[You'll have to excuse Hatoko but that certainty meant the world to her in that moment. She needs a minute to tear up, holding back from crying. It's all too much. For a minute there, she'd really thought there was no hope.
Catching her breath, she can't do anything but listen. Literally, her throat feels so tense, her hands like ice. But she can hear the same voice she's been listening to for a while now and some part of her can't believe how incredibly lucky she is to not have been alone when that insidious doubt clawed its way through her heart.]
We weren't too far apart, not like now.
[She's still shaken but Hatoko is determined to answer him.]
Everyone sat together and thought about how the club wasn't the same unless we were all there. Then the empty chair wasn't empty anymore.
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[You'll have to excuse Hatoko but that certainty meant the world to her in that moment. She needs a minute to tear up, holding back from crying. It's all too much. For a minute there, she'd really thought there was no hope.
Catching her breath, she can't do anything but listen. Literally, her throat feels so tense, her hands like ice. But she can hear the same voice she's been listening to for a while now and some part of her can't believe how incredibly lucky she is to not have been alone when that insidious doubt clawed its way through her heart.]
We weren't too far apart, not like now.
[She's still shaken but Hatoko is determined to answer him.]
Everyone sat together and thought about how the club wasn't the same unless we were all there. Then the empty chair wasn't empty anymore.