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His expression turned serious. "If I do, it never leaves this room."

"Huh, okay," he replied casually as he stretched. "I could, um, howl along or something. If you want me to." From refusing to enter to hesitantly offering to join in, Ben felt ridiculous for even stressing. He might forget, he might remember one day, but right now he had to make sure Aria...

The arcanine pulled a face of disgust at that. "Yeaaah...no. I'm fine, thanks," he mumbled. "Keep that between you and Mike, or Mergo, or whatever you do with Owen, apparently." Then he pulled another face, as if he'd been struck by some awful mental image. "Anyways, um...do you sing?" Singing...

"A...a lot more?" he asked, nervous. Then he swallowed, and shook his head. He had to get his act together. Thank Arceus she didn't care. "Relax...? You came to a singing place to not even sing?" He seemed confused by this. "I appreciate the privacy...but what else is there to do if we don't...

An uncomfortable chill went down his spine as he caught her look. His eyes quickly flicked over to the machine in the room that had been ignored this whole time; a distraction was good right now, even if he sacrificed his pride. "Yes," he said firmly, even as his voice wavered. "Hey, um, if you...

There was something different about her. How much time had passed for her back home since their first adventure in Cibus? He didn't know, but it was a relief. His smile was genuine, until she bumped his snout, in which he scrunched up his face and huffed at her. Ben felt like a mess, what an...

He frowned at her. "You can stop being Selfless Aria in front of me, if you want," he replied. "Remember what I said back then? I still haven't kicked any of your problems away! How am I supposed to do that if you won't fully let your guard down?" He sucked in a breath. Ben wasn't okay with...

"Yes, honour you!" he insisted. "You've done so much for me, how am I supposed to replicate your lessons at home if I can't remember them? How am I going to tell people I met an awesome lucario who kicks ass and is the most selfless person I've met when her accomplishments and personality are...

His eyes widened at the mention. Aria did have a world very similar to this one. How did she handle seeing the heroes here, knowing her biggest heroes were gone forever? Ben winced, "I-I'm sorry, Aria...god, I'm so sorry." "And...I-I know," he stammered. "My team-- my friends back home are my...

The arcanine sniffled as he rested his head on Aria's shoulder while he tried to pull himself together. There was hope. He hadn't ruined her image of him, he was still in control (mostly), and he hadn't lashed out. Ben trembled as he took a deep breath, briefly nuzzling Aria to help comfort...

He growled again, placing his front paws over his head. "No...I want us to be okay, but I don't want to say goodb— " Ben whimpered as he tried to get a hold of himself. "I-I shouldn't have come back! I thought I could handle saying goodbye again... I'm sorry for ruining your memories of me."

Ben tried not to think about Aria's soft paw as she wiped some tears away. A smaller part of his mind thought he was over this. The Shadowed part of his mind was desperate, determined to keep Aria in his memories. To keep her alive in his mind. His claws dug slightly into the couch, like he...

Ben tried to avoid her eyes. He struggled to accept that he was putting his emotions on full display in front of her, "I-I know!" he cried, sucking in a breath to reign himself in. "But...I haven't lost someone special to me in a long time..." His cheeks were matted with tears at this point...

"It doesn't have to be that way!" he insisted. "It shouldn't be that way. I want to be your friend...! I..." Ben sucked in a breath, focusing hard. The Shadows started to show again, even his mane was threatening to darken thanks to the corruption. "I don't want to lose anyone else important to...

Owen was the master of amnesia and remembering, from what he'd learnt of the pseudo-dragon. If anyone understood his plight, it'd be him. At least Owen was getting his memories back. Ben wasn't sure if it'd ever happen to him, and it was that reason he was too scared to look at Aria, lest the...

"But we don't know," the big guy sniffled. "Nobody knows if I'll remember...and I want to be able to visit you, a-and apologise to Taz, and..." he choked on his words. "I'll miss you. Heaps."

The weird sensation of his corruption being drained away was there, and he sighed as his thoughts became clearer once again. His head tingled as he felt the slight weight of Aria's head against his. It was strange, feeling extremely aware of the Lucario. He couldn't explain why it felt to...

"It...it does. I hate that I'll be remembered and I'll forget everyone! It's stupid!" Aria would have noticed that his body was beginning to heat up, and with a growl more flecks of Shadow slivered through his fur. "I want to remember my friends! I-I want to...to..." Ben inhaled as he tried to...

There was a brief pause as Ben thought about it. They...they had a talk like this last time, didn't they? Her words from last time echoed in his mind as he nodded slowly. Of course he fucking remembered, that wasn't the problem! "It's not fair!" he growled. "At first I was okay with it...but...

The paw in his fur was like leaving behind a line of guilt in its wake, making him inhale sharply. She was still dealing with his bullshit. "I...I don't want to," Ben confessed with a wince. "Because that means acknowledging what's coming again. I don't know if I can do this a second time..."...