[ Gah-- no, why does he have to ask her that..?! Luckily he has an advantage with her mood right now, it makes her easier to slip into dere mode.. even if she still doesn't want to fully tell him with her tsun, but there's the realisation that death can happen more easily here than she thought, that he could really slip away from her any minute without it even being him running away. If she doesn't say it, then he might never know eventually..? ]

... I do. [ It takes some teeth-grinding and frowning to force it out, though, and she definitely isn't looking at him even though he's holding her. ] We were going to run away together once we'd get out of this place, so.. you can't just die and break that promise, right?

[ No, that's still not fully it-- god, screw all of this. ]

As much as I hate your stupid jokes and the way you're always trying to annoy me on purpose.. I don't want to be without you anymore. [ .. a slight huff. ] There. It's stupid, isn't it? You can laugh at me now.