"Was Steven Universe your boyfriend?" Akane asks softly. Connie doesn't exactly talk about Steven Universe the way she talks about Ranma, a mix of exasperation, ruefulness, and fondness... but she doesn't not talk about him that way either? And she said she cherished him. Which was the kind of thing you wouldn't say about a boy unless you were dating.
(You could say that about a girl more easily, Akane thinks. After all, she cherishes her time with Connie. But things were different with girls. You could be close with girls and not have to worry they were going to take advantage of it to pull something funny.)
"Yeah," Akane says softly. "I understand that." She glances down at her hands and back up to Connie. "I guess if he never finds this world and I don't go home, he'll end up with Ukyo. He liked her best of the other two and they were childhood friends. Not that he and I weren't friends by the end? We were, really important friends for each other, even if... we never really said it. Just like he never said anything about how he felt about me until I almost died. But I don't know. Childhood friends are probably different. And-- it would be good if one of Mr Saotome's broken promises got made right. But-- I don't know."
She bites her lip.
"Is it awful that I don't want to go home anytime soon? It's just-- easier here. Less trouble."
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(You could say that about a girl more easily, Akane thinks. After all, she cherishes her time with Connie. But things were different with girls. You could be close with girls and not have to worry they were going to take advantage of it to pull something funny.)
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"We... were. It's complicated. He went back home before I got the chance to talk things out and- I don't know. Like I said, it's complicated."
sound familiar, akane,
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She bites her lip.
"Is it awful that I don't want to go home anytime soon? It's just-- easier here. Less trouble."
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"No, it isn't. Awful, I mean. I kinda feel the same way too, to be honest."
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"It's a good thing we're here, then. And we've got each other.
wrap?
"Yeah. Yeah we do."
...
"We should probably order ice cream soon, huh?"
wrap~
And if she might imagine from time to time that there's a pigtailed girl sitting at the table with them... well. Nobody has to know.