Balthus "stupid Batman" von Albrecht (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ashenputtel) wrote2030-04-25 02:00 am
ashenputtel) wrote2030-04-25 02:00 am
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TEXT ✧ AUDIO ✧ VIDEO ✧ ACTION
BALTHUS VON ALBRECHT ✦ FIRE EMBLEM: THREE HOUSES
RESIDENCE ✦ Residency
GEMBOND ✦ Ruby
"Hah! What's on your mind, pal?"
RESIDENCE ✦ Residency
GEMBOND ✦ Ruby
"Hah! What's on your mind, pal?"
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Cards on the table, yeah? Man to man, all that:
I know you don't hold it against me - or that the version of you from my "timeline" doesn't hold it against me. We've got a future together where we're pretty close.
( Something tightens in Yuri's chest. )
But I've been doing a lot of thinking since I got here - thinking about myself, about the things I did, about how I treated the people closest to me. Claude was right when he said that this place was good for finding ways to be happy, and
( The text stops abruptly for a moment. )
The way I've lived my life, I don't know if I really deserve that. I don't know if I even know how to do that. I don't want you to stick with me, just like you did back home, and end up throwing away your chance at it.
( If only he were from far enough post-game that he knew just how happy Balthus was by his side in Abyss, or that they'd end up staying together as a fearsome duo for the rest of their lives 8') )
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Yeah. If he's someone who would hold it against you, boss, then he's no version of me. Period.
But I get it, now. You're worried you're going to bring me down with you. It's the same reason I'd never bother a real friend with my own financial problems — no reason to get them involved in all of my own troubles, and all.
So, I can respect that. But let me just say this: I can't be happy if you're in trouble. Just like I'm not happy when Constance is out in the sun doing her little self-browbeating act, or when Hapi's wound up tight about letting her guard down and getting somebody hurt.
There's things you gotta do and things I gotta do, and maybe they won't always line up. But the only way you're gonna be responsible for my unhappiness is if something happens to you, and I could've done something about it, and I didn't. All right?
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( It takes a while for Yuri's response to come through. Balthus's sincerity strikes a chord within him that he's never really felt before: it's different to his conversations with Bernadetta and Ashe — different because he already knows the full extent of the person Yuri can be — and yet, for whatever reason, he's decided that he can still make him happy.
Yuri doesn't understand it. True warmth isn't something he's experienced a great deal of in his life, but something tells him that, in this instance, it would be unkind to push it away. )
You're a good person, you know. Better than I ever gave you credit for back then.
( No time like the present to start making up for it though, right? )
Anyway, this is probably the part where I say "you don't need to worry about me, Balthus," and then you say "don't even try it, pal, you're talking to the Undefeated King of Grand Gestures" - so how about we just skip over all that?
The whole point of this was to let you make the decision on your own. If you can respect why I've made mine, then the least I can do is respect you now that you've made yours. There'll always be a place for you with me if that's really where you want to be, Balthus.
Always.
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So, listen. I'm gonna keep on trying to find my own way with all of this, because you think it's something I ought to do, and I think you're right. I'm glad you're not letting me just take the easy road, when it comes to this fresh start I've got.
I guess what I'm just thinking is, just because we're on our own separate paths doesn't have to mean they're going in opposite directions. Maybe sometimes we'll wind up side by side. You know?
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And. I'd like that, B. Who knows: if I'm not really your boss, and you're not really my colleague, maybe we can spend a little more time just being friends.
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So, dinner. I've got a little coin on me, and you're cooking. So how about you tell me something sweet that I can pick up and bring with me on my way over, like a friend would?
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There's a little bakery I've grown pretty fond of — it shouldn't be too far out of your way. They do these cute little raspberry pastries that I treat myself to every now and then.
( And look, he's even going to drop a pin so Balthus knows exactly where to go. )
They'd be the perfect dessert.
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...You know, the "Perfect King of Pastry-Buying" really doesn't have the best ring to it...
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Then I guess I'll see you soon, huh?
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