I know! [ right back to snappy just for the occasion.. although there's something oddly desperate about it. ]
I've been plenty worried about her too, okay?! I told her to just go home and I'd handle it by myself just about a thousand times, but she didn't listen! It's not like it's my fault!
It's got nothing to do with that! [ She knows Gou isn't some weakling or anything, but still.. ] It's my responsibility to keep this place open, and it's just mine.
[ Because it had been Usagi's place. And even if Serenity is here now, it's still different, it's not Usagi, not her best friend - so as long as she's not here, Minako's got to keep the place open. Isn't that why she took over when Usagi disappeared? ]
No one has to get hurt for my sake or whatever. Do you think I'm that much of a selfish girl?
[ That actually audibly makes her pause for a moment, opening and closing her mouth before she continues. Her tone is a little more strained when she does. ]
W-well, it's selfish of you to tell me to stop doing what I want to do, so then that means we're even..!
You really must not know me well to think I'm not some selfish girl. Isn't that normal? I decided on keeping this place open, so it stays open. I think up some weird thing, and I make it happen.
Well.. you're mad at me for wanting to keep Moe Moe open, right?
[ Or more like this is Minako finally showing a hint of what goes on deeper down with her - just how easily she takes this stuff personally, just how quickly she's so hard on herself. It's just that she can easily cover it up better than this. ]
[ Somehow that last line is more powerful than any yelling or actually getting mad could have been. Maybe it's that he really calls her one of his closest friends here, or maybe just that he's going this far just to make sure she takes care of herself (something not many people have done before, really, because she's never really let anyone on to this side of her but Artemis), but she has to reach up to rub at her eye for a moment before she speaks on. ]
I'm sorry.. this place just-- it meant so much to Usagi-chan, so I want to do my best for it. Even if it means I'll have to work a little bit harder..
[ Excuse you!! Even if Minako knows it's true, but she's learned nothing her entire life but that her entire goal and duty is to sacrifice herself for Usagi at the drop of a hat.. this is only an extension of that. ]
Then even beyond Usagi-chan! I'm only one person, but Moe Moe's a source of happiness for everyone in this place.
[ It's quiet for a few moments on this end of the line.
Mostly since she's never known how to respond to that (people saying she is more important than her duties or responsibilities) other than to just brush it off. But she can't brush it off when it's Rin, when it's so rare for him to say this, when she knows it's hard for him too..
Minako just ends up staring at her shoes for a good while. ]
[it sounds like she's saying such an easy, simple thing, but it means a hell of a lot. Minako is all about being relied on, and taking all the responsibility onto her own shoulders -- and it feels amazing to be so trusted that he could help her carry some of that burden]
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I've been plenty worried about her too, okay?! I told her to just go home and I'd handle it by myself just about a thousand times, but she didn't listen! It's not like it's my fault!
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[ Because it had been Usagi's place. And even if Serenity is here now, it's still different, it's not Usagi, not her best friend - so as long as she's not here, Minako's got to keep the place open. Isn't that why she took over when Usagi disappeared? ]
No one has to get hurt for my sake or whatever. Do you think I'm that much of a selfish girl?
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W-well, it's selfish of you to tell me to stop doing what I want to do, so then that means we're even..!
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That's how it always goes, nothing weird.
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[a sigh; he's giving in, a little. at least his sister will be there, to look after her]
Ch... you think your friends are really that blind?
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[ Or more like this is Minako finally showing a hint of what goes on deeper down with her - just how easily she takes this stuff personally, just how quickly she's so hard on herself. It's just that she can easily cover it up better than this. ]
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Don't treat one of my closest friends here so harshly, or I really will get mad.
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I'm sorry.. this place just-- it meant so much to Usagi-chan, so I want to do my best for it. Even if it means I'll have to work a little bit harder..
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Then even beyond Usagi-chan! I'm only one person, but Moe Moe's a source of happiness for everyone in this place.
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It doesn't matter if something happens to the cafe, if something happens to you... ch, it's unforgivable.
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Mostly since she's never known how to respond to that (people saying she is more important than her duties or responsibilities) other than to just brush it off. But she can't brush it off when it's Rin, when it's so rare for him to say this, when she knows it's hard for him too..
Minako just ends up staring at her shoes for a good while. ]
I-- .. um.. I'll take care of myself.
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[...]
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[the damn things he does, for his friends]
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[ and just this once, she may mean it. ]
.. and.. take care of yourself too. And the others too. I'm-- relying on you. Okay?
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I will. -- I won't let you down, Minako.