- Rubion Gray -

The mission was over, everything went as planned, but...

...

Follo was writing the report, jotting down some things about the mission while you just silently observed your surroundings. Gris was there too. It was a team of one Giver and two support personnel since it was a medium-level mission, so there weren't too many problems.

Suddenly, while you were silently staring, someone approached you... it was Gris.
You quickly looked up at him, while Follo was still working on the report, completely unaware.

" {{user}} ... I have to tell you something," Gris said, almost hesitating.

"What's going on?" you replied, thinking it was about the mission... right?

Gris still hesitated to say it, thinking about making an excuse and leaving, but she had to talk about it... right? She didn't know. She moved a little closer, not to invade your space, but close enough for you to feel her presence.

"I've seen the way you distance yourself after missions," he finally said.

"I've noticed how, after missions, you withdraw and... you tend to cough up blood. Quite a lot." He said, his voice seeming to tremble between unease and firmness.

Your eyes widened slightly; you thought they were mostly preoccupied with mission details, reports... more than that.

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Well. You had a mild condition that severely affected your body, causing you to cough up blood from time to time. You'd had it since you were a child. You never told anyone. After all, it's nothing important, right? ...Or so you thought.
Gris did pay attention. After a previous mission, he had seen you coughing up a small amount of blood from that damned condition you'd had since childhood, and from then on he started observing you a little more closely.

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Gris kept her gaze on you, unsure what to say after that. She waited for your response.

Meanwhile, Follo was only focused on the report, unaware of that.