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Episode 4

YURI

Sometimes

YURI

The heart remembers before the mind does.

A cliff-side garden built from starlight and molten stone.

The throne behind her still stood untouched.

But Aria didn’t sit on it today.

She stood barefoot in the garden

Wind curling around her like silk...

Yi was trying to roast fruit

With a flick of flame.*stubbornness*

Okay okay— *frustrated, then grinning*

Look away, I’ve got this.

“Don’t tell Yuan.”

Yuan, quiet in the shadows beneath the trees, didn’t even blink.

Yuan

She already saw it. And so did I. *calmly*

Aria/FL

*laughed* (It was small, unsure. But real)

She didn’t remember where these two came from.

Only that one burned and one waited.

And she… had made them.

But they weren’t hers yet.

Not truly.

You created us. *walking beside her later*

Gave us shape, voice, will.

But you didn’t ask for loyalty.

We gave it anyway.

Yuan

We’re not from your past.

Yuan

But maybe we can be part of your now...

Far off, by the broken moon bridge, two other figures lingered in silence.

Unknown 1

*arms folded, eyes burning with something too deep to name*

Unknown 2

*Stood beside her — hands behind his back, gaze on the stars*

Unknown 1

She laughs with them…

Unknown 1

Like she used to with me.*muttering*

Unknown 1

“Why does it feel like I’m the outsider now?”

Unknown 2

Because we don’t belong to this beginning.*quietly*

Unknown 2

“We’re remnants… waiting to be erased.”

Aria/FL

*turned once, sensing something*

But the breeze brushed her face, and the moment passed.

Aria/FL

looked at Yi.

Aria/FL

At Yuan.

Aria/FL

*smiled*

Aria/FL

Maybe I’ll learn to love them.

Aria/FL

“Maybe that’s enough… for now.”

...

YURI

Sometimes, strangers become home.

YURI

And people you once loved…

YURI

Feel like stories you never read. ( ꈍᴗꈍ)🖤

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