002 [video] you'll never gain weight from a donut hole

[lipstickninja]

[ Shaky footage as Hokuto holds the device to her own face, grins wide, then shifts it to show --against a background of a messy kitchen-- this: ]

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[slighted_stains]

[quietly seated by, munching on one of the... products... and possibly resigned to his illustrious fate as a human lab experiment subject.]

Thank you for your hard work.

[lipstickninja]

[ More like a most honored and beloved guest! Have Hokuto shoving a plateful more and a glass of warm wilk with honey and cinnamon --because Subaru is all six years old, apparently. ]

I'd rather you thank me for it being so delicious!

[slighted_stains]

[...milk, Hokuto? Really? He'll stop the staring, maybe, one day, soon. Right now, he just sighs, poking the glass rim with a pumpkin... thing, before casting it aside.]

It was. I'm afraid sweets and I don't meet often.

[a slightly tragic expression: And it's better that way.]

[lipstickninja]

[ Hokuto pouts at the sigh he makes. He might not be a growing boy anymore --or is he? They never got to the topic of his current age-- but anyway, he needs milk if he wants to counteract all that caffeine he drinks. ]

Sometimes I wonder what you've been eating so far --don't tell me Ramen?

[slighted_stains]

[chokes on his last bite - Ramen? - shaking his head furiously all the while. He might be weak in matters of self-maintenance, but even he can do a little better than... ]

No, no.

[he props his elbows on the table, holding his chin in the cradle of his hands, fingers circling his temples leisurely.]

Have you... have you given thought to what you'd like to do here?

[lipstickninja]

[ Weak? Weak? She has always thought he was simply and utterly lacking in self-maintenance. But if it helps him sleep at night, sure. She crosses her arms in front of her and leans against the table. ]

What I'd like to do? Hm. All the things I used to do before!

[ Before... you know. But Hokuto has never had ambitions to be a veterinarian or zookeeper or anything like that. She just wants to be with Subaru, that's all. ]

I could get a job, of course. That'd be fun.

[slighted_stains]

[no hint of authority - she may be part of his clan, but he's never given thought to her as part of the hierarchy. She'll do as she wishes. But...]

I thought you might want to study.

[lipstickninja]

[ She shrugs, pattering over to the sink full of dirty bowls and spoons to start washing them. ]

I told you, I want to be a housewife.

[slighted_stains]

[studies her from the corner of his eye]

Hokuto-chan, a housewife without a high school education...

[lipstickninja]

[ It feels awkward, being the one studied instead of the other way around --but the fact of the matter is, she's not thinking of the future, just the present, because whatever time she has now isn't really hers. She sighs, wipes her hands on the hand towel and turns to face him. ]

Subaru. You know I'll never really be a housewife. I was just saying it-- I just want to be here. That's all.

[slighted_stains]

I see.

[No, he doesn't. He really, truly doesn't, and he probably won't for the longest while.]

One day at a time, then.

[The thought of Hokuto learning her way around the world - this world - earns a thin smile, however. He's not entirely sure the City's ready for her.]

You'll watch out with whom you make friends?