[ Terry's doing fine... Also I can't believe one of Ami's kittens had originally died, why is this the first time I'm hearing about sad cat death oh my god
Kido turns her head so that her ear's left pressed against Ami's back, watching Hana-chan chase after her hair when it moves away, pouncing but not managing to catch any of the strands because they're too short. ...It's only then that Kido realizes how much shorter her hair is, because she hadn't looked at herself in a mirror in all this time. Reaching her hand up, she smooths out her hair— it's the same length in the back, because most of it had been tucked away in her hood when she was out there in the dungeon, but the hair that always falls on either side of her face regardless of if her hair is tied up or hidden away, it's shorter now, the tips brushing her shoulders instead of being all the same length reaching the middle of her back. It doesn't look bad, and she doesn't have the same hangups about her hair as Rei does, but it's important to her for a different reason: she and Ayano had promised to grow out their hair together, so they could match as sisters and Kido had kept it going after Ayano died. Seeing her hair now is like breaking a promise, losing her sister another time. ]
...There's nothing for me to go back to, over there.
[ She mumbles, holding Hana-chan close to her neck when the kitten nuzzles against her, pawing at her hair. At least somebody still likes it. ]
But I haven't lost everything. I have you guys, right? And Terrence. And...
[ idk yet if Kido and Rei talked before discharge or only after, but if they somehow didn't talk because Kido was asleep all week, she probably believes Rei had died back there in the fire and only Kido had made it back alive, RIP Rei )': ]
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Kido turns her head so that her ear's left pressed against Ami's back, watching Hana-chan chase after her hair when it moves away, pouncing but not managing to catch any of the strands because they're too short. ...It's only then that Kido realizes how much shorter her hair is, because she hadn't looked at herself in a mirror in all this time. Reaching her hand up, she smooths out her hair— it's the same length in the back, because most of it had been tucked away in her hood when she was out there in the dungeon, but the hair that always falls on either side of her face regardless of if her hair is tied up or hidden away, it's shorter now, the tips brushing her shoulders instead of being all the same length reaching the middle of her back. It doesn't look bad, and she doesn't have the same hangups about her hair as Rei does, but it's important to her for a different reason: she and Ayano had promised to grow out their hair together, so they could match as sisters and Kido had kept it going after Ayano died. Seeing her hair now is like breaking a promise, losing her sister another time. ]
...There's nothing for me to go back to, over there.
[ She mumbles, holding Hana-chan close to her neck when the kitten nuzzles against her, pawing at her hair. At least somebody still likes it. ]
But I haven't lost everything. I have you guys, right? And Terrence. And...
[ idk yet if Kido and Rei talked before discharge or only after, but if they somehow didn't talk because Kido was asleep all week, she probably believes Rei had died back there in the fire and only Kido had made it back alive, RIP Rei )': ]