Because how could IV ever forget the name of the girl whom he has burned alive and disfigured for life, on the ever less likely chance that she should wake up from her nearly one year-long coma?! How can she ask him something like that, when he wears the marks of his crimes and his shame so clearly carved into his face?!
But the more he looks, the more he is convinced that this is really her: Rio Kamishiro. The ice duelist who had challenged him to clear her ridiculous brother's name, as if it somehow were his fault Ryouga hadn't been able to resist the temptation of looking into IV's cards and being foolish enough to be caught while doing it to boot! The sister he'd - ]
You....
[There's a high-pitched noise inside his ears that keeps getting louder and louder. For a moment IV can hear the crackling of the flames and the groaning as the building around them succumbed to the inferno he'd unleashed again. There's also the memory of his father, only chiding him for not managing to finish the job and failing to kill the girl for real, when IV had finally come to in that hospital. For a moment he feels the burning of his skin and the stench of his clothes and hair being singed into a melting mess again.]
You are....
[His hand twitches. She is alive. He had so often thought of how he could possibly meet her, ever look her in the eyes again, in a face that couldn't be any longer be protected by bandages-- Her face! His eyes widen and his head snaps up as he realizes what's wrong with this picture with a sudden jolt.
Not even the power of his Crest had been able to fully shield IV from the raging inferno! Rio didn't have a Crest, and she sure as hell had looked a lot worse than he ever has the last time he checked on her! So how the ever-living Hell can she stand right before him now, all proud and bossy and intact when even he---
The right side of his face more numb and damaged than ever as his eyes narrow in an angry blaze and the corner of his lips curl into a snarl. How DARE she appear before him like that, when he's been marked and damaged for life?! How fucking DARE-?!?
He very nearly orders his monster to attack her this very moment. If she's awake and alive again that means that she can run around. That she will tell people about IV and what he's done. She's going to ruin his life!!]
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Of course!
Because how could IV ever forget the name of the girl whom he has burned alive and disfigured for life, on the ever less likely chance that she should wake up from her nearly one year-long coma?! How can she ask him something like that, when he wears the marks of his crimes and his shame so clearly carved into his face?!
But the more he looks, the more he is convinced that this is really her: Rio Kamishiro. The ice duelist who had challenged him to clear her ridiculous brother's name, as if it somehow were his fault Ryouga hadn't been able to resist the temptation of looking into IV's cards and being foolish enough to be caught while doing it to boot! The sister he'd - ]
You....
[There's a high-pitched noise inside his ears that keeps getting louder and louder. For a moment IV can hear the crackling of the flames and the groaning as the building around them succumbed to the inferno he'd unleashed again. There's also the memory of his father, only chiding him for not managing to finish the job and failing to kill the girl for real, when IV had finally come to in that hospital. For a moment he feels the burning of his skin and the stench of his clothes and hair being singed into a melting mess again.]
You are....
[His hand twitches. She is alive. He had so often thought of how he could possibly meet her, ever look her in the eyes again, in a face that couldn't be any longer be protected by bandages-- Her face! His eyes widen and his head snaps up as he realizes what's wrong with this picture with a sudden jolt.
Not even the power of his Crest had been able to fully shield IV from the raging inferno! Rio didn't have a Crest, and she sure as hell had looked a lot worse than he ever has the last time he checked on her! So how the ever-living Hell can she stand right before him now, all proud and bossy and intact when even he---
The right side of his face more numb and damaged than ever as his eyes narrow in an angry blaze and the corner of his lips curl into a snarl. How DARE she appear before him like that, when he's been marked and damaged for life?! How fucking DARE-?!?
He very nearly orders his monster to attack her this very moment. If she's awake and alive again that means that she can run around. That she will tell people about IV and what he's done. She's going to ruin his life!!]