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No matter what the other said, Yukino wasn't brave. She was a strong mage, determined and ready to fight for the ones she loved, but she wasn't brave. She couldn't even get closer to the only person she wanted, the one she wanted to spend her time with. She could just look at her from afar, hiding her sadness from her friends. She wanted to try to be happy for her, she had finally found the love she had always deserved. But she wasn't the one who made her smile and that hurt her more than she wanted.
She smiled weakly at Rogue, pretending to listen to him, trying to forget the way her chest tightened each time Minerva laughed at something Sting said, their fingers happily intertwined.