Written for Thess for an icon meme challenge. Usual disclaimers apply. Mangaverse. Spoilers for volume seven.
"You're saying I have a choice?"
"Well, yes. You didn't know what you offering me at the time. I'm not going to force you into something you didn't understand."
"Didn't the big red jackass give you a choice like this?"
"Yes, but I didn't but a bullet through your lung."
"Point. So what exactly does this choice entail?"
"Well... you'll basically be a part of me. Two souls, one body."
"Hey, if it's that body, what's the problem?"
"No jokes, Captain. I'm trying to tell you something serious."
"Sorry ming, I mean, sorry Seras. It's a defense mechanisim. Besides, you know you think they're funny."
"Well... maybe. But that's beside the point. If you agree, you'll never be alonge. Ever, for as long as we live. And it will be we. If I die, you'll die, for real this time. And it'll be your body as well. You'll have just as much control over it as I do."
"Cherie, are you sure you want to trust me with that much control over your body?"
"I'm offering it to you, aren't it! Do you have to turn this into a joke?"
"...I'm just trying to make you laugh. You're cuter when you smile."
"...I know. But you have to listen. There are drawbacks to this deal."
"There always are."
"You'll be with me. Always. Maybe even in my dreams. And I have some pretty horrific nightmares."
"Given what I've seen and had happen to me in my life, I think you'll have more to worry about on that one."
"And you're not going to get any time to get used to it. That tattoo woman isn't going to let us wait."
"Hang on a second, she's still there?"
"Er... yeah. She won't really attack until we're done. Time's kind of meaningless here. I think."
"You think? And what do you think your chances against her are?"
"Honestly? Abyssmal."
"Fuck this choice shit, then. I'm with you."
"But I haven't told you everything yet!"
"I don't care."
"You'll never be alone! You'll always have someone who can snoop around in your head! No assurance of privacy!"
"I don't care."
"This is a commitment like you can't even imagine! There is no going back from this kind of choice."
"I don't care."
"You'll be damned. You're joining with what is most likely a creature of Satan! It's a one way ticket to Hell!"
"I DON'T CARE!"
"...Captain?"
"Seras, I don't care about any of that. There was no shame in daying for a good girl like you. There's no shame in staying with a good girl like you. You're worth whatever crap I may have to put up with."
"Captain Berna-"
"Pip. If you're Seras, I'm Pip. Let's go. We'll clean the floor with her. We're far too pretty to lose to someone like that, eh?"
"Then come, Pip. Come join me in death."