[ hilarious. he looks a little confused for a second? but it doesn't last. ]
Oh - those're the ones all over your house - are they your favorites? [ the lunar tears! he leans in carefully, making sure not to touch - he's clumsy enough with delicate stuff that trying to touch one of these pretty little flowers makes him worry he's gonna break it, especially with his non-dominant hand. ]
[ Hard to find and hard to cultivate. It's really weird to have such easy access to them here, but Kainé won't complain even if... she doesn't feel like it's right for her to have so many.
I hope she does. ]
She's probably used to being surrounded by flowers.
Probably. [ ichiro laughs, a little - just from what he knows about iris, it seems right.
but, as he finally does very gently reach out to touch a flower, he smiles up at kainé. ] ... But, I think getting something like this from you - that's gotta be a little more important than whatever regular old flowers she got at home.
[ "It'd mean a lot cause it's from Kainé." and - well, by now, he knows things like the fact that iris is pretty sentimental about things like this. ] You know what I mean?
Yeah. She once told me, any gift for her had meaning because she was thought of.
[ It's a low bar, but it's a sentiment Kainé vibes with. Still, she's more clumsy doing crafts and things like that tan she is swinging a sword.
She tries not to get bashful from his thoughts and looks down at her work. She finishes the flower crown, and it's not a perfect circle, but it's not shabby. ]
[ he wasn't totally sure because like. cannot overstate enough how much flowers are beyond him, but now it makes sense!!! cute... iris'll probably love that. ] I think - especially cause it's from Winter. You know?
[ really, especially because it's from kainé because it's sweet kainé but at least his thoughts don't project anything like that out. ] Do you need to make sure it's gonna fit somebody?
[ you know those gifs of when you put something on a cat's head and it just holds like very, very still
that's ichiro right now. he goes a little wide eyed when its plonked on his head and blinks at her, stupidly. his little brothers would be losing it if they could see him right now. his thoughts go "bwuh?" followed by "oh god what if i move wrong and it breaks" ]
[ he turns pink when she snaps a picture, a little embarrassed, his thoughts going hey!, but, it's pretty good natured, and kainé will get a picture of him laughing with it on his head, so, there's that.
he doesn't seem to mind too much, even if it's a little girly. ] Sure, but don't hit me if I break it somehow, yeah?
[ teasing! well, mostly dunking on himself. ] Do you make these a lot, Kainé?
It's a precious photo, and maybe that's reflected on her face long enough for Ichiro to see before her expression closes off to how it usually is. ]
Shut up. It'd just mean I'd have to make another one. [ Maybe she needs an excuse? She shakes her head.] I'm not great at... things like this. [ Arts and crafts. ] Being here... has made me try it more.
[ It's her turn to duck her head. His words make her feel shy, and she usually gets a little violent when she gets flustered. She accidentally snaps the stem of a flower she's trying to tie in the second crown she's making. ]
I don't know about that. [ But it'd be nice. ] I'm trying.
[ He's the one who said keep trying to her first. ]
[ he's always thought so, and - it's not the first time he's had a similar conversation with someone this week, even. effort counts. trying counts. even a tiny step is the right direction is a step in the right direction.
ichiro scooches a little closer to her. ] Can you teach me?
[ It's almost immediate how, I'm not greatest teacher pops into her mind, but she doesn't say no.
She nods and shifts so she can see what she's doing better. She's not great at explaining with words, so she just slows down what she's doing with her hands. A demonstration is more telling, she thinks.
The flowers she's using in this crown are all red or white. ]
[ that's okay! he's good with the demonstration, leaning in to watch her carefully. really, this is something that ichiro probably can't do with his busted up hand, but he is paying very close attention, watching her weave together the flower stems. ]
...oh, I get it. [ Delicate, but repetitive. ] How do you pick which flowers to use?
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Roses. Lunar tears.
[ She holds it up so he can see better. There are pink and yellow roses alternating with her favorite flower. ]
I might change it. It's for Iris.
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Oh - those're the ones all over your house - are they your favorites? [ the lunar tears! he leans in carefully, making sure not to touch - he's clumsy enough with delicate stuff that trying to touch one of these pretty little flowers makes him worry he's gonna break it, especially with his non-dominant hand. ]
She's gonna love it, they're really pretty.
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[ Hard to find and hard to cultivate. It's really weird to have such easy access to them here, but Kainé won't complain even if... she doesn't feel like it's right for her to have so many.
I hope she does. ]
She's probably used to being surrounded by flowers.
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but, as he finally does very gently reach out to touch a flower, he smiles up at kainé. ] ... But, I think getting something like this from you - that's gotta be a little more important than whatever regular old flowers she got at home.
[ "It'd mean a lot cause it's from Kainé." and - well, by now, he knows things like the fact that iris is pretty sentimental about things like this. ] You know what I mean?
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[ It's a low bar, but it's a sentiment Kainé vibes with. Still, she's more clumsy doing crafts and things like that tan she is swinging a sword.
She tries not to get bashful from his thoughts and looks down at her work. She finishes the flower crown, and it's not a perfect circle, but it's not shabby. ]
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[ he wasn't totally sure because like. cannot overstate enough how much flowers are beyond him, but now it makes sense!!! cute... iris'll probably love that. ] I think - especially cause it's from Winter. You know?
[ really, especially because it's from kainé because it's sweet kainé but at least his thoughts don't project anything like that out. ] Do you need to make sure it's gonna fit somebody?
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that's ichiro right now. he goes a little wide eyed when its plonked on his head and blinks at her, stupidly. his little brothers would be losing it if they could see him right now. his thoughts go "bwuh?" followed by "oh god what if i move wrong and it breaks" ]
...Oh. How's it ... it fits good?
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Yeah, wear that one while I make another one, okay?
[ It's a request, but it's not a pushy one. She just thinks it'd be sweet for longer than two seconds. ]
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he doesn't seem to mind too much, even if it's a little girly. ] Sure, but don't hit me if I break it somehow, yeah?
[ teasing! well, mostly dunking on himself. ] Do you make these a lot, Kainé?
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It's a precious photo, and maybe that's reflected on her face long enough for Ichiro to see before her expression closes off to how it usually is. ]
Shut up. It'd just mean I'd have to make another one. [ Maybe she needs an excuse? She shakes her head.] I'm not great at... things like this. [ Arts and crafts. ] Being here... has made me try it more.
[ Creating instead of.... ]
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the shut up makes him snort, because he can't help it, ducking his now flower crowned head and grinning at her. ]
Well, you are way better at it than me. [ I'd tear these things in half by accident like a second.
her thoughts give him just a little pause, though, and ichiro's goofy grin softens, a little. ]
...I get that. [ creating, instead of destroying. ] Think you've got a knack for it, Kainé.
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I don't know about that. [ But it'd be nice. ] I'm trying.
[ He's the one who said keep trying to her first. ]
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[ he's always thought so, and - it's not the first time he's had a similar conversation with someone this week, even. effort counts. trying counts. even a tiny step is the right direction is a step in the right direction.
ichiro scooches a little closer to her. ] Can you teach me?
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She nods and shifts so she can see what she's doing better. She's not great at explaining with words, so she just slows down what she's doing with her hands. A demonstration is more telling, she thinks.
The flowers she's using in this crown are all red or white. ]
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...oh, I get it. [ Delicate, but repetitive. ] How do you pick which flowers to use?
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[ Kainé doesn't know flower language, so she goes off of aesthetics and vibes.
She finishes off this crown, and she switches out the one she made for Iris and places this new one made of zinnias and freesia onto Ichiro's head.
I thought of you. ]