Rory and Kiara blankly stared at each other for a moment before smiling at each other, "H-hey... Do you wanna, go to my place or something..." Rory asked, to which Kiara nodded. "That's a weird thing to ask after we just met again... But sure...!" Kiara said, nodding.
Rory teleported Kiara to her temporary apartment, sitting on the bed. "So, uh... What's going on? You look... upset." Kiara asked. Rory shook her head, "I'm fine. What about you?" Kiara chuckled a bit. "I kinda got that weird plague..." Rory jumped up.
"Really!? Are you alright!?" Rory asked, running over to her. Kiara pushed her away, smiling. "I'm fine, I'm fine...!" Rory backed away, "Alright, if you say so..." Kiara sat next to Rory. "You gonna tell me what's eating at you? You look good in that outfit, by the way." Rory blushed a bit, "Thanks..."
She then looked down, her eyes dimming a bit. "Hey, Kiara. Do you think I'm a good person?" Kiara responded almost immediately, "Of course! Why I can't imagine a person who's down more for the good of others than you!" Rory smiled a bit.
"Can you still say that even knowing what I am...?" Kiara nodded, "Yep. You aren't a mindless machine, Rory! I'm sure that you can fight this." Kiara was telling what she believed to be a complete truth.
"Kiara... I can't believe that. I can't believe that after all that I've done, I can still be a good person. That I can regain that lost... meaning, in my life. I don't believe that I can be a hero again..." She said, sadness plaguing her words. Kiara simply sat there.
"...Rory..." Kiara said, "Yeah?" Kiara chuckled a bit, "I'm not confident in myself." Rory's eyes widened, "Huh..? I got the exact opposite impression from you. I always assumed you were extremely confident." Kiara continued.
"I've never been confident, Rory... I've always been thrown out, ignored, disregarded as a person who just didn't understand. Like with that kid, Zonolo... You wouldn't have met him. I made everything worse..." Kiara scrunched up, her eyes going blank.
"I'm weak, Rory. I've always been weak... I always wanted to believe that ideals could save everybody, that if I grasped my ideals as tight as possible, there would be the best outcome waiting for me. But there is no 'best outcome', just outcomes. Humans are weak, Rory..." Kiara shed a tear.
"We're all susceptible to the will of those who can rise higher than us. We have to fend for ourselves in a world that doesn't care for us, or be carried through the flames by others, helpless to ease their pain as you play the damsel in distress, waiting to be saved by a prince that barely survives either..." Kiara had experienced some recent trauma.
"Rory, I don't think good and evil exist. I save people because I want to do it, not because I want to be good. A weakling like me couldn't possibly determine what's good and what's not good... I just have to do what I can with the time I have on this cursed world." Rory's eyes widened.
"The strong will dominate the weak, leaving them to die. That is life. To be strong, to be a good person, in my opinion, is to simply... Find what makes you happy in life. Sure, some people are bad, but humans have clashed with each other for eons. What's a bit more fighting?" Kiara began to smile a bit.
"Rory, what do you want to do with your life? Do you think you're a good person or a bad person?" Rory didn't know how to respond to that. "I... Want to live happily. With my family, like when I was a kid..." Of course, her childhood wasn't the greatest, but there were good moments.
"I want to be able... To give happiness to everyone." Kiara pulled Rory in for a hug. "There you go! You don't need any fancy ideals. Just a simple goal." Rory turned spoke up.
"But what if I have to do things that hurt others to get it...? What if I have to do bad things myself...? You're a hero, aren't you, wouldn't you try and stop me?" Kiara chuckled a bit." I'm far too pathetic to be a hero, Rory... All this time, I simply sat there, being protected. I drove a kid away like he was just a gnat." Kiara frowned.
"As I said, I'm weak Rory. And I'm meant to be pushed over by those stronger than me until I die..." The strong will dominate the weak. Her parents died because they were weak. And she will die because she was too weak to save anybody, even herself.
She couldn't achieve what she wished.
"I think that's bullshit!" Rory yelled out, causing Kiara to flinch and back away. "Huh..?" She said, bewildered. "Kiara, weren't you the one who just told me that we should live the way we want instead of hopelessly clinging to ideals? Well, why aren't you!?" Kiara's eyes widened.
"Don't you want to be a hero? Why can't you? So what if you're weak!? Get stronger! You're right, Kiara. Humans are weak creatures with billions of flaws, but that's why we have to live life as best as we can!" Rory didn't know why she was yelling this out, but it just felt so right to say.
"You have to keep moving forward as best you can, doing whatever it takes to reach your ideal! It shouldn't matter if anyone tries to stop you, or if you trip and fall along the way! There was never meaning to life so we have to live as much as we can until we die!" Kiara began to cry incessantly.
"The strong are the strong and the weak are born to miserably die, so live as best as you can to become strong, Kiara! That is all you need to do!" Kiara began to chuckle, still crying.
"N-No meaning...?" That's right. Why should she have to search for meaning when she was going to die anyway. Why couldn't she just live as best as she could, getting stronger along the way? Why couldn't she just make a decision to get stronger? Why did she have to contemplate whether it was right or wrong? If you're going to live, you may as well clash with others until you can come to a conclusion.
"So, if I should live the way that I want... Then I have something that I really want to say to you, Rory." Rory tilted her head, "Go ahead." Kiara wiped away her tears, her eyes brightening up with a smile plastered across her face.
"Rory, I love you."
Rory's eyes widened. "R-really...? W-wait, that's so sudden...!" Kiara pulled Rory close to her. "Rory, I want to say that. If life never had any meaning, then like you said, we have to live how we want until the end. And this is what I want. I just hope it's what you want..." Rory began to cry as well.
"I- I just don't know if I'm ready to be in a relationship again..." Kiara nodded, "Pandora, right? She isn't here. You have a new life now, Rory. If you can't move on, I completely understand... Just tell me." Rory smiled, nodding.
"N-No, Kiara... I do. I like you a lot, too... I just, just don't know what to say..!" Kiara smiled, pulling Rory in for a kiss, their lips lovingly pressing against each other as Kiara pulled herself away to speak.
"Then let's quit talking..." Rory chuckled a bit, "What a seductive line..." Kiara laughed. "Is it? It sounded pretty stupid in my head!" Rory pulled Kiara close, "I think it's adorable..~" Kiara blushed. "Th-Thanks..."
They then began their night of passionate love-making.
