sweethymns | OPEN RP POST QUATRE

[And without really thinking, Ai Thao throws her arms around Hiro, enclosing him in a tight embrace.]

Hiro, it's you, it's really you! Y-You're really here and... And...!

[Her words come out clumsy muffled due to her crying and burying her face into the boy's shoulder. She didn't care about how crazy she must have seemed due to the overwhelming emotion that had filled her up just from seeing him.]

Huh?! Whoa, um--

[That wasn't what the reaction he was shooting for! Maybe something more like relief or something close to irritation. Just some innocent trolling was what he was shooting for. He didn't mean to make her cry for real. Though whenever she wraps his arms around him...

Well, Hiro loved hugging people and had no issues with getting hugs. But there was only one big issue with all of this...]

[... ... ...

WHO THE HELL WAS SHE?!

That was the biggest thing that was on his mind right now.]

[Well, he didn't want to ruin the moment by saying that he didn't remember her. That would've made things more painful.

For now, he'd just follow through with a gentle lie. Hiro will be placing his arms around her to pull her into a hug. It's... been a while since he felt human warmth, so it did feel nice.]

H~eh... Of course it's me! Who else would I be?

[She wasn't someone who he met in the previous worlds... But regardless, there was a bond there. He gives an easyoing laugh before pulling away.]

C'mon now. You're starting to creep me out with all of that crying. [Placing his hand into his coat, he pulls out a handkerchief.] Long time no see, right? You're looking good.

Y-yeah...

[Ai takes the handkerchief rubbing her eyes and then her nose. She pulls herself from Hiro, taking him in.]

I'm sorry, I really made a scene didn't I?

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Sure did! You wouldn't be you if you weren't such a crybaby!

[Well, he had to admit that she was the overly emotional type. Regardless, he figured that if he could act familiar enough, then he could get through alright.]

Sooo... What exactly brings you 'round here? Took a little flight to see little 'ol' me?

[And figure out where she came from!!]

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Um...

I'm not sure how I got here actually.

[Huh... That's troubling. It sounded like how Miyako came to be. As an Administrator, he figured that she was an existence that shouldn't be here.]

What? Were you dropped here by aliens? Planning on using your cute looks to destroy the world?

[Hard to say if that was a joke or not.]

[Same ol' joking Hiro. It's him alright. Ai's brows furrow as she tries to think through what happened in the past hour or so.]

I... There's not much I can recall after leaving Cerealia. If anything, I ought to be a bunch of lost data by now right...? Ugh. I'm sorry Hiro, but my memory is fuzzy at this point. If anything, I was assuming I should be in Vietnam instead.

[Cerealia. That name sounded familiar... There's a pause from Hiro as he was taking this information in. To become human again, he had to get rid of something important...

That important thing must've been his memories from there. Though she was an ally, right? He had to wonder if she learned some things about him. It would've been a landmine and a half to explain what he really is...]

W-Well, I wouldn't stress so much over it! I mean, I can't really hook you up on a flight back over there... But you can stick with me for a little while!

[He felt that he should've asked Yamato or Miyako... JPs still had to exist in this world. Though the issue would be that they might have not had remembered him. Worst case, he'd have to bring her to them.]

Thoooough if you're really in a pinch, then I might know some people who can take care of you.

Oh, um... If this world isn't any different from mine, I could at least access my funds from an ATM machine. I wouldn't want to be that much of a burden!

[She holds up her hands to wave them in front of herself as if trying to lessen his worries.]

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But... Um.

[Poking her fingers together...]

I would like to catch up with you. That's for certain!

[Don't get ahead of yourself, Ai, geez...

Still, having a place to crash is important and perhaps trying to see if she can somehow contact her commune. This world couldn't be that different from hers, can it?]

Well, um... I guess that's okay. You'd probably have to find a hotel room or something.

[She wasn't from this world and didn't seem hostile, so he could safely confirm that she wasn't an enemy. Probably.

If only his Administrative Authority was still working, then he probably send her back to her own world somehow. Shifting his tone a bit, he's back to his usual cheerfulness.]

Wanna get some takoyaki? It's the king of the street!

I'll definitely manage. I'm nothing, but adaptable after all!

[Thank god she's positive. At the mention of takoyaki, her face lights up, but she tries to dissuade the offer instead.]

Maybe I'll figure out lodgings first so that can wait...

[And then her stomach makes a gurgling and empty sound...]

...

...

Y-Yes. I-I'd love some takoyaki please.

[Who has two thumbs and is laughing at her? THIS GUY.]

--HAHAHA! At least your stomach is honest!

[That being said, he'll be putting his hands into his coat pockets and starts to walk ahead.]

C'mon. I'll show you the way to tastiness. ♪

[Something felt a bit off, but Ai had been too happy to put a finger on that feeling, too happy just to see Hiro's face again and she follows matching his stride. Her hands are behind her back, shyly looking over at him.]

Well, you know me! I always love a good snack.

[(But he doesn't know her, but she doesn't know that.)]

[As he was walking, Hiro couldn't help and make a silly looking squint at Ai. Almost like he was trying to piece together something. However, anyone who knew him would've figured that he was just being his usual goofy self.]

Um... Since it's been a while, you could remind me what exactly you loved eating!

[She certainly struck her as a sweets and sugar girl. Hiro had certainly been that type himself.]

[That's weird... But Ai doesn't seem to think much of it.]

Oh, I eat anything as long as it's prepared well and it's delicious! You can always trust me when I say something is good.

[He was thankful that she was simple enough to not catch on. That makes him relax a little.]

Gotcha. So anything and everything. [He almost wanted to call Jungo since he had a restaurant... But it would've been more than sad to know that he wouldn't be remembered by him. Walking with this girl gave him some nostalgia.]

Anyway... Glad that you could show up in Tokyo! Things are a lot less banged up than they used to be.

Yes...

[Ai's voice grows hushed. She remembers what Hiro had told her, about the destruction of Japan's major cities and the aliens and demons that ran amuck, causing chaos among the humans.]

I was surprised to see how normal everything looks, but I guess it means that there aren't any monsters around to deal with, are there?

Depends on what you call 'monster'.

[So he told her that much, huh? He had to wonder if she knew about him being an Administrator playing incognito right now. Hiro's tone shifts to something more sadden along with his expression.]

Everything's safe now... But there's still suffering going on in the world. Demons and aliens are one thing, but humans seems to cause enough problems on their own.

[Watching humans destroy each other in certain countries and being unable to do anything wasn't an easy thing to watch. There could even come a time where he'd have to press the reset button and redo the whole world all over again... Or he could even be the one who had to pull the trigger to test humanity's potential through another crisis. He could protect humanity, but he couldn't watch them grow stagnate and die out either.

The line between a god who does too much and one who does too little was becoming blurred.]

[The silence that falls between them helps Ai recollect her thoughts again. She remembers that...

How IS Hiro here to begin with? Wasn't he supposed to be...??]

... Hiro?

How are you down here to begin with? I mean... You told me didn't you? That you were existing in an eternity?

[As a god? A being that watched over humanity? She stops in her tracks and waits for his answer and time seems to freeze around them with such an important question that had been hanging in the air and now dragged back down to earth.]

[Uh oh. He must've revealed too much... Though he wanted to avert the topic with a joke or say something stupid.

But there was no way that he could do that now. There's a sigh as Hiro turns to her with a sadden expression.]

Well, the truth is... I had to give up something in exchange for becoming human again. It's a temporary method that I wanted to try out on myself.

[And perhaps punish himself for taking away his friend's precious memories whenever he started the third world.]

So... I really don't know who you are. In exchange for this, I lost my memories of you.

[Her heart sinks. Again.

I really don't know who you are.

For a moment, she doesn't know what to say nor does she completely understand his explanation until she has a moment to think it over. Her hands ball up into fists, clenching the skirt of her dress.]

So that means... You don't remember me telling you...

[He doesn't know her name. What she liked to eat, their budding friendship, her budding feelings, their clashing, the forgiveness, the understanding, the...]

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AFTER A 1000 YEARS...

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