spring will come once more

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Who: Ciel and headedforhope
When: Backdated to Sunday the 14th, before noon
Where: 1127 Taylor Road
What: Sakura has been permanently droned and Zelos has already been replaced. Now that Mami's snapped out of it, Ciel has something to give her before she loses the chance again.
Warnings: N/A, just famiry fluff

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[headedforhope]

[There's a distant and vaguely displeased expression on her face before Ciel hails her over, lingering into the few private moments as she rounds the hallway corner and begins her descent. She had been droned for the first time, and for some time as well- stuck in that strange state where her body was not her own, like her mind was far away in some limbo of a dream. It bothers her deeply to be so vulnerable, all her precious control robbed in an instant with neither warning nor reason.

But then Ciel's voice breaks through the rift within her mind and Mami snaps back to reality, smiling automatically. It doesn't fade when she takes in how Ciel is standing, almost waiting there....just grows a touch tighter.]

Ah....good morning to you as well, Miss Ciel. [She reaches the bottom of the stairs, looking up into the older woman's face; Mami has always been small, for all that her maturity gave her something of a presence.] I slept just fine.

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That's good to hear. How have you been? I know that it's been a few days already, but I haven't been able to ask until now. It was your first droning, wasn't it? [Nosy but laid-back and patient as always; she backs away a bit so Mami has room to head to wherever she wanted, but given that they're in the middle of a conversation right now, that was... probably unnecessary, but either way.]

[headedforhope]

I've been fine. [Not quite the truth- she's felt unsettled, not quite adjusted -but not exactly a lie, either. She's felt worse, so this isn't that big of a deal in the long run.] Yes, it was.

[Mami merely observes her backing away, not moving from her own spot.] I must say, it wasn't really what I had been expecting.

[expiatrice]

I don't think that any of us can expect it until we experience it, really. So please don't push yourself; it's still summer vacations, so you have plenty of time to rest and readjust. With a new "father" too, things are also bound to get lively again.

[She'll smile encouragingly, yeah so what if Vincent seemed clueless, most likely leaving the pants of this house to Ciel once again, but she's used to this by now anyway!]

That said, do you have a moment? [Her demeanor seems to have grown quieter...]