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[Backdated to when the sun is up! Well, when the sun is supposed to be up. For some reason it's been horribly horribly overcast lately...]

[Still, sucky weather isn't going to stop Anise from going outdoors! She'd been trapped inside for way, way too long and is spending whenever she can outside, her weird costume be damned. At least she isn't stuck

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[While Ion waited for Anise to return home with a book that he could spend the next few days reading, he was staring at himself in the mirror in his room. This costume was awful. He looked so... pretty! It was painfully emascluating, and it's not as though Ion had a lot of manliness to spare. Still, there was a small part of him that thought it was kind of fun having everyone dressed up. Sure, he looked ridiculous, but everyone else did too, right? Maybe he could try and build up some courage by putting himself out there!]

[He poses. It could be worse. If he had been larger or more muscular, this costume would have looked even more ridiculous than it already did. Unable to resist trying it, just once, he gets on one foot and performs a clumsy little spin. The skirt fluffs up and he feels a little dizzy but... hey, it wasn't so bad! It's not like there was anyone in the room with him, right? So, he spins again!]

[Of course, at this point he's probably more than a little dizzy and isn't paying much attention to the door.]

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[It's later in the day, when Anise finally finds her way back to the house that she'll be knocking on Ion's door! When he doesn't answer, she'll be opening it a crack, and calling out softly, in case he'd fallen asleep.]

Ion..?

[What she isn't prepared for is her friend twirling around in what is possibly the girliest, cutest, most adorable tutu she's ever seen, and apparently... liking it...?]

... Ion?!

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[Spiiin spiiiin hey this is kind of fun! Spiiiin spiiin oh hey Anise spiiin spiiin spiii-]

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[STOP. EVERYTHING.]

[And then fall over because oh boy is he dizzy. But dizziness does not stop the look of horror that has now taken over his face.]

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[This is why he can't have nice things.]

[Without another word, Ion scrambles to his feet and dives onto his bed (and not gracefully in the least). He quickly pulls the covers over his head and tries, clearly in vain, to pretend he's not there.]

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[Anise kind of just stands there while he scrambles around and into his bed - too shocked for words. Just - blinking.]

[But the sight of him attempting to hide from her does get her to speak, finally.]

What - I thought... But that pink, furry coat thing... It was...?

[Well, no one said she'd have to make sense.]

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[Or just wait a few minutes for him to finally come out from under the covers. However, he's still keeping the blankets wrapped around his costume and he is definitely not able to look Anise in eyes right now.]

That's.... th-that was... part of it. Er. But. What you saw, I... [Deep breath. Breathe.] ...you aren't going to tell anyone what you saw, are you?

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[Well, she's still trying to get her head around the fact that you were twirling in front of a mirror in that costume, Ion.]

N-no...! I wouldn't! I mean... [... what did she even see...]

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[There's a small whine as he pulls the blanket back over his head in shame. Somehow, he feels like this would be much easier if she were just laughing at him. At least then he'd know how she felt. Right now, he's not sure what thinks about him.]

[He really was beginning to hate this place.]

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[fff okay, collecting her wits now, and walking over to the bed.]

Ion? Hey, Ion. Sorry, I couldn't - that was kind of a....

That was a surprise!

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[Ion doesn't move from under those covers and as far as he's concerned, things should just stay that way until this whole thing blows over.] ...th-that's way of putting it.

[His voice is little more than a number from under the blankets and even without seeing his face, it's not hard to tell that he's blushing.] I didn't think anyone was going to walk in... a-and I just wanted to see what it was like, just once...!

[Then, in an even softer voice.] ...y-you can go ahead and laugh already.

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[Ffff, Ion. Anise blinks, not really sure what to do (because this isn't something that happens everyday--!), before sitting next to him on the bed.]

Boo, I'm not gonna laugh! What do you take me for, Ion?

I-it was kinda weird, but I can't blame you. I don't at all, I promise!

... Are you seriously gonna stay under those blankets forever?

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Yes. [Came Ion's very clear and very sure-sounding reply. It wasn't like him to make such a childish argument but clearly these were special circumstances. He even pulls the blankets down a little tighter to make escape even less likely! After a moment, he adds on, in a small murmur:] I don't want you to see me like this.

[Anise might have noticed a tiny emphasis on "you". Ion felt self-conscious enough in regular clothes that didn't cover himself up, such as his robes. Never mind that this was a tutu; it barely covered anything!]

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[Anise rolls her eyes. Ion, you have never been this stubborn, what even.] Well, I already have, so it's not really gonna make a difference... [Because either way, the image has been burned into her mind forever.]

Come on, you can't stay buried under there! How are you going to eat? Or even go to the bathroom!

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[To be fair, he's never been stuck in a tutu, either. As much as he wants to continue debating this with her in order to avoid coming out, it's obviously an argument he's never going to win. With much reluctance, he sits up and lets the blanket fall onto the mattress.]

[And, of course, he's blushing a shade of red brighter than the fabric of Anise's costume.]

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[... Okay, it is a bit much to see all at once, oh wow.]

... Wow. [Blinks.]