k see you come outside around the back where we were throwing stuff last week
[ ten minutes is good!! when kainé arrives, she'll find ichiro in the midst of carrying down what looks like a pile of linens - some extra sheets and blankets, and a pillow stacked on top. he pops his head out from where he's holding onto them and grins when he spots her! ] Hey, Kainé. Look what we got.
I told you I was gonna. [ and ichiro does his damndest to stick to his promises - always has, always will. ] It's not all done yet - we've gotta finish decorating the inside and setting up the rest of the furniture.
[ he had to haggle for that sweet, sweet discount after all. ichiro gives her a grin, warm and confident, and jerks his head in the direction of the shed itself, nudging the linens in his arms. ] It's almost ready to sleep in, though. I figured nobody's gonna bother you if you stay the night out here.
[ She sounds a little stunned and moves as if she is, but she walks towards the shed.
That's answer enough that she'll look inside, that she's ready to accept this gesture. She walks quickly in because he can't see how touched she is. It's not loud in her face, but it's loud in her chest.
She feels like her heart could burst. ]
... Even if it's not ready, I can still sleep here.
[ the little shed is messy - the furniture is still kind of all over the place, but there's a couch and a table and some chairs. lights that need to be hung up, frames and other things to put on the walls; there are paint cans and a drop cloth on the floor, and an unrolled rug somewhere in a corner. even some of the flowers viola has set around the dorm are present in here, set in a vase, too. messy and still very imperfect, but safe, warm, dry... and a part of the dorm, too.
that big boyish grin on ichiro's face softens, a little, and something in him settles, both in relief, but also in happiness. he knows what it's like to be angry. he knows what it's like to be alone, too. that's not going to happen in this dorm, not as long as he can help it - not as long as he can help. ]
Welcome home. [ there's a little bit of a joke to it, but ichiro leans on the doorframe, still holding the linens, and lets her take the chance to take it in. welcome home to the little shed, but to winter dorm as a whole, too. ]
It's more the feeling of acceptance than anything else that gets to her, that they actually do want her around for some reason, that they would go out of their way to get something for like this when they could have kept their Vouchers for something else.
It's too much when she's said nothing and done nothing to get this. All she's done is say she doesn't like being around people.
She shuts her eyes again and takes in a small breath. When she opens her eyes, she's not crying, but she feels like she could. ]
... Yeah.
[ Her world opens up a little more, and maybe this place can be something she can call a home. Maybe it'll be okay.
She goes over to where the flowers and the vase are and starts fussing with them a little. ]
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not yet
ill come in a bit
[ That's in 10 minutes. She's showing up in 10 minutes. ]
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come outside around the back where we were throwing stuff last week
[ ten minutes is good!! when kainé arrives, she'll find ichiro in the midst of carrying down what looks like a pile of linens - some extra sheets and blankets, and a pillow stacked on top. he pops his head out from where he's holding onto them and grins when he spots her! ] Hey, Kainé. Look what we got.
[ et voila
a shed ]
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She looks from the shed to Ichiro and has to shut her eyes briefly. ]
You went through with it.
[ Her words are very quiet, as if they were any louder, they might tremble. ]
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[ he had to haggle for that sweet, sweet discount after all. ichiro gives her a grin, warm and confident, and jerks his head in the direction of the shed itself, nudging the linens in his arms. ] It's almost ready to sleep in, though. I figured nobody's gonna bother you if you stay the night out here.
You wanna come check out the inside?
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[ She sounds a little stunned and moves as if she is, but she walks towards the shed.
That's answer enough that she'll look inside, that she's ready to accept this gesture. She walks quickly in because he can't see how touched she is. It's not loud in her face, but it's loud in her chest.
She feels like her heart could burst. ]
... Even if it's not ready, I can still sleep here.
[ It's enough.
... It's enough. ]
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that big boyish grin on ichiro's face softens, a little, and something in him settles, both in relief, but also in happiness. he knows what it's like to be angry. he knows what it's like to be alone, too. that's not going to happen in this dorm, not as long as he can help it - not as long as he can help. ]
Welcome home. [ there's a little bit of a joke to it, but ichiro leans on the doorframe, still holding the linens, and lets her take the chance to take it in. welcome home to the little shed, but to winter dorm as a whole, too. ]
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It's more the feeling of acceptance than anything else that gets to her, that they actually do want her around for some reason, that they would go out of their way to get something for like this when they could have kept their Vouchers for something else.
It's too much when she's said nothing and done nothing to get this. All she's done is say she doesn't like being around people.
She shuts her eyes again and takes in a small breath. When she opens her eyes, she's not crying, but she feels like she could. ]
... Yeah.
[ Her world opens up a little more, and maybe this place can be something she can call a home. Maybe it'll be okay.
She goes over to where the flowers and the vase are and starts fussing with them a little. ]
Thanks, Ichiro.