[ There are... so many things that either of their wishes could entail. When first she'd arrived to the hotel, she'd been so sure that her wish would be used for the Elderflower and the Elderflower only. A wish to make it more stable, or for guests to be able to find it more easily, perhaps even magic that would heal their guests as they walked through the doors, something, anything that her elven family could have accomplished over centuries of work - centuries that she herself doesn't have. Even as she began the arduous work of disentangling her identity from her family's legacy, their business, she'd remained sure of that fact. And maybe that wish yet remains - again, nebulously - as attested by the appearance of her family in this very chamber, but...
There is more to it, now, isn't there? Her wish... isn't a simple hope to improve the Elderflower in some fashion, anymore.
Sumina looses her grasp from his, but only for the sake of framing his face between her hands. ]
I think... mine has something to do with you, too.
[ Here, under the light cast over them by the stars and the colorful glass that surrounds them, she'd like to say it. Like this, it almost feels like her family is watching over her, as she realizes at last what they've wanted all along - for Sumina to choose something for herself. ]
Satoru... I want there to be a future for us outside of this hotel. When I leave this place and return to my home, I... I want you to be able to stay by my side.
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There is more to it, now, isn't there? Her wish... isn't a simple hope to improve the Elderflower in some fashion, anymore.
Sumina looses her grasp from his, but only for the sake of framing his face between her hands. ]
I think... mine has something to do with you, too.
[ Here, under the light cast over them by the stars and the colorful glass that surrounds them, she'd like to say it. Like this, it almost feels like her family is watching over her, as she realizes at last what they've wanted all along - for Sumina to choose something for herself. ]
Satoru... I want there to be a future for us outside of this hotel. When I leave this place and return to my home, I... I want you to be able to stay by my side.
[ A beat. ]
If that's what you would wish for, too.