47 -- Birds

[so_catless]

[her journal rests open, waiting for her. She'd thought about filtering to anyone who had spoken to her during her strange loss and apologizing; she'd considered talking to Mat about winning her in the auction. ...But, she finally decides that she would rather just hope that everyone has forgotten about all of that, and doesn't say anything. That

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[saikyou_saiaku]

[y halo, have someone looking up from her own journal to address Sakaki directly] I think partridges are to be eaten, actually.

Anyway...there's plenty of birds in here as it is.

[so_catless]

[she glances over and, honestly, looks a little shocked by that]

...Eaten?

[saikyou_saiaku]

[d-da'aww]

Yes. They're hunted for game, so I suppose there has to be something done with the captured partridges.

[so_catless]

But... the pear tree.

[saikyou_saiaku]

What pear tree?

[so_catless]

For the partridge.

[saikyou_saiaku]

[blink; it's a few moments before it finally dawns on her]

Oh, "The Twelve Days of Christmas"?

[so_catless]

These are turtledoves.

[aka, yes. she points at them, for emphasis]

[saikyou_saiaku]

Maybe the castle's stopped bothering about variety. [has no particular feelings on this. They're just...birds :|]

[so_catless]

Mm. ...People don't eat turtledoves, do they?

[glances back to them. They were pretty, all nestled in the pine boughs, cooing softly. Almost magical]

[saikyou_saiaku]

I -- I don't know... [headtilt at them doves. For some reason, she's having trouble focusing on the conversation. Or rather, her thought process is too distracted with the presence of current company for anything]

[so_catless]

[she's still concerned over the well-being of the birds, but... when she looks back to Shizuru, she finds her words caught. Something about the other girl's gaze, and the unexplained blush that she can feel rising to her cheeks, is a little disarming]

...I hope not...

this icon spoils the mood entirely (艸)

[saikyou_saiaku]

[there's the vague feeling she'll say something utterly embarrassing if she attempts to respond, so instead she nods without a word, slowly closing the small distance between them]

l-lmfao

[so_catless]

[she's feeling much the same way as she gazes at the other girl. Words just don't seem very manageable at the moment. Though part of her has the urge to edge away, she doesn't go anywhere, her blush deepening]

[saikyou_saiaku]

[any other time, there would be warning RAID SIRENS going off in her head. It is this much of a bad idea...

too bad for Shizuru that this is not any other time. brb leaning in...for a very light chuu, like a faint touch]

[so_catless]

[her heart flutters and she freezes, caught by the gentle touch. She can't remember what they were doing or why they're here, but that hardly seems to matter. Hovering there for a moment. Finally... a little bold in her shy way... she kisses the other girl back before she can get away]