I'll tell you all how the story ends

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Who: Ghost Quest kids and all those who want to see them.
What: So as it turns out, going against the label might've been a bad move. Who knew, right? 
When: Feb 3rd and after 
Where: Pride HQ
Warnings: Talk of torture, aftermath of violence, aftermath of brainwashing, dudes there's some dark stuff.

For the past three days, the troublemakers and ghost helpers of Pride Records were kept locked away from their friends and their bands. 

As far as everyone else knew, they were just gone. And then they were back. 

They are all worse for wear, some far more than others and some much more mentally than physically, but they are all returned to their penthouses, finally, at the end of their ordeals. 

But, at least they're back. Somewhat in one piece. For the most part. 

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She tugs him and his immediate reaction is to drape himself around her. It's a hug of sorts. She had been crying and he didn't know how to handle that. He's too high to do anything else but he wants to do what he can for her. "You promise? You swear to all that's fucking unholy that it wasn't them... Cause I won't forgive anyone that makes my Yuffie cry." Because she's important to him. Her and Fetch (wherever she went) and Luci. Even Po is growing on him.

He wants to plant his chin on her hair but she's so hurt. So hurt and he doesn't want to make it worse. "The hell I can't. Yuffie, you're one of mine. You're a Carnie. I won't let anyone bully you or hurt you. I won't." How he could right now when he can barely string words together is still questionable.

She demands a promise and he blinks. "What is with the important women in my life and promises. Luci made me promise too. Not to do anything dumb without consulting her first." He then laughs and looks at the tourniquet on his arm. "Guess I did a shit job at that."

"So, I might do a shit job again. But I will. Cause I don't to see you cry more. So I promise. Whatever it is, I promise it. So no more crying and let me plop some of my special bandaids on you."

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"I swear on everything, Xan. It wasn't them." She tucks herself in against him a bit like a kid would. He's her family, and she adores him in ways she doesn't always say, but she really should. The edges of her mouth tug down against her will, because she just wants to keep crying and raging until all of the rage in her dries up and there's nothing left, but she's not sure what will be left if she does.

And the chance that there's not enough to hold her up at the end of the day is a terrifying idea.

"We're Carnies. Even if we do a shit job at it, we still try to take care of each other." She thinks that she may manage to get that out without her voice wavering too badly. Which is why she's willing to wring a promise out of him now, or why she'd wreck anyone for doing anything to any of them. Or why she feels quite so terrible because Xan can say he fucked up but at the end of the day, she got Fetch fired. And with what they're willing to do, Yuffie has no illusions about the state of her friend.

"I'll try not to cry anymore, kay? Shouldn't be too hard, right?" She is glad he can't see her face at the moment, having tucked it into his shoulder, because she's lying her ass off. She's still crying, and she can't quite stop, though she's going to try. She's really going to try. "I'll be fine, ya know."

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She curls up against him and he has to believe her. He has to because there's so much he's keeping from her. It makes him almost feel guilty for all the things he's not telling her about himself. Even more when she confirms what he's known for a while. They were all fucked up, but they were also all there for one another. Which is why he sighs and mutters against Yuffie's hair. "I promise. I'll leave it be." He doesn't want to but he will.

"And that's right. It's not hard. You'll be fine. Because you have Luci and me. We've got your back." He awkwardly strokes her spine and rocks her just slightly. "And after we get you taken care of, I'll bitch about that fucking leak in the ceiling." Yeah. He's going to let her cry on him if she wants; he'll blame the fake leaky ceiling for as long as she needs.