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Day 7: The White Rabbit and Her Golden Retriever (to breathe amidst the Ashes of the Fallen) by DawnDuchess
Fandoms: 今際の国のアリス | Imawa no Kuni no Alice | Alice in Borderland (TV)
02 Aug 2025
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“So what brings you here at this hour, huh? Couldn’t sleep? Afraid of storms?” He rambles on. “Want big, strong Karube to spend you some comfo-”
“Stop it.” She says, not harsh, but with a firmness that has Karube halting immediately. “You don’t have to pretend around me, okay?”
Karube bites his bottom lip, struggling with himself. For a moment she thinks he’d try and keep up the facade and-
“Good.” He plops down on the edge of the bed, shoulders slumped. “I’m so tired of pretending. I can’t even convince myself I’m not terrified of storms.”
She sits down next to him on the bed in slight hesitation. Not close enough for their thighs to touch, not far enough for it to be interpreted as unwillingness to provide comfort. A friend’s distance. Simple.
Her heart beats up to her throat, hands getting sweaty, cheeks feeling too warm for the room temperature. Not simple at all.
“Then don’t,” she says. “Don’t pretend. Nobody is judging you. Least of all me.”*
Fic for the Rare Pair Week: Day 7, Usagi/Karube, Post Borderland Au, One Bed, Confessions, Found Family, Handholding, Stuck Together
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- Part 8 of Rare Pair Week 2025