replaced by a surge of anger and frustration. The emotion is so strong that she almost jumps up onto her feet, almost storms over to Seiko, almost threatening to do something, but she doesn't. Not yet, at least. She just remains where she sits against the wall, but she sits up straighter than she did before, her glare more intense. ]
Don't you dare try and blame this on me! I'm not the one who betrayed your trust; you betrayed mine! Of course I trusted you! I thought we were friends, but you proved me wrong by screwing me over at the exams with that damn drug! Because of you, I got expelled from Hope's Peak; Yoi-chan got expelled from Hope's Peak! Do you know how embarrassing that is to have that reputation?! We lost everything! You don't know how hard it's been for me and Yoi-chan and how much you put us through! We were your friends! Did you really hate us that much that you wanted us to fail? That you'd sabotage everything we worked so hard for?!
[ She pauses, just enough to catch her breath, not aware that she had worked herself up to the point where she was breathing heavily. She scoffs and turns her head away, hugging herself close again and muttering under her breath: ]
...Well, not everyone is as lucky to have a talent like yours.
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"You were my hero, Seiko-chan. You could do anything, and you did anything I wanted. I trusted you."
"I don't want to betray you because you trust me."
"I asked for your help because I trusted you."
"I asked Seiko-chan for so much because I trusted her."
It made her happy to have someone that she could rely on. A person that she could call her friend. While she depended on Izayoi for mostly everything, there were some things that even he could not do; and though he gave her everything in his ability to give - protecting her, eating her sweets, providing her affection - it was nice to have someone else that she could also depend on. Ruruka never once stopped to consider that anything was wrong with the way her and Seiko's friendship functioned; after all, the girl said that she would do anything she asked, and so she grew to depend on Seiko, supplying her with favor after favor.
Wasn't that what she wanted? Didn't she want people to rely on her? With a talent like that, there was no way that one wouldn't want people to depend on her and to ask her for things. Izayoi was like that - willing to do anything that Ruruka asked, happy that she trusted and depended on him so heavily. Ruruka felt that same sense of joy and pride whenever she could feed him her sweets, whenever she heard him call them "dewicious," but ultimately her ability was limited. Seiko was different, though; there was so much that she could do, so why was she upset...? Didn't she know what Ruruka would give to have a talent like hers? So to accuse her of not trusting her when she did, so much that she looked up to her...
Ruruka grits her teeth and clenches her fists at her sides, her former listlessness being replaced by a surge of anger and frustration. The emotion is so strong that she almost jumps up onto her feet, almost storms over to Seiko, almost threatening to do something, but she doesn't. Not yet, at least. She just remains where she sits against the wall, but she sits up straighter than she did before, her glare more intense. ]
Don't you dare try and blame this on me! I'm not the one who betrayed your trust; you betrayed mine! Of course I trusted you! I thought we were friends, but you proved me wrong by screwing me over at the exams with that damn drug! Because of you, I got expelled from Hope's Peak; Yoi-chan got expelled from Hope's Peak! Do you know how embarrassing that is to have that reputation?! We lost everything! You don't know how hard it's been for me and Yoi-chan and how much you put us through! We were your friends! Did you really hate us that much that you wanted us to fail? That you'd sabotage everything we worked so hard for?!
[ She pauses, just enough to catch her breath, not aware that she had worked herself up to the point where she was breathing heavily. She scoffs and turns her head away, hugging herself close again and muttering under her breath: ]
...Well, not everyone is as lucky to have a talent like yours.