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Of course! What else did you think it was?

{ really he wouldn't do it for just anyone, he has a very short list of people he'd be willing to do that for, thoma just happens to be on that very short list.

and he's going to regret teasing as far as he has when he didn't expect the honesty, not to mention he'd thought he had been more aware and it was just because he'd noticed him come into the room. his mouth feels dry again, eyes stuck on thoma's face as it flushes in such a lovely shade of red.

thoma did the smart thing by grabbing something to cover himself, something he starts to regret because that admission has his mind oh so helpfully providing images of how there are likely other times he's thought of it if that's the case.

his mind is suddenly a filthy mess, apparently.

his eyes close, just mid thought on something he probably should not be dwelling on right now (thoma don't look down) when he realises he forgot to ask something. }

Ah, that reminds me-- { he probably should have realised sooner } --you were trying to tell me something before I--ah--offered to help? { focus. }

{ must be nice to have the privacy to do that!!

it's odd how quickly it feels like the balance in the world is restored, as though everything feels right again, when he opens the door to that smile and the words he's greeted with.

whatever tenseness from worry that somehow they'd messed up their friendship gets thrown out the window and his facial expression softens instantly. }

Thank you. { a pause. } Are you coming in?

Choreographing your comedy routine for the festival.

[ Just like that, they're back to their comfortable selves. For the time being, anyway. ]

[ His voice drops a little because he can hear stirrings from the kitchen and he really isn't sure what the Kamisato household was doing to celebrate. But he does shift in place, as if to step in automatically at the invite before catching himself. And when he does, the carefully wrapped gift he'd been hiding behind his back pokes out. ]

Only if I'm not disturbing anything. Ayaka told me before she was planning on getting you to herself all day.

{ that actually brings out a soft laugh. }

That explains why she woke me up so early. { he doesn't sound like he's complaining, if anything that constant fondness he has for his sister is in his voice. } We even talked about inviting you over for dinner, so you wouldn't be disturbing anything.

{ besides, he can likely hear voices in the next room. }

The Traveler is here as well.

--Oh!

[ Thank the archons for the shift in subjects because it gives Thoma something to focus on, instead of letting his gaze shift nervously around the room to look at anything except Ayato after that confession. Yes, he'd realized how absently condemning it had been to say that and yes, he'd been hoping against hope that Ayato would... let it pass. ]

[ So he was quick to latch onto discussion of what had gotten them into this mess in the first place. Sitting up again, he shifts on the bed, reaching out toward the snapped bone. And of course the blanket helpfully slips low on his waist, nearly off it in fact and if Ayato were to look down he'd have himself a treat. But then Thoma pauses, unsure if he should actually touch it again, and settles for simply pointing it out. ]

Here, this is the wishing bone I picked up at one of the shops. It's supposed to grant a wish of bringing an item from home, same as the dandelion, but it was after using this that I found myself like... that.

Sounds like you've had a long day already.

[ It's a light tease, but he does tilt his head a bit while blatantly staring at Ayato, he thought he saw signs of tiredness on the man's face earlier... ]

Am I being invited then?

{ thoma needn't worry, he won't be going back to that now he dug a little too deep with his teasing. he will let his eyes dip lower when the blanket slips though, having to force himself to look up at when thoma's face keeps talking and points to where the wish bone(r) is lying on the side. }

I don't remember seeing that at the shop I went to. { he didn't go to the shadier store... } How curious, I take it that it didn't mention anything about having aphrodisiac properties?

We haven't done very much. { he'll just stare right back, at least until he's pushing the door wider. }

I thought it was already obvious you would have been, perhaps I was wrong about that though. Come on in.

I like being sure.

[ As if he hadn't given ample evidence of that yesterday already. He does step inside with the explicit offer though, durning around to finally offer Ayato the wrapped gift he'd brought. ]

Here- for your birthday.

I found it in a shop that looked more out of the way. The price was cheaper, so I expected there might be some sort of flaw with it, which is why I wished for something not particularly personal from home with it.

[ Of course he used the dandelion for the item he wanted to be sure wouldn't come damaged or disformed and the bone for something else. ]

And, ah, yes, they only mentioned that children were not allowed to purchase this, which is a relief all things considered...

[ And then he seems to realize he's exposing himself by stretching out the way he is and flusters, sitting back on his heels next to Ayato and tugging that blanket back up to cover himself again. ]

I-I suppose it should have been more obvious.

{ he'll at least leave that first part with nothing else said, his hands instinctively moving to take the wrapped gift he's handed. }

Do you want me to open it now?

{ at least he isn't teasing about yesterday being his gift kjndsg }

[ ~~That was just a preview~~. ]

Oh- you can certainly open it whenever! It's... well, I'd like to get you another gift later, actually, since this one isn't really a gift so much as a delivery... but I wanted to get this to you first.

[ He's babbling just a bit because he does feel like this doesn't quite count as a gift. It was more like returning something to its rightful owner, just across worlds. ]

So please look forward to my later gift as well.

{ at thoma's admission this time, he sighs. really, he should likely know better than to rush in and try something out from a dodgy cheap salesperson -- but he also cannot bring himself to complain about that right now. }

That's something at least.

{ and then he's shifting himself, sliding his legs back and under himself so he can lean over thoma to pick to the remnants of the bone to examine it more closely. }

It seems so harmless from first glance.

[ Some of us are weak to deals, Ayato, we don't all think a dango costs ten dollars. ]

[ He's quick to fluster, though with worry this time when Ayato reaches to take the bone into his hand. He ducks his head to look over his lord with careful and worried eyes; neither of them knows for sure how this thing works so who knows if there were still lingering influence from it right now. ]

Ayato, it- You're not feeling any effects from it, are you?

{ without opening it, he's a little at a loss for what that's supposed to mean. a delivery?

but also why is he getting more than one gift. }

You needn't have, but thank you all the same. { is ayaka getting two gifts... is this the norm now? does he need to think of two gifts for thoma's birthday?

he needs a nap.

that's his last thought before he'll start peeling the paper away anyway. }

{ things cost money?WSdgkjdng

but in all seriousness, he'd rather get something quality, thoma is lucky that's all this did and he didn't lose a bone to use it. }

I can't feel anything different. Did it happen instantly?

[ Ayato!! If you're tired you can just say so!! He can see if it's taking him a bit longer to process things than it normally would!! ]

[ He rocks back a little, giving Ayato space to process the gift he'd gotten him; it's undoubtedly familiar, the Yumemiru Pen Case Ayato himself had commissioned back in Inazuma to store the the various stationary he'd collected or been gifted. With the pen shopping they'd done in their early days here, he thought it would be nice for Ayato to have both somewhere to keep whatever new stationary he gathered and a small reminder of home. ]

[ So... a delivery. ]

I hope you don't mind my forwardness in retrieving this for you.

[ He keeps his eyes on Ayato for a moment more before letting out a sigh of relief, sitting back once more. At least, it seemed, it didn't affect everyone who touched it after it was snapped. He'd already died once this morning, a bone-affected Ayato would kill him twice over. ]

It started up after a few minutes and it got worse.

[ He didn't want to specify that it was near uncontrollable when Ayato entered the room, if only because he wasn't sure if it was the bone or himself that'd driven that. ]

{ he could just say so, but they both know he won't.

as the paper unfolds he is left speechless for a moment, eyes staring down at the pen case in his hands. thoma doesn't have to wait long, at least, for his response. }

It wasn't forward of you at all, thank you. { and he means that sincerely, which should be evident with the tone he uses with his voice. }

[ Ah, relief. He's glad Ayato appreciates it, because he really wasn't sure what to do if he'd been told something like 'put it back'. ]

[ And now, he'll be just a bit more forward, acting on that little itch in the back of his mind. His gloves are absent because he hadn't planned on going out for the evening, so it's with his bare fingers that he lightly touches the back of Ayato's hand. ]

I'm glad you like it.

[ Did he need to touch Ayato's hands in this moment, no. ]

[ Is he using his touch to give Ayato a bit of energy like he suspects he may need right now, yes. ]

{ as much fun as it may have been to even pretend that was the case, it almost feels like walking on egg shells already right now, so he'll be honest in that it seems to be fine. }

I suppose it makes sense it's a simple exchange at the time. I take it you won't be buying one of these again?

[ Thank you for sparing his life, Ayato. For now. ]

I will not...

But, ah... would you like to shower? Even if you borrowed my clothes, you're...

[ He had apparently been very intent on making Ayato a mess and it showed. ]

{ even without all the Other Things going on here, he would never have thought to tell him to 'put it back'. honestly, it's touching that instead of getting something for himself, he got something for ayato instead.

his own hands are bare today as well, he hadn't planned on going anywhere so there was no point to it, so the contact comes with a lot more warmth.

there's a certain irony to thoma touching him because he thinks it will give him a bit of energy, when it's partly because of him he's barely slept anyway.

but he'll take what he can get, even if the energy he's being given isn't going to solve lack of sleep, it doesn't mean he can't pretend it helps. he'll hold the pen case tighter in his other hand, letting it lower by his side, while the other shifts. there's a brief moment where it likely feels as though he's pulling away but it's mostly so he can angle his wrist to the point his fingers can thread between thoma's to hold his hand properly. }

I'm more surprised you felt that I needed more than this, when I'm happy enough spending my birthday with you all.

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