hot spring of bonds :: lissa and emmeryn

[suturings]

part 1
Lissa: Hey hey, Emm.
Emmeryn: ... Lissa?
Lissa: Let's go into the hot springs together after the fighting is over. We can wash each other's backs, and have a competition to see who can hold their breath underwater the longest — just like the old days! It's pretty spacious here, so we can swim if we want to as well. Ah, but Chrom will definitely say it's bad manners and all, so keep it a secret from him, okay?
Emmeryn: Chrom... won't go... with us?
Lissa: What!? Chrom? No way, no way! Even if he's our brother, there's no way I'm gonna go to the baths with a guy!
Emmeryn: "No way"... that's... too bad...
Lissa: It might not have mattered when we were kids, but we're adults now! So don't go and invite him on your own, okay? It's Chrom after all, so if you do, he'll go "Yeah, I got it! I'll be there right away!" and — I have a feeling that there might be an attack at the women's baths!
Emmeryn: ... Lissa is... good... at impersonations...
Lissa: Ahaha! You think so? ... anyway, we're going to the hot springs together after the battle is over, all right! It's a promise!

part 2

Emmeryn: Lissa...
Lissa: Ah, Emm! What's wrong? Can't wait for the hot springs?
Emmeryn: Lissa... do you... hate Chrom?
Lissa: Huh!? Why!? ... ah, because I said he can't go into the baths with us? Don't worry — I love my brother.
Emmeryn: Love...?
Lissa: Uh huh. Back when you, er... when I thought you died... I just kept crying day after day... I was just so worn out after everything... "Even if I keep living like this, what am I supposed to do?"... I thought stuff like that. But, you know? During those times, Chrom was always by my side.
Emmeryn: .....
Lissa: Even though he himself was hurting, frustrated, and wanted to cry. But he endured that, and supported me instead...
Emmeryn: Chrom is... kind...
Lissa: He is, isn't he? And you know... I saw something recently. The night we came back after finding you, Chrom was going "Emm.. I'm glad... I'm so glad..." and cried all by himself. At that moment, he had been able to shed those tears he had endured all this time, and he was finally saved from his sadness... that's what I think. That's why... I'm really... happy that... you're alive...
Emmeryn: Lissa... are you... crying?
Lissa: N-no... *sniff* Remembering Chrom's tears just got me to start crying too... but... these are happy tears.
Emmeryn: Tears... when you're... happy?
Lissa: Yep! That's right!
Emmeryn: I love... you... and Chrom... too...
Lissa: Thanks! I love you too, Emm! But we still can't let Chrom go with us! That's something I just can't allow!
Emmeryn: Too... bad...