You don't have to say if you don't want to.

( when one is aligned with a being that they cannot disobey, it's the little freedoms. this is something sakura understands- she doesn't expect others to as well. )

I haven't seen anyone I know from home, but... perhaps I've been willfully ignoring that.

( gently, sakura reaches out and brushes her fingertips against one of the photo displays. there is no tsukasa, natsuhiko or mitsuba. no classmates or underclassmen. simply her, looking happier than she's felt in a long time.

how trite. )