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Well, I was wondering if your rival would want to compete in getting me the cutest plushie for my birthday. I think he might have been a little worried when he told me...

[She kind of likes igniting that competitive streak?? It's kind of fun ~~and maybe it's kind of her kink, a little~~ for her to see people try their best for her.]

Even if you don't want me to get involved, I'm going to be getting involved, you know. I'm your girlfriend. Don't push me away like that. I don't want you to have to deal with things like this alone, okay?

And I know. But I can handle myself.

[ ... Uh what???

Leon just stares at this message over and over again to make sure he's reading it right. Ishimaru? His rival? ]

Why would that pathetic fool be my rival? I'm light years above him in terms of everything, there's no way I would call that idiot my rival.

[ He's not even saying that to be mean- okay yeah, he totally is being a jerk BUT he's also legitimately confused as well. ]

Thanks, Mio. I really do appreciate it. Just promise me you won't get hurt okay? I trust that you can handle yourself but I also fear what might happen if someone were to figure out you were dating the son of the biggest crime organization in Hong Kong.

[ Frankly, he's worried they might kidnap her and use her as hostage. ]

Are you being jealous? Is this what you'd call being tsundere?

[oh my god]

I mean, you did call him reliable two months ago and you're both classmates so, it's only obvious to consider you guys as rivals.

I promise, though.

Mio. I'm being serious.
What are you talking about? Ishimaru's not my classmate, he doesn't go to school and I'm pretty sure it's because he can't afford it.

[ Y'KNOW because he's trying to pay off a debt to the Zhong family. ]

What?

But I remember him bringing it up. I wrote it in my notebook, back in April. I'm certain of it. I'm... not wrong, am I?

... I don't want to say you are but if you speak to him now, I guarentee you he will say otherwise.
He gambles at a casino because he owes a debt to my family.

Leon.

Are you saying you don't remember being classmates either? I'm worried. I need to know the truth. Don't lie to me.

Why would I lie to you about something like that?! Is your opinion of me really that low that you would think I would seriously lie to you. We were never classmates.

No, I...

I trust you. But what I remember is different from what you remember. Leon. You have my notebook, right? Can you check what I wrote in April? Please? I'm scared.

Alright. I'll go check.

[ Almost immediately, Leon goes to check the journal. What he finds shocks him and he's shaken to the core. He couldn't wrap his head around what was going on.

As scared as he was, he manages to respond fairly quickly, knowing that she has a limit. ]

Mio.
I don't know what this means at all. I believe the contents of your journal, but I have no idea what's going on. Because I swear, we've never shared a class together.

[Damn it.

She didn't want this to be true. Mio has to force herself to clench her fists by her sides for a moment as she stares at this message, but she knows she can't just stop typing when he responds. Mio just doesn't have the time for that.]

I knew it.

I didn't want it... to be true.

[She hates this so much she feels like she's going to cry. No, she's probably in tears right now but she can't even stop them because she's just a huge mess from the sudden realization. And she'll need to confirm it again with a few people later when she makes her Retrospec post on the third, but she's very certain that she's right.

She doesn't want to be right.

She doesn't want this.

It hurts so much that her heart feels like it might just shatter into a million pieces, even though she knows that she has to stay strong in spite of it. But it's so hard. It's so difficult for her to stay strong when she's confined like this, all alone, with nothing but her thoughts. This is going to haunt her for the rest of the day, she's certain, and that's what truly scares her out of anything else in the world.]

I think it has to do with the Retrospec post. I noticed people acting off, yesterday. I didn't want to think that it would actually happen, but... I think somehow, a bunch of people's memories were tampered with. I don't want to say it, but I think it's possible that your memories were tampered with, as well.

[God, just typing those words hurts because it feels like she's stabbing him all over again. She might as well be killing the Leon she's talking to-- she's essentially saying that the 'Leon Zhong' that he is right now might as well be fake.]

Since yesterday, someone told me that my sister was not actually my sister anymore. Well, not in those words, but they essentially told me that the person that I had called my sister... that they weren't my sister to begin with. So I thought this might have happened. I just didn't want to be right.

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