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[...Ib left. While this was upsetting, it's not like Garry can stop anything. Not only would that be clingy and rude, but it would really just be...wrong. They were friends, and Ib was to go home back to her parents.

Besides, with everything going on...Garry wanted her to be safe. And that was the most important thing. Always has been, always will be. But here is a Garry, trying to be cheery. And on the network.]

Hello, everyone. Is everyone having a great holiday?

I just wanted to say to whomever is taking my class; after we exchange valentines, we'll be working on a special project!

Okay, all you have to do is bring in something that comes to mind when you think of love. It can be anything! It just has to have that kind of meaning to you.

I'll have some basic seasonal stuff but I just wanted to give the option of bringing in something that's yours.

So I'll see you!

[Oh and also. To everyone he knows and he's friendly with? You get a cutely wrapped red box. And inside is an individual macaron. The flavor is up to you!]

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[That gesture was also noted. Why wasn't she looking at him? This...made him want to question further.]

You got hurt...? How did that happen?? Are you okay now?

[She avoids the first and second question.]

Yes, I'm okay now.

[You're not very good at this, Ai. You're not making him not think about it. But how to even approach this. It would be very wrong to push info if it was sensitive. And yet. No. Something bad happened.]

Are you sure...? You remember what I promised you, right?

We're friends. I promised I'd help you with anything no matter what.

So if...there's something you want to talk to me about, dear...

Mm. I'm sad about my bud. I'm sure it would have bloomed soon... But I am okay, yes. Thank you, Garry.

Don't worry. I tripped and fell! That's all.

[There's no signs of cuts or bruises, though. And if he were to ask Ai's sister, the story wouldn't have matched up with the story she gave her.

It makes her sad to not be able to tell him what happened. Garry was her friend- one of her best friend, even!- and she wanted to tell him. Lying hurt, but what else could she do? If she told the truth, Seth would take her leaf.]

[He seriously doesn't believe you, yeah. He finds it hard to think that those buds could come off as easy as tripping and falling. And she looked hardly hurt from it should that have been the reason. But hell, he can't be mad at Ai for that. He knew for a fact now that something scary had happened and for some reason Ai can't spill it. And Garry had his...suspicions. But for now:]

I sure do hope it grows back, but you need to be careful.

And I'm still around, okay?

Mmhm. Thank you, Garry the Human.

[She lifted both of her hands to the camera, and shaped them together to make a little heart for him. She smiled, although it wasn't as bright as it could have been.]

Well... Do you have a Valentine? [A pause, and her smile became more earnest, as well as a bit shy.] Will you be my Valentine, Garry?

[Why are you so cute, Ai? The past five seconds will have to be revisited another time. It was Valentines' now.]

Of course I'll be your Valentine, Ai.

[He had to do it. He had to also mimic the heart shaped hands.]

Eeeheehee! Thank you! You are my very first Valentine!

[She can't stop herself from grinning brightly, then shyly lifting her hands to cover her smiling face and blushing cheeks.]

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