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[acquirement]

{ WOW he wouldn't have had to if someone had wished him happy birthday in the morning like he always had in the past???

not that he isn't happy to spend the day with ayaka and lumine as well, but he had hoped thoma would be there too.




maybe this is a little bit of a spoiled way of thinking about it. he knows he likely needs to have some space (which is why he hadn't sent a message either) but. still.

he'll blame tiredness for staring at the door as he waits for the knock. thankfully ayaka and lumine are in the kitchen to miss it. }

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ He had a late start!! And then he had to die in bed for a while!! All of that was literally yesterday Ayato!! ]

[ But in spite of literally spending all morning agonizing over wanting to properly celebrate Ayato's birthday and when he should give him his present and what he would say-... in spite of everything he'd inwardly gone through this morning, his face lights up at seeing Ayato all too naturally and there's not a sign of hesitance in his smile or his tone because. Because he means his next words with all his heart, no matter what the circumstances. ]

Happy Birthday Ayato!

[acquirement]

{ 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?

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ 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.

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{ 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.

[wayofthehousekeeper]

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?

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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.

[wayofthehousekeeper]

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.

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{ 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 }

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ 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.

[acquirement]

{ 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. }

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ 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.

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{ 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. }

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ 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. ]

[acquirement]

{ 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.

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ A blush dusts across his cheeks; of course Ayato can turn Thoma's shy actions against him in one smooth movement. Now it feels like his hand is the one being held, but there's no complaint. There would never be a complaint, to be able to hold his hand each day he could had become something Thoma looked forward to. To think, just a few hours ago he'd been lamenting how he could and should never touch Ayato again, but... ]

[ But it was still okay. ]

[ They were still okay. ]

But isn't it nice, to be able to look at something and have fond memories come back to you from it?

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{ when the blush starts to form from such a simple contact, ayato realises he is going to likely yet again struggle to sleep




and somehow doesn't mind it. because perhaps, at the end of it all, seeing thoma's face like this is worth whatever struggle he's putting himself through. that probably should have been a sign }

...It is. Please don't think the gift is unappreciated.

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ Ayato please he's going to force him into bed if he catches onto just how much sleep the other man has been losing. ]

I won't.

... What were you planning to do next?

[acquirement]

{ he's been in bed, thank you. }

Ah, actually, I'm not sure. { his eyes glance over to the door where ayaka and lumine are chatting away. } Dinner? Or perhaps once they've set a timer we'd be watching something else?

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ Sleeping in bed!! ]

Watching- oh, like performances? Rui's showed me some of them.

[ He knows a little! But mostly stage performances due to a very biased source. ]

[acquirement]

{ he's trying!!! }

I suppose they are performances, but it's quite unlike what I've seen before. There are effects. Though I'm not sure the story is one I would have picked for myself.

{ twilight was a mistake }

[wayofthehousekeeper]

Oh? Now I'm rather curious about what that particular story was.

[ He'd found the stories that Rui had shared with him to be quite entertaining, the younger man certainly had a keen eye for good stories. Surely whatever Ayaka and Lumine had chosen for Ayato was a stirring tale as well. ]

[acquirement]

{ ah, yes, a stirring tale is exactly what twilight is.

the way his brow furrows is likely telling in itself. the choice of story likely wasn't for him, he just can't say no to ayaka. }

It... was a love triangle, of sorts? Between a young girl, a vampire and a werewolf.

{ he sighs } It isn't something I would recommend.

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ For someone like Thoma who finds interest in the supernatural, at least some parts of that spark interest. ]

Oh, that's a shame, it sounds like it could be interesting...

[acquirement]

Perhaps if it weren't so melodramatic.

{ a sigh }

It almost seems like one of the light novels from Yae Publishing House.