Suite Dreams - Estelle

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[aono]

Who, me? Yeah, I'm fine. Nothing can keep me down.

[He does look better today, even if he was a physical mess on Thursday and an emotional mess on Saturday.]

But you look like you're still having trouble, you need a hand?

[mustbepurged]

[She looks heartened at that.]

Good...

I think I'm okay, but I wouldn't mind sitting... Maybe we could get lunch together?

[aono]

[He's not exactly hungry, but.]

Yeah, let's get some lunch.

[Food with friends is better than food alone, after all. And he really does need to eat.]

Ever had a burrito before?

[mustbepurged]

No, what's that?

[They can walk to the restaurant.

And despite what she said about not needing help, it's affection week, so she puts a hand on his shoulder to keep herself steady as they go.]

[aono]

It's like, beans and cheese and some other savory stuff too, all wrapped up in some kind of flour wrap. It's kinda like a harumaki, but not fried.

[Oh this will not do at all. As soon as Estelle does that, Rin will try to loop arms with her to both hold her arm and give her support while she walks.]

[mustbepurged]

[She'll allow that!]

I suppose I can try it...

I'm not very fond of cheese, though... I hope it's not a lot.

[aono]

I bet we could get one without cheese too. It seemed like the beans were more important.

[mustbepurged]

[She brightens a little more at that.]

You think so? That would be great!

[And they arrive at the restaurant! She'll ease herself into a seat with a grateful look at Rin for helping her along the way.]

[aono]

[He'll help her sit down before taking his own seat too.]

You gonna be okay to eat something new? If you need something lighter right now we can do soup too.

[mustbepurged]

It's okay. At times like this, sometimes it helps to focus on new experiences.

[Rather than thinking back to the horrors she saw today and yesterday...]

[aono]

[YEAH...Estelle your grave-robbing.]

R-right, yeah.

[Time to order burritos! One without cheese for Estelle, one with cheese for Rin. They also get a bowl of chips and some salsa.]

Is that how you got hurt? Having to do all that stuff at trial, I mean.

[mustbepurged]

Yes... it was really hard work. I think I'm sore in muscles I didn't even know I had... [A thoughtful pause, as she picks up and considers the burrito.] Maybe I should get more exercise.

[aono]

Not if you're hurt, you should take a break first. Let your body recover, then you can exercise.

But if you want to, when you're feeling better, you can come exercise with me. I go running around the dojo sometimes to burn off energy.

[mustbepurged]

That might be fun! [She perks up at the idea.] Until now, I think the only other physical activity I did was taking walks and sparring with Kaeya...

[...... and she can't do that anymore, because you know. She'll try not to look too sad about it.

She goes ahead and takes a bite of that burrito.]

[aono]

[Oh no. He senses that sad.]

Yeah...I used to do stuff like that with him too.

[He goes quiet for a moment, but then.]

I know it won't be the same as it was with him, but if you wanna do it with me then I don't mind.

[mustbepurged]

Really? [It's a little muffled from chewing -- she swallows before continuing.]

I'd like that! I was worried I'd fall out of practice...

[aono]

Yeah! I don't wanna fall out of practice either, so it works out.

[mustbepurged]

Perfect.

[She looks delighted.]

... Oh, this is really good! [The food.]

[aono]

Right? I'd never had food like this before until Sheila showed me.

[mustbepurged]

Sheila...

I'm sure she'd be happy if she knew even more people are enjoying it, thanks to her.

[aono]

...yeah. I hope so.

[He glances away for a moment, looking sad. But then he pulls himself together again a moment later.]

We just gotta keep trying, huh? For her, and everyone else.

[mustbepurged]

We will. We'll make sure not to disappoint them.

-- Oh, um... Is it all right if I ask... Did you receive anything on Thursday, during that excursion...?