Hmm? [ Yes, he may have forgotten. You're here, so he's got his hands in the front pockets of your jeans, just so you're flush against him as he walks you to the kitchen. ]
Wha'issit? [ He asks, nose buried in the fabric of your shirt. That Nico smell hasn't been in his nose for WEEKS. ]
[Busy as you are, you might not notice how he's slowed his step in order to let you have more time on that phone. It might also be because he's going for another cigarette, and you know how it goes: nicotine is best enjoyed properly by taking this slow.
Totally called it. The Bladian's a protective one.]
She'll spend the next fifteen minutes entertaining the babies before she finally effectively introduces them to a game her mother used in one of her special case classes a couple of years back.
You'd know it. Patintero.
Sashaying over now and plunking her butt down right beside you. ]
You smell of all the sads. [ Yes, she is giving you a Look. ]
[ He can't fathom it for a minute. When he does manage to find his voice, all he can choke out - looking at Nico with all the love in the world - is: ]
[ That's her slipping out her cigarettes and lighting up as she tosses her pack on your lap. ]
Have one on me. [ Have a look that tells you clear enough that she won't take no for an answer.
Leaning forward now, elbows on knees as she expels a generous stream of smoke. The inquiring and concerned smile she sends your way might remind you of her mother. ]
[He presses a kiss to your cheek then, before he takes a closer look at the mask. It's beautiful. The mask itself is black, white markings rim the ears and the eyes. The rest of the markings are swathes of gold on the "snout" of the mask.
It he's leaning in close as he traces the mask, thinking at first that it's a Kitsune, but then... No. The ears are too far apart, and it's a little too wide to be a fox or wolf (never mind the fact that only Hikaru has a wolf mask). He figures it out after a few more minutes of thought and smiles at his fiance.]
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