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[heliusrex]

Comments

[karinrai]

Your hair will be fine, Keigo.

[heliusrex]

Easy for you to say now. Just you wait.

Will you be staying, again, this evening?

[karinrai]

Maybe curls would suit you.

May I?

[heliusrex]

I haven't had curls since I was four. It's not a happy thing.

Of course you may. Should I bring anything home for you?

[karinrai]

Now I'm curious.

Brandy.

[heliusrex]

No, you aren't. Mother would be too happy to share.

Well, that's easy enough. Unless you don't want the fruity sort I drink.

[karinrai]

More the reason to ask her, then.

Anything to numb the pain.

[heliusrex]

You live to see me suffer, don't you?

I don't think you should be drinking along with that cocktail of painkillers they have you on. I've got a better idea.

[karinrai]

No, of course not. As I said, merely curious.

Oh? What's that?

[heliusrex]

Perhaps if you ask nicely, this evening, I'll consider retrieving some old photographs for you.

Secret. We're going on a little field trip.

[karinrai]

I could do that. It's only fair - you've seen photographs of me when I was very young.

Hn? Alright. No hints?

[heliusrex]

As have you. This is younger than those pictures of you in the dojo.

No hints. ♥

[karinrai]

I could always share similar pictures of me around four years old in return.

I suppose I'll just have to wait and see, then.

[heliusrex]

Hm... no point, you look the same.

I think you'll like it.

[karinrai]

...Yeah, I guess I do. Pictures of Akihiko as a child are more entertaining to look at.

I trust I will.