Two Completely Differet Conversations

[housewolf]

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[holeful]

Aah. But I had to keep trying.

[housewolf]

Why did you feel that way?

[holeful]

[Just looking down at Omi's hand holding his.]

I don't know. I just felt like I had to. The same as when I drilled my own head.

[housewolf]

[He still doesn't pull away.]

I don't understand how you're still alive either.

[holeful]

I don't either. But I'm glad I did, even if it wasn't my plan. I got to live for three years free from numbers. And I got to meet so many people here.

[housewolf]

Did you... just want to die for real?

[holeful]

....
[Squeezing Omi's hand.]

There wasn't any reason for me to be alive.

[housewolf]

...

But you were.

And... Who was the girl you were with?

[holeful]

Miss Hondomachi. She was the detective that caught me. And the one who showed me what I really wanted to see. She forced my hand. She drilled the hole herself, the same as me.

[housewolf]

And... is she alive?

[Why are you all! Drilling! Holes!! In your heads!!!!]

[holeful]

She is. She's a Brilliant Detective now too. She's an incredible woman.

[housewolf]

... Who did she kill?

Tell me about her?

[holeful]

Ah... Well, she killed the other person who survived, I heard. Before he could kill her. He and his partner were The Gravedigger, after all.

She's brave and devoted to justice. But there's something off about her. Something missing. That's why she can be a Brilliant Detective. That's why I like her.

[housewolf]

... I don't get it at all.

[holeful]

Mm, because we had that in common. I'm missing something too. That's why I can't ever really connect with people.

[housewolf]

... Were we friends?

[holeful]

I don't know. I hope so. I never lied to you, Omi.

[housewolf]

We were. We were friends.

I'm sorry it came down to this.

[holeful]

[He shifts, leaning against the bars. To be closer to Omi.]

It's alright. Hearing you say that, I feel like I got a wish granted.

[housewolf]

[He lets him. Right now, he won't pull away.]

... I'm glad I could do that for you.

[holeful]

[Omi is kind.]

Now you just have to have your own wish granted, Omi. Will you tell me what it is?

[housewolf]

[There's a pause... but he does seem to resolve himself.]

I want to change the past, enough so Nachi doesn't die.

[holeful]

[He squeezes Omi's hand.]

That's a good wish. That moment I saw earlier... He seems like a person who deserves to live.

[housewolf]

Thank you.

[Omi is a person who's present is entirely mired in his past. And this one specific person.]

Nachi... was the person I got revenge for.

[holeful]

Mm.... It would be better if you didn't have to have done that. For his sake but also yours. Even if I want Omi to be flawed, to be damaged... that's only my own selfish desires.