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[unknownrival]

For the record, I do not work at a maid cafe or as a sky pirate, nor am I a fairy godparent or a squire to a knight. I am dating only one person, not a dozen, and his name is Diarmuid Ua Duibhne. I went to high school in Fuyuki, and never went to college or to Hogwarts. My family is limited to my father, Reikan-nii, and Kasumi-nee.

I would make an Unlimited Virus Works joke here but it's not coming to me.

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[unknownrival]

It won't last. The headache, I mean.

[croibhristeoir]

I'll be alright soon enough. I've had worse hangovers.

[unknownrival]

You'll have to tell me about those sometime.

[croibhristeoir]

Bad decisions and very long nights. Apart from that, I'm afraid I haven't very interesting stories.

[unknownrival]

I'm sure they're more interesting than you think.

[croibhristeoir]

Not particularly.

[He shrugged and laid down again, resting his head on Issei's lap without a second thought.]

I've been miserable to deal with lately, I'm sure. Can you forgive me?

[unknownrival]

[Without hesitation, Issei began lightly stroking his hair with his fingers.]

As many times as you wish.

[croibhristeoir]

...If I could just perhaps accept what I have instead of questioning why I have it, I think I could be alright.

[unknownrival]

I'm sure that's within your power.

[croibhristeoir]

I don't think it will be very easy.

[unknownrival]

When has that ever stopped you?

[croibhristeoir]

Never, I suppose.

[He sighed quietly, closing his eyes in a contented response to Issei's hand in his hair.]

But this isn't as simple as winning a difficult fight.

[unknownrival]

Still, I have confidence in you.

[It's not as if his worth was defined by his combat ability.]

[croibhristeoir]

Do you, truly?

[unknownrival]

I do. I'm sorry if there was any doubt.

[croibhristeoir]

I only worry that your faith could be misplaced.

[unknownrival]

It's not.

[croibhristeoir]

Do you not think that you perhaps hold me to some impossible standard? Even if I were not as terrible as I think, it would not be possible for me to be as infallible as you seem to think.

[unknownrival]

Considering that my primary desire is that you believe yourself to be worthy of existence, I would hold you to the same standard there as I hold nearly everyone on this earth.

[croibhristeoir]

Why is it you think I'm worth even that much?

[unknownrival]

You're a person.

That's it.

[croibhristeoir]

I'm a Servant.

[unknownrival]

Person.

[croibhristeoir]

I'm a Servant first, a knight second, and an individual after that.

[unknownrival]

Those are terrible priorities.