- hey! Hey! What in the hell is going on here?! Fate, you giant jerk, if you don't bring me back to the Magic World right now, you're going to have a lot more to worry about than getting punched in the face by Negi - !
[Meet Kagurazaka Asuna, Adstringendum. She is currently stomping into view, a card in hand, looking positively furious.]First you
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I'm at home. Kotarou-kun is here, and... my mother is here, too. We're staying with the family of a very dear friend of mine.
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[BUT SRS BSNS TIME.]
Which way is it?
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[God, he sounds so happy about that.]
Ah... here, let me send you the coordinates.
[Aaaaaand those are privately sent!]
Do you want me to meet you somewhere?
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I can meet you at your house, it's fine. I think I can read a map!
[And for the first time during the conversation, she grins.]
I'm not helpless, you know.
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Asuna-san, I really missed you.
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I'm pretty sure I'm almost at your house. Meet me outside?
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[And he will be! He even has a thermos full of hot cocoa. He knows it's cold.]
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Thank god for her abilities or she'd be a popsicle.
But after shoving through the snow, she hoists her sword to her shoulder with a grin.]
Negi!
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Negi stands there for just a moment... and then burst into a quick run towards her.]
Asuna-san!
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Aaah -- ! Careful, Negi, you don't even have a coat on -- what's the rush?
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He doesn't answer. Instead, he just squeezes hard and presses his face into her chest - upper chest, now, above her breasts; he's definitely a lot taller. He's chinrest height.]
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It's okay now, Negi.
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Asuna-san... I missed you, so much.
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Hey -- hey, listen, I'm here now, so quit crying about it, okay? Everything'll be o --
[But her eyes have trailed down to Negi's arms, wrapped around her waist, and her brows furrow in confusion.]
Negi -- ? What happened to your arms?
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[Even if he's lifting one of his hands to rub away a tear. THEY'RE JUST IN THE CORNERS OF HIS EYES, OKAY.]
Ah...
[The markings. He'd not consciously thought about them in a while, but they were always there, silvery markings swirling across his skin like some sort of bizarre, ethereal tattoo.]
I... for a week, for one of the events, I had an ability inside of me that drew from dark magic. It left these markings on my arms...
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