Y/N, THE 14TH MEMBER OF THE FLAMECHASERS: An [Honkai Impact 3rd] Mini-Story

60. KEVIN/Y/N: TALKING ABOUT THE PAST [2]

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A FEW MOMENTS LATER...
AFTER SU, KEVIN, AND Y/N FINISH
CONVERSING WITH ONE
ANOTHER...
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Su:  "I shall take my leave here for now."

Y/n:  "We can always talk later."
Y/n:  "Bye for now, Su."

Su calmly nods and takes his leave from the war room.
As Su leaves, only Y/n and Kevin were the only two people left.

Y/n turns her faint yet solemn gaze at Kevin and softly murmurs.
Y/n:  "Kevin, you know you can always talk to me."
Y/n:  "Anything."
Y/n:  "Just like we had before..."
Y/n:  "50,000 years ago."

Kevin:  "Yeah..."
Kevin:  "...I know."
Kevin:  "Even during my ups and downs, you always stood by me and gave an listening ear no matter what I went through."
It was gentle and smooth as he spoke, as if the ice melted a bit as he stood next to one of the few people he trusts.
His tone was cold, but not as icy as he usually has it.

Y/n: "I'm sorry, I must have been selfish to say that."
Y/n: "You know you don't always have to have me by your side."
Y/n: "Unlike Ellie, I wasn't as persistent to check on your well-being."
Y/n looks down slightly with a solemn expression.

Kevin: "No, your request is not uncalled for..."
Kevin: "..."
Kevin: "Just like Dr. MEI, and Su..."
Kevin: "Back then, you were a true friend..."
Kevin: "And still are."
Kevin: "...It's more than just refreshing, to have a friend like you return back after being isolated in 'The Special Place' for so long."

Y/n: "..."
Y/n faintly smiles as softly gazes up at him.
Y/n: "Then, it's alright for me to comfort to you with my company once in a while?"
Y/n: "Like I always have before...?"

Kevin: "...Yeah."
Kevin: "I am fine with it."
Kevin replies gently.

Y/n: "Then, perhaps after I help the successor..."
Y/n: "We should talk a bit more."
Y/n: "Maybe about anything you want to speak about, Kevin."
Y/n: "I know you have a lot on your mind, and there might be many things you don't have to tell me right now..."
Y/n: "But I was one of the few people that you always trusted with many thoughts and feelings you hid."
Y/n: "Haha, it's funny to think..."
Y/n: "Despite Elysia and I having the same birth month, yet our personalities differ entirely..."
Y/n: "She's more outgoing, while I'm more calm."
Y/n: "Yet we still have that same active persistence, where we would always check to see if you are alright."

Kevin: "...Yeah."
Kevin: "I agree two of you are like two sides of one coin back then."
Kevin: "And that still hasn't changed."

Y/n: "Like the sun and moon merging to an eclipse."
Y/n: "A bit corny, but if I were to give it an analogy..."
Y/n: "I believe that it would define what we are."

Kevin: "..."
He stays silent, deep within his thoughts as he starts to speak.
Kevin: "Y/n, there is something I need to ask of you."
Kevin: "..."
Kevin: "..."
Kevin: "During your final mission..."
Kevin: "What happened to you?"

Y/n: "..."
Y/n: "..."
Her faint smile fades softly to a gentle yet solemn expression.
Y/n: "All I can say is, I have supposedly died during that time."
Y/n: "I believe my real self didn't make it, neither did she expected anything like that to happen."
Y/n: "As a SIM of Y/n that's holding her memories, I don't believe she survived it..."
Y/n: "Neither did she wanted that to happen at all."

Kevin: "..."

Y/n: "..."
Y/n: "Truthfully, if I did wish for the impossibility..."
Y/n's gentle voice shifts to a soft whisper...
Y/n: "I'd rather believe in a miracle than the end of her life back then..."
Y/n: "As the real me..."

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Y/n: "...Was more than just a precious friend to lose."