Rulan... [She echoes the name, then repeats it a couple more times before making a soft ‘hmm’ noise.] I like it though, I don’t think it’s stupid at all. It sort of matches with my name, actually. ‘Yuri’ means ‘evening jasmine.’

[She’s pretty pleased about that, actually. It’s cute that their names kinda match!

He continues though and she falls quiet a moment.] You did. But you came back. You didn’t remember me or anything though, and... it hurt. It did. I wasn’t sure if I should try for anything again or not... I thought maybe it might be better if I just stayed away entirely.

But... then I decided... It hurt even more to stay away. And at first I thought I was just being selfish, but then I thought if I’d already loved and lost and survived, I could survive it again, that I was strong enough to. Denying myself a chance to be happy after I realized that just felt... stupid.