[ That part gets added quickly, somehow feeling it important to make sure Riku understands. Then again he's only been around two months, but maybe that's why - that it's not a recent development and Arden didn't come to that relationship lightly by a long shot.
Or maybe it's just out of spite - the way Riku asked made a part of him wonder if Riku was....... actually no, there were so many possibilities, he couldn't bear to wonder anymore. So he just thinks back and finally answers, still a bit defensive and emotionally raw from everything else going on. ]
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[ That part gets added quickly, somehow feeling it important to make sure Riku understands. Then again he's only been around two months, but maybe that's why - that it's not a recent development and Arden didn't come to that relationship lightly by a long shot.
Or maybe it's just out of spite - the way Riku asked made a part of him wonder if Riku was....... actually no, there were so many possibilities, he couldn't bear to wonder anymore. So he just thinks back and finally answers, still a bit defensive and emotionally raw from everything else going on. ]
Nearly five months.
[ He was going precariously slow this time, not wanting to trick himself or push Naminé either, especially since they'd started right as he'd come back from turning into crystal himself. ]