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[The comment he was going to make about her running away dies on the tip of his tongue. It's not that funny anymore. That, in the course of a single moment, words could change so much. For the first time he found himself genuinely wondering what her life had been like during the past year. The Pureblood Princess, living her life of luxury with the man she's been longing for since the very beginning. Pampered, protected and treated with reverence, it was the life that she'd chosen. It was the life that she'd wanted, longed for.
That's how he tried to convince himself. Her clothing. Her hair. Her shoes. Her attitude. Even her schooling. Everything about her was different.
There was a moment of silence, emotions rioting within him as he processed those two sentences. To anyone else listening, they wouldn't have understood what was really going on. Well, perhaps Kaien, but that idiot would probably think the best of her no matter what she did.
The way everything instantly clicked in Zero's head, it was almost frightening. His mind moving as quickly as he could to dispel it, to come up with another reason and disprove the path his mind had taken.]
Yuuki...
[Nothing else fit though. The pain of the realization of this fact clenched his heart in agony. Denying what was in front of him, he had difficulty doing. A year ago he'd made excuses and thought he'd be able to steel himself against her, but here he was again. Facing the truth.]
Because of what happened that night. The...[There is a pause, wondering if it's pointless to tell her. She probably won't even believe him.] The results of the investigation are riddled with flaws and the final report is a huge lie. It wasn't suicide.