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pretend i didn't die

[passtave]

[ He has a point. She knows he does. But still— ]

I-It's hard to imagine them e-ever being scared... you too.

[ She says it with a small, almost wry smile. Naruto, scared? Even though she knows he's probably right, that everybody feels afraid at times, she thinks that only serves to make them even stronger. But in her case... what she doesn't realize is that it makes her stronger too. ]

I just... I just want to be a good princess of Hoshido. I want everyone to be proud to call me their princess.

[acknowledges]

I think you will be.

[He isn't afraid of the wry smile on her face, or the almost-sadness in her voice. Naruto remembers what it was like to have so much depending on him and to feel like he just couldn't be enough- that he would never be as strong as he had to be. There isn't anyone that can make it easier in the end, and there isn't anyone who will be able to prove Hime's strength to her except herself. Everything she does she'll have done with her own two hands.]

It's really easy to give up. But you have so many reasons to keep going and so many people depending on you. Maybe that makes it scary, but doesn't that also mean it's more important to you than anything?

[passtave]

[ I think you will be.

He thinks so highly of her. Maybe a little too highly of her. But she's the type of person who believes far more in her friends than she does in herself, at least for now. And for now... maybe that's what she needs to hear, at least until she finds her own self-confidence. ]

Y-You're right. I won't give up. [ That was never an option...

This is more uncertain: ] Do you really think... I'll be a good princess?

[acknowledges]

Honestly Hime-chan, I can't say I've met many princesses- and I'm a pretty normal guy so I don't know much about what a princess is supposed to be like either.

[He wants to cheer her up, but he Naruto isn't the kind of guy to lie to a person to do it. If he tells her something, he wants it to be something true.]

But I already think you're a really good person. It probably doesn't seem like enough to you, but to mean that means a whole lot.

[passtave]

[ It's his honest that sells it, though. She can rest assured that he isn't telling her this just to say it—that everything he says is coming from his heart.

She's quiet for a moment, letting his words resonate within her. To Naruto, she's good enough just as she is. In fact, she's... she's doing him a bit of a disservice, isn't she? Along with everyone else who believes in her.

She's... so silly. ]

I... I'm sorry. [ She wants to explain, but she can feel herself getting choked up, and so she just adds quietly: ] Th-Thank you. Th-That means a lot to me too.