Yuri & Bernadetta C

Bernadetta
♪Hm hmm hm-hmm... Hm hmm hm-hmm...♪ Huh?! Is that Yuri?

Bernadetta
I gotta evaporate! Maybe if I just curl into a ball, I'll pass as a boulder. Or a...pebble.

Yuri
Hey, Bernadetta!

Bernadetta
Ah! You can see me?!

Yuri
Clearly... You're a tricky one. Always trying to hide when I'm around.

Bernadetta
S-sorry! Please forgive me!

Yuri
If you want forgiveness, then explain yourself. But make it quick. You always ramble on.

Bernadetta
Um! Well, when I was little, my mother and father, they—

Yuri
You've gotta be kidding. Cut to the chase, please.

Bernadetta
Uh... You remind me of one of my old friends.

Yuri
Oh, come now. Whoever this friend of yours is can't possibly compare to me.

Bernadetta
I'm telling the truth!

Yuri
All right, all right. What was this friend like, then?

Yuri
The way you run and hide from me, they must've been a real piece of work.

Bernadetta
That's not it at all!

Bernadetta
He was the assistant to the gardener at our estate. My friend was gentle, trustworthy...gorgeous.

Bernadetta
And...well, he was the only person who was ever nice to me.

Bernadetta
We used to run around the gardens playing together.

Yuri
And why is it you keep running away from me?

Bernadetta
That's... Uh... Do I really have to say? We hardly even know each other!

Yuri
You never have to do anything. But if you don't, you and I won't have a shot at knowing one another, and you'll carry on avoiding me forever.

Bernadetta
But that's no good either! OK! OK! I'll tell you!

Bernadetta
The thing is, because of me, he got in trouble. After that, I never saw him again.

Bernadetta
You see, my father hated commoners, and when he found out I was spending a lot of time with one... Well...

Bernadetta
He's probably dead now! And it's all my fault! It's 'cause of me! He must have hated me!

Yuri
That... Ugh. That doesn't sound right to me. Why would you think all that?

Yuri
Nothing you did would make his death your fault. And hating you for something that isn't your fault is absolutely absurd—delusional, even.

Bernadetta
You're wrong! He'd definitely hate me if he knew! How would you know, anyway?

Bernadetta
What, did you know my friend or something?

Yuri
In a manner... Right.

Yuri
So, remember back when you were a kid?

Yuri
You tripped while holding some gardening shears. And your friend got cut pretty badly.

Bernadetta
Hmmm... Oh yeah! I remember. But...how did you know about that?

Yuri
If I bore you any ill will, it would have only been for cutting my face with those damn shears.

Bernadetta
Cutting your face... Shears... But! There's no way!

Yuri
But there is. That friend? That was me, Bernadetta.

Yuri
Anyway, I'm glad I finally got to hear how you felt about all of that.

Yuri
Let's spend time together later and chat about the good ol' days. Get to know each other again.

Bernadetta
But how did... But he! But!