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[Gilbert is having a bad day. The video feed turns on to him fiddling with the buttons on the side of the communicator. The picture winks in and out off an don for a few minutes. His face reappears, looking hopeful. And then, then the video lurches, showing a spinning view of the ceiling. In the background, a loud THUD can be heard, followed by a

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[Naoki's opening up the front door about the same time as that thud comes from the kitchen. He has a couple of books yoinked from the library in his arms. And maybe your luck is taking a turn, Gilbert, because by the time Naoki pops his head into the kitchen, Gilbert is finished his little secret broadcast.]

Love? [Spotting those bandaids.] Ah-- Are you okay? [He lays the books to the side, striding toward him.]

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[Gilbert looks up a bit guiltily. Did Naoki here? No. He couldn't have, right? But he blinks at the question.] Hmm? Oh... mm. I'm all right. I had some trouble earlier...

[He moves to step towards Naoki, but his heel catches the edges of the cabinet and he goes sprawling once more instead. ...he's just going to stay down here now, ok? Face to the floor he adds, muffled.] It's been a rough day.

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[Nope, he never heard! So that guilty look earns a puzzled glance.] Trouble?

[Ah-- He watches with surprise as Gilbert goes sprawling. He's not usually that uncoordinated, now is he? The thought is only a brief one before he kneels down in front of Gilbert, tone bemused,] H-has this been happening a while?

[...here, just going to be reaching forward to get you up there, Gilbert.]

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[He's keeping secrets, Naoki. But they're secrets about a surprise party, so it'd be pretty tough to not have to keep that secret.

But Gilbert is a little too busy being a pile of failure on the floor to worry about feeling bad about secrets. He peeks up as Naoki helps him up, clearing his throat.] All day. Since this morning. I cut myself 4 times making a sandwich for lunch.

[With a butter knife. Sob.]

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[Gilbert, he's going to put you in a bubble by telling him that. Naoki stares for a couple of moments, standing and keeping a hold of Gilbert's hands.] How did you--

[WELL. He guesses that part isn't important. After a moment, bemused,] What's going on now? [What else but the city. He has faith in your usual coordination, bb.]

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[Oh Naoki, at this point, he'd probably suffocate into the side of said bubble. He stands carefully, shoulders shrugging.] I kept dropping the knife. And the one time I managed to almost catch it, I just wound up flinging it at my face. [So, that explains that bandaid.]

I wish I knew. This... can't be normal, right?

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[That is an...impressive feat, Gilbert! P-poor husband. Naoki lifts a hand to Gilbert's cheek almost without thinking. Here, have a little warm tingling of healing magic spreading through your skin, Gilbert.]

Can't be. There's having a clumsy day, and then there's... [His eyes track over Gilbert's little collection of bandaids.]

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[Gilbert blinks a bit, just a little startled by the feeling of that warmth in his skin. Oh. Is that..? He smiles a little, glancing down.]

Then there's lucky to be alive after not even leaving the house. [He knows he's a disaster today. It's a little frightening how much of a klutz he's turned into.]

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[Naoki grins a bit sheepishly, raising a hand to rub at the back of his neck.] --yeah, that one. [Mind if he frets over you, Gilbert? He might be, a bit.]

So since this morning, huh? Hopefully it'll wear off soon. [Another brush of Naoki's fingers over Gilbert's cheek.]

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[A-actually, it's a poorly kept secret, but part of Gilbert rather likes being fret over and taken care of. He turns into that hand at his cheek for a moment before gold eyes glance back towards Naoki.] I hope so. It's a little impossible to function.

I... ah... I fell down the stairs. Twice. In the same attempt.

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[...okay, forget that 'a bit', Naoki's fretting in earnest now. He starts to look Gilbert over, worriedly.] Are you okay? You hit anything?

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I'm fine. Mostly it was a bit embarrassing. I mostly landed... ah... on my ass

[And bruised his pride. It was pretty lame. He's glad no one was around to see it. Really glad.]

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[Ah.] ...Well, good. Better if you don't get hurt. [He leans up to kiss his lips lightly. There there, Gilbert, no need to be embarrassed.]

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[Gilbert would pout a bit, but luckily there's kissing. That's more interesting than pouting. So he won't act like a child. Instead he'll smile softly.] I'll try not to drag you down with me if I go again.

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[Naoki laughs at that, moving to give Gilbert's hand a warm squeeze.] How about this? If you go falling down, I'll just catch you.

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[Gilbert smiles. Funny. Naoki's back and now it doesn't seem like such a horrible awful day. He squeezes Naoki's hand back at that.] That's very chivalrous of you. My hero.