whitewalls | lili

[well that’s fine.

lili pauses when she sees namine before steeling herself and approaching her - ]

Namine.

... Xion’s a friend of yours, isn’t she?

[ she tilts her head. she figured that may have been obvious considering how they act, but then again the relationships here are weird ]

Yes?

[lili doesn’t know what friends are

and that’s why her next question is - ]

Did you know that she had those injuries yesterday?

[ there's a pause...

and then she decides to just be honest. ]

I knew she had bandages, but not what exactly what was under them.

[ she wasn't invited to that meeting. :/ ]

[ . . . ]

Why didn’t you share? Did someone tell her to keep it a secret?

[though at the very least -

she can’t bring herself to sound accusatory, but instead just confused. unsure why she would opt for silence instead]

... Axel was really sure that Hisoka was trying to frame her.

[ she frowns. ]

And I wasn't going to break their trust. I figured that they knew what they were doing and how they were going to reveal it, but I wasn't going to do that for them.

[ . . . ]

How do you feel now? Knowing that she ended up being the one corrupted after all?

... sad for her. And relieved that she was able to be purified without being killed.

[ she doesn't feel guilty about trying to hide it. ]

... do you not feel regret because you don’t see a point in it?

[she’s trying so hard to actually understand, namine. don’t say something that’ll make her lose faith like she did in akane]

Would you do it again?

I don't think I would.

[ because the only other person she'd do it for would be axel, and she is pretty sure he wouldn't tell her if he woke up with mysterious injuries. ]

But... I know I let others down by not saying something, so I do feel sorry.

[ . . . . Well.

at the very least, it gets Lili to sigh in relief a bit.]

I just don’t get it.

Someone told me that this isn’t the first time that Lea covered up for someone corrupted - and I don’t know what can drive people to do that. Is it because you’re friends? They’re important to you?

I hadn't heard about any other times, so I can't really give you an answer on that. I assume it was Mary though?

[ she used to be his partner, after all ]

... but Xion and Axel are very close. They're best friends, and they went through a lot together. Their first instinct will always be to try to protect one another.

Yes - even though not catching her would’ve meant that someone else could’ve been in danger.

[which is lili’s main qualm. putting an innocent person in danger is never acceptable]

... does being best friends with someone mean that you’ll get stupid over their safety?

I think that might depend on the person. But in their specific case...

[ naminé has no problems with talking about her own tragic backstory but she is not into revealing other people's. ]

It really has to do with what they went through together before coming here. I can't really get more specific than that. It's not my story to tell.

[ . . . ]

I understand.

As long as you don't do it again - I don't have to lose respect for you.

[which is honestly what lili was more afraid of than anything else.]

So... don't put me in that position.

I won't.

[ not for the reasons lili would want, but... she's not going to vocalize that. ]

I'll do my best to make sure we do things the right way.

[do you know how hard life is when you want to trust people but they're all liars like what the fuck

do you ever think about how taka and lili cr would be hilarious

anyway]

Any chance you can convince Lea to stop being an idiot about it?

I don't think there's anyone else he would do that for...

[ she just ignores herself, it's fine. ]

But I'll talk to him. I think that... after what happened, he should realize it's better to just get it over with.

Especially since maybe the darkness won't go after Xion again after she was already corrupted once and it didn't go well.

The two of you aren't best friends?

[lili, like myself, doesn't now shit about kingdom hearts]

... but I would hope so. I understand being attached to people but... Xion doesn't seem like the type of person who would want to hurt anymore people either.

[ she almost laughs at her asking if they're best friends. ]

Xion isn't. She's a pretty good girl, and... I don't think she'd want a repeat of this. And Axel wouldn't want to burn his bridges with anyone here.

[ .... she moves on. ]

As for your question... no, not really. Axel and I are...well. We get along, but I'm nowhere near as close to him as Xion is.

As long as he realizes that that's what's at risk...

[even lili is struggling with the idea of being able to trust him now

but.]

... so the two of them are best friends and - you're their friend?

[she doesn't

understand relationships]

Do you know them from home...?

I do. Although I only really spoke to Xion once before we came here.

[ and she just casually dropped life changing information onto her before cartwheeling away, but it's fine. ]

[???]

Only once? But you still covered for her?

I knew of her.... the situation is complicated.

[ ... ]

I don't mind explaining my role that though. It might make it a little easier to understand?

[ . . . ]

Only if you want to...

[lili similarly doesn't mind spilling her tragic backstory but is

generally less interested in forcing others to do the same]

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