[No one ever takes her seriously. Ethan would probably get her a puppy if she mentioned it to him.]

Because I worry about you and I need you to be okay by the time you graduate.

[It would be around the time that he might be making decisions in regards to college and such, what path he might really want to take his life on.] There are going to be times I'm not there to help you, Yamato. [She can't help thinking about the night their parents told them about their newly opened relationship. How Yamato had freaked out, how easy it had been to ease him back into focusing, how automatic it was to respond.]

I just want you to succeed, that's all.

[It was all she ever wanted, and helping someone towards that was one of the ways she expressed her love.]