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npc contact.2
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it's nothing someone should get upset over, here... he thinks. but the slip of the tongue still makes him tense, and he presses their cheeks together with a smile.
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subaru doesn't have to smile, he remembers them just saying, so after a moment he eases off of it, pulling back enough to touch his forehead with keigo's, eyes a little sad and tone quiet.]
You can't bring souvenirs back to the land of the dead.
[it's not so much a riddle as it is indirectly stating the reason, but it should be clear enough.]
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...? They lift their chin a little and bumps their nose against Subaru's, a little eskimo kiss. ]
I wouldn't be that mad if you didn't bring back souvenirs...
[ They're not that scary, they don't want to be so scary that Subaru wouldn't want to come back ]
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that's cute and it makes him grin a little, shaking his head.]
Wrong thing to focus on, Keigo~. It's the method of gettin' back, see, that I didn't wanna do. I wanted to see you [and everyone else] so bad, but I was scared of...
[a moment's hesitation, blue eyes glancing away and then forced to meet keigo's again, voice scratching soft as if it's supposed to be a secret. it's not, but he doesn't know how many people are going to talk about it.]
Of killing myself.
[it wasn't even the thought of keigo that drove him to have the supposed "courage" some people talk about with it, but the solidarity of the other two having to go through the same act just to return where they were more needed.]
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They let go of Subaru all at once, leaning back as if to see him in his entirety, gaze flicking from neck to wrist to linger on the chest before looking back up at his face. ]
Why...? Why was that...
[ Why was that the method? Why would anybody— from everything they heard, people should have been happier out there, why would anybody come back ]
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It just was. Maybe not the only one...? But I think dying was the only way to get back here, 'cause... y'know.
[they're all dead in the first place. subaru watches them, then puffs his cheeks out.]
And if you're even wondering why I came back in the first place if I could've been like, probably-alive and having fun out there, you're a real dummy.
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You were probably alive and having fun out there, though! It's not fair. I... nn...
[ missed him a lot. missed him and Amami and went to bed every night wishing they'd be there when they opened their eyes again and it wasn't even that long of a time even if it felt like a lifetime
but they were happy and they were free and they came back and it's not fair
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they stare down at their feet ]
...I wouldn't know what I would do if you hadn't come back.
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[... not yet, anyway. it's a precious thing, to hold someone's heart, and he's realizing how heavy it can be -- not quite so much right now, but in time, in time, he'll know that lesson better.
hmmmmmmmmm.
mm! subaru'll let go of one of their hands to cup keigo's cheek and lift their face. what has he said about looking down...]
Want me to teach you something I learned from my mom? It's from a book she used to read me all the time, so I remember it pretty well. I think you'd like the book, too -- it was educational in a different way. [...] An important way.
[the kitchen isn't a good place to do it in, though. he'll have to bring them someplace else if they agree... thoughtful...]
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Sure, what is it?
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Can't be told here. Instead, how about we make that blanket castle I promised you~?
[that might suit alright. it's not dark enough for the stars just yet, and he did say he intended to do one that hit the ceiling-- or, at the very least, went up a ways away. been practicing it too.
... would be nicer to use stars as an example, but!!! we adapt!!!]
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Mm... I'm not getting what that has to do with anything, but okay! I can bring all the pillows and blankets from my room over!
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Sometimes things don't have to do with anything, Keigo~! It's called spontaneity and also I--
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I'm pooped.
[honestly, thinking about it... he died and then decided to do this for a few hours; keigo had reinvigorated him for a while, but now it was catching up with him at the thought of a cozy, warm, pillow cuddle fort with the other. it would have been a miracle for him to stay up until the stars shone; subaru was far more likely to wake in the middle of the silent night and look at them himself.]
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If you fall asleep in the middle of making the castle, I'm going to draw on your face.
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[a beat as his eyes glance around, just to make sure there's no one else-- before he ducks closer to kiss their cheek as a parting gift.]
I'll meet you in ten.
[which should... theoretically... give him just enough of a deadline not to fall asleep making the thing, since he's going to need to borrow some of his roommates' sheets to tuck against the bunkbed and make more of a lean-to than anything]
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Be there in ten!
[ They're going to spend the next ten minutes eating the rest of their curry and also Subaru's curry and then leaving the plates in the sink to soak, they only need a minute to tuck their pillows under one arm and steal Amami's too and fold the blanket in half to drape over their shoulders and carry everything over like that. Knock knock knock on Subaru's door with the side of their foot. ]
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You didn't hear anything. [okay.] Welcome to your kingdom, my prince~.
[he'll pull open the door, and... it isn't a castle really; he's got it mostly supported on one side by tying it to the bunkbed, but there's missing pillows from helena and aira's beds that're pinning out the space beneath the tri-blanket lean-to fort, very much a tall tent and not at all like the small, cozy forts made beneath chairs and the like.
they can use additional blanket as part of their bedding once subaru lifts an edge to let them in, the dying light of the day still enough to glow past the blankets and give it a warm, inviting feeling.]
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This is the customary greeting of the kingdom of, um... [ quick, what's a foreign kingdom sounding name ] Saransk.
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[what a fancy name... definitely befitting of a kingdom. subaru's cheeks are a little red now, grinning, and he'll do the same to keigo, then, as is customary, before leading them into the little tent.
private and cozy. like they're the only two in all the world, and nothing exists outside their fabric walls.]
What else is customary here? I'm a foreigner blowing in, see, with an exciting tale to tell, so I'd like to know what I can and can't do while I'm taking bed here. ♪
[what sort of world and kingdom can keigo come up with...? he knows they're not too fond of adventure and the like, but playing pretend is fun.]
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[ There's no playing pretend here, they just like being held and wants a goodnight kiss ]
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[... with a kiss then. this is so cute. he's going to make sure he drops by to give them a goodnight kiss every night from hereon, except if amami answers the door and then he'll leave sheepishly.
anyway, he'll take a seat and fix up things for keigo to be able to sit down on the ground too if they please!!!]
Got it~. I'll be sure not to make a single mistake with you, my prince, so settle on in and allow me to pose you a single question: In a star-filled sky, what makes one so different and special than any of the others?
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When it's the sun!!
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[ The sun is the only special special star that came to mind, but also it's not there in the night. Not like how the stars in general are still in the sky during the day even though you can't see them; at night, the sun is all the way around the other side of the world. ]
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At least you caught yourself~. The sun's special, sure, but the way a single star is different than all the others that glitter in the sky...
[and subaru'll flop onto his side, face tilting upward as if he's looking up at a shining sky and not the tones of the blankets warmed by the sun.]
... is because on one of them is a very special rose, the only one of her kind.
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They roll over and copy him, staring up at the blanket canopy as if they could see that one specific star shining above their head ]
I don't get it.
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[and why keigo is special, why everyone wants them to focus away from facts and figures, which are things adults concern themselves with exclusively.]
'Cause of all the roses in all the galaxy, she was the one the Little Prince spent his time caring for and loving so much. When you spend time with someone, they become special and unique to you -- from just another face, another shopkeeper, to someone you want to see every day, to someone that hurts you when they have to go. But it's 'cause of those moments you shared that things that weren't special before become special, too.
[the starry sky. the color blue. suncatchers and encyclopedias, blanket forts and apple juice.]
You said you didn't know what you would've done if I hadn't come back, so I wanted tell you a little about that tale before someday, that becomes reality.
[...
it's not something that's come up since talking about the contract, how one day keigo may, despite subaru's best efforts, disappear and never see him again. how subaru himself is a third year, just like most of keigo's friends, and what that means.
but it's important.]
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I don't want that... I don't want the things that I love and make me happy to become something that'll just make me sad. And I don't want that for you either.
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