[color=#FFF83B]"Oh, that sounds good!"[/color] Lumia eagerly agreed with Wolf and Sora. She turned to Rui to say: [color=#FFF83B]"Let's do it, Nee-chan! You should totally take them up on that offer!"[/color] but she didn't get much further than the word 'you'. When Lumia had turned to face her Commander, Rui had turned her head down. Even if Sora couldn't see Rui's face, Wolf could maybe spot her expression from where he laid... as could Lumia. Rui was gritting her teeth. [color=#FFF83B]"Nee-chan?"[/color] the avatar called out to her, concerned. [color=#ffbae8]"Why...?"[/color] Rui softly spoke, her voice slightly cracking. She had her hands clutched tightly on top of her lap. [color=#ffbae8]"Why are all of you okay with this?"[/color] she continued. Rui stood up from her bed (accidentally tossing Lumia onto the floor in the process) and looked back at Sora. It wasn't her usual kind, collected expression. Her face was something she never showed Sora. Genuine [i]anger[/i]. Rui yelled [color=#ffbae8]"Don't you get it? We're betting our [i]memories![/i]"[/color] at him. She averted her eyes from Sora briefly to look at Wolf. [color=#ffbae8]"Didn't you explain it to him?! That if he lost, he'll just lose more?!"[/color] [color=#FFF83B]"Nee-chan, please calm down!"[/color] Lumia tried pleading from her new comfy place on the wooden flooring, but they fell on deaf ears. [color=#ffbae8]"I won't! Because I... I can't do that!"[/color] Rui hysterically kept shouting, grabbing her head as if trying to placate the voices coming from inside. She continued to chew Sora out: [color=#ffbae8]"I-! I have memories I [i]don't want to lose[/i], Sora! How could you... could you just... casually dismiss them? Don't you care what happens to me? What happens to [i]you?![/i]"[/color] Rui, shaking like a leaf, pointed to her door. She choked out [color=#ffbae8]"Please, just... just leave,"[/color] and waited for him to do just that. [color=#ffbae8]"[i]Go[/i]!"[/color] she urged him again when she sensed his hesitation. Once Sora was outside her doorframe, she weakly muttered: [color=#ffbae8]"Thank you for the ice cream. Good night,"[/color] and closed the door on him. Rui slumped back against it, curling up into a ball and burying her head into her knees. [color=#FFF83B]"...Are you okay with this?"[/color] Lumia asked, seeing Rui's pitiful state. The Avatar wasn't feeling great about this herself. Rui weakly shook her head. [color=#FFF83B]"I'm sure he didn't mean anything bad. You can still apologise and-"[/color] [color=#ffbae8]"And [i]what[/i]? Can't you see he doesn't care about me?"[/color] she bit back. [color=#ffbae8]"You chose memories dear to me, right?"[/color] Rui looked up and glared at Lumia. [color=#ffbae8]"You took everything I knew about him! I... I know he's important to me, but that's [i]it![/i] But he doesn't seem to care at all... so... the memories we shared... he doesn't..."[/color] Rui whimpered. She hugged herself as tightly as she could. [color=#FFF83B]"...Do you have a wish, Nee-chan?"[/color] Lumia asked. [color=#FFF83B]"Sora-kun probably has one, you know? A wish he wants to make true no matter what,"[/color] she continued. Rui didn't respond. Lumia wasn't sure whether or not to keep talking, but did so anyway. [color=#FFF83B]"Let's get your memories back, okay? I'm sure he wants that, too."[/color] she said. Her Commander looked up, eyes red from the tears welling up. [color=#ffbae8]"I don't want him to forget me, Lumia..."[/color] [color=#FFF83B]"He won't. We'll make sure of that."[/color]