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Sora Pu'uwai

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[destiny_key]

I... Not... really...

[He stutters on the words, because Minato's not wrong, but he's not right, either. Sure, he gets along with people fine. He tries to be nice to everyone, and most people are nice back. There are a lot of people he'd consider friendly.

But no one ever gets closer than that, either. People who care about him? Most of them are adults or older kids, and even they seem fleeting sometimes. Peers his own age feel more like acquaintances.

It's gotten better, since Retrospec happened, and there are people who might be considered casual friends, but the only close relationships in his life are his mother, Minako, and his animals. No one he can just hang out with. If those people exist, he can't see them.]

[compendiem]

[ The glance turns into a focused stare, wondering which of his three-part comment Sora is disagreeing with. It couldn't be all three, because he... Well, truth be told, he doesn't know any of Sora's friends, and is only making assumptions from seeing his interactions on Retrospec, where everyone there is overly friendly that it's sort of unsettling. ]

Not really, huh?

[ He turns away again, eyes back on the swish-swish of Buck's tail, making the decision to take Sora's word for it. Better than projecting expectations on somebody, the same way he doesn't want expectations being pushed upon him. Kind of impossible when you share a name and face with somebody as indomitably bright and outgoing as his sister. ]

I'm the same way. Having only a few, close friends. [ He can probably count on one hand how many he would consider friends, though when he tries to think of names, they don't come. ] Not saying it's a good thing or a bad thing... but it's fine. Doesn't matter. Those things will come in time.

[ So don't worry? Here, like always, is where he's acutely aware of how lacking he is in consoling others, but he just tells himself that's not what he's trying to do. He's just stating an opinion, for Sora to take from it what he will. ]

[destiny_key]

[Sora doesn't say anything, thinking about Minato's words. He trains his eyes on following Buck instead.

But, really, Sora is nothing if not an optimist, and he wants to think that, maybe someday, things will get better. Truth be told, despite everything that's happening around him, he's lonely. He loves his mother and family, but what he really wants is friends. Real friends.

When his answer finally comes, it's short. He still doesn't know what to say. But Minato was truthful and kind, and he appreciates that. Maybe someday it'll come true.]

Okay.

[compendiem]

[ The "okay" brings from Minato a sigh of relief, a deep exhale that lets go of some of his concerns— for as bad with words as he is, somehow, he was able to convey his thoughts to Sora in a way that wasn't upsetting like he worried it might be.

Okay is... Okay. Good. There's not much else he can think of to say in following up, so what he gives to Sora instead is a smile.

His first family member smile.

That Sora got before Minako.

Don't tell her. ]

[destiny_key]

[Sora's eyes light up at being gifted with a smile, and he grins up at Minato in return. Maybe this started out awkwardly, but he can't help but think he and his cousin have quite a few similarities. He wouldn't mind doing this again, actually.]