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[adsum]

Easy money!

[ gonna flip whatever they were working on to the blank backside and draw Daikichi... but not in their usual style. They draw a very round croquette dog, with lots of circles. ]

[starrypoint]

Minus five.

[adsum]

Why? It's cute!

[ It's Daikichi, you can sort of see it if you squint real hard ]

[starrypoint]

'Cause you're mimicking someone else~. I wanna see you draw Daikichi, there's no way you and Hokke~ have the same style.

[two croquette dogs???? impossible.]

[adsum]

[ Boo... ]

I like his, though.

[ And they don't look altogether happy when they look down at the paper and move their pen over to a blank spot.

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slides the paper over and awaits judgement ]

[starrypoint]

[oh no

both to the less happy face and how cute this is, two different oh no flavors]

Fifteen points for cooperating. I like Hokke~'s a lot too, but I'm gonna hang this one up in my room.

[let him have it...☆]

Do you like his so much 'cause it's super round, 'cause it remind you of food, or 'cause you don't like realism that much?

[adsum]

[ Oh! They're not sure which to be happier about, getting fifteen points or the fact that Subaru wants to hang it on his wall. ]

Oh, um...

[ ... ]

I'll answer that question for five points, and I'll draw you another one on a clean sheet of paper.

[starrypoint]

Deal. You're up to... thirty-five now! Considering we only just started, I think you're doing swell~.

[if he's as good at math as he claims. subaru leans against the counter, waiting excitedly for both the answer and the new Dog Pic to put on his wall]

[adsum]

Forty five.

[ After they finish this drawing, anyways, setting their work aside and pulling out a new sheet of paper to draw on. Could be fifty if they took the +5 cute points and begrudgingly accepted the -5 copying points...

... ]

I like his because it's different. My sister says the best art catches people's attention... Both her and Aniki draw, so I guess I wanted to be good at something different.

[starrypoint]

[a stingy shopkeep to the very end....... but subaru'll tick "forty five" in his head, though he's really trying to stretch their time together right now.]

You're a real creative family, huh... [...] Do either of 'em sing as well as you do?

[because subaru does love their voice...]

[adsum]

How many points for my answer?

[ They really are playing this game... gotta win the prize all in one go before they other person turns around and forgets they promised ]

[starrypoint]

[...]

Ten. I won't be stingy this time 'cause family's important.

[adsum]

[ yessssss fifty five ]

Both of them! Aniki is better, but Anego likes singing more!

[starrypoint]

[!!!!!!!!]

Ahaha, I bet you have [had?] fun singing with both of them! Let's see... Ten more points if you give me a list of five things that you like to do that don't overlap with your siblings.

[two points for each, he guesses... he wants to help them find something they can be good at, different than their siblings. they mentioned molding, so maybe that... they're good with their hands.]

[adsum]

Not really. [ But never mind that— five things, okay! This'll be easy! ]

I'm an awesome shopkeeper! [ is that a like? they don't hate it; they're good at it and you tend to like the things you're good at

And then, umm...

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... ]

I like seeing the stars with you, and... learning Braille with Helena, and teaming up with Sara, and playing games with Komaeda!

[starrypoint]

[things they're good at... that they like... shopkeeping, stargazing, learning new things, challenging themselves, and playing with others.

... well.]

You really are an awesome shopkeeper, but I think you're the best at being a friend. Your answers really show that!

[better than their older siblings, who subaru's never known. maybe that defaults them to that position, but still. it doesn't change his feelings.]

You're up to sixty five now. Ready for the final challenge before your twenty five point question?

[adsum]

[ it's sad that it's true, npckun has more friends than the two of their siblings combined, though they don't know about being a good friend when they're still learning how to make them in the first place. ]

Two more and I win, right? I'm ready.

[starrypoint]

Yup, yup! But the last one's a doozy, so I'll try and make this one something super fun for you!

[...]

Think of the most super indulgent thing you wanna do right now, and then do it. I'll even help!

[it's the least he can ask of them, since he has a feeling the last question isn't going to be a very fun one for either of them. call it a hunch.]

[adsum]

[ The most super indulgent thing... isn't something they want to admit, so they sit back and think about what else.

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looks up at Subaru and holds their arms wide open, you know what they want ]

[starrypoint]

[a hug............. this cannot be it.

but subaru scoops them into his arms anyway, burrowing his face against the crook of their with a bubbling, happy laugh, and-- did you know? he canonically gives the best hugs? they're warm and firm and tight and he's putting all of that into this one for keigo, because it's indulgent and he thinks they deserve a thousand like it.

... he'll lift his head a little though, whispering teasingly.]

So what is your most indulgent desire, Kei~go?

[adsum]

[ Maybe Subaru is warm enough on his own that he won't notice their ears grow hot, may he won't if they take the opportunity to bury their face against Subaru's shoulder in turn and let their eyes slide closed and only think about being in his embrace, the warmth and the safety that comes with it. ]

...this is it. I don't need anything else.

[starrypoint]

[...]

If you weren't already so close to seventy five, I'd pop you up immediately. ♪

[but this was worth the ten points ten times over, leaning his head against keigo's and relishing in the other's grip, their warmth, how they cuddle so close. maybe they won't feel how his heart skips at the words, unable to keep a grin off his face as he holds them tight, his neck warmer than even his normal body temperature allows.]

You know I'll do this for you whenever you want, right? You don't even gotta ask -- just hold out your hand and I'll pull you right in, or you could tell me right now if you want this just to be my greeting for you.

[because he loves them, plain and simple.]

[adsum]

Yes!

[ Without hesitation, yes, being greeted with a hug sounds so nice, seeing somebody and having it affirmed that you're liked and wanted and— and maybe a part of them is a little nervous about routine becoming obligation, but...

...

They will still take what they can get, even if it's out of obligation. ]

[starrypoint]

Then I will!

[even if it becomes habit or routine, that's fine-- because love is born from little things like that, and subaru doesn't mind it at all. it sounds nice anyway, someone always waiting with their arms open, expectant of a hug, not unlike--

... not unlike home.]

... We can stay like this for your final question. [...] No, I wanna stay like this~.

[it's sneaky, but it does have an obvious second purpose.]

[adsum]

[ One more question before the grand prize!! They give Subaru a squeeze in their excitement, and if they weren't holding onto him they might've bounced a little. ]

Ask me.