{RL WITH ABEL}

[bentflame]

[worldhopping to the Vatican to visit Abel! and wandering around looking for him, lalala]

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[crusnik02.livejournal.com]

If Lilith thinks you're our little sister, you're mine too.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Forever?

[crusnik02.livejournal.com]

[There's an easy nod as he realizes that he's out of cookies and grabs the other package.]

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

[her mouth twitches upward slightly at his words; the ghost of a smile]

[crusnik02.livejournal.com]

Oh ho ho, I have done the impossible! [He starts fumbling in his coat for something -- oh, there it is! He pulls out his cellphone.] This will be my background! I just need you to smile!

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

[t-trying to keep herself from laughing]

It's not always that impossible. Just usually.

[crusnik02.livejournal.com]

Do you think you can smile for me?

[emberandash.livejournal.com]

[she thinks about it, and almost doesn't do it-- but in the end she does, just a little bit]

[crusnik02.livejournal.com]

Uwahhhh, Azula you're so pretty! [SNAP! Picture taken. He scoots over and shows her that he's replacing a picture of Tres and a small boy with her smile. Then he purposefully shows that he's sending a text of it with Lilith: ]

[emberandash.livejournal.com]

[she figures he's just doing this to flatter her, but if he is, it's... kind of working]

... Thanks.

[crusnik02.livejournal.com]

You should really smile more often, Azula. Lilith used to tell me that.

[emberandash.livejournal.com]

She took a picture of me once, over the summer. She told me to smile then but I didn't.

[crusnik02.livejournal.com]

Then it's a good thing I sent one to her. I know she'd love to have a picture of you smiling.

[emberandash.livejournal.com]

[have another tiny one, Abel]

She makes me smile.

[crusnik02.livejournal.com]

She used to be the only one that could do the same for me too. [.... Well, he'll leave out the part where Cain used to try and make him laugh. Or Seth trying to get him to smile with something or the other.] She's so bold!

[emberandash.livejournal.com]

Bolder than she looks.

It's her and Lisa for me.

[crusnik02.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm afraid that I'm a leech that comes attached with Lilith. [But then, he gets serious.] Azula, I understand how it feels to feel the need to be perfect or else the world will judge you. Just know that I want to be your friend and that I'm on your side, okay? Come what may, I'll always be here.

[emberandash.livejournal.com]

... People have a way of leaving. Even if they don't actually want to.

[crusnik02.livejournal.com]

Azula, I will never wilingly leave you.

[emberandash.livejournal.com]

I understand why you stayed by her coffin.

[... it's a bit of a non sequitur, and she just blurts it out, but she's kind of wanted to say it for a while]

I would have done the same thing.

[crusnik02.livejournal.com]

[It takes him aback a bit to hear someone else reference that time in his life. But, he'll indulge her.]

When you love someone, even if you've wronged them, you'll always want to be there for them. Even in death.

[emberandash.livejournal.com]

She never made it sound like you had wronged her.

[crusnik02.livejournal.com]

She's always been too forgiving.

[emberandash.livejournal.com]

Aren't you supposed to learn to stop thinking badly about yourself?

[crusnik02.livejournal.com]

She might forgive me Azula, and I might be able to bring myself to think that I'm worthy, but ... my sins are too great just to forget them.