mười bảy ❀| but if this world should ever turn around

[lotuslife]

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[decadenzas]

[so old. watch out for crow's feet grandmanam.] I wasn't aware the date had changed.

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[lotuslife]

He left for a week.

He has returned.

...It's 1969 now to him.

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[decadenzas]

[he's silent for a moment, trying to remember the order of the years. 1969. a few years before his Vietnam war.

the humans had already engaged in warfare, though, and the meaning behind her words sparks an overprotective anger in him.]

Are you still housed with him?

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[lotuslife]

[oh, yes, she wants to say, why, yes, I'm still his wife, and the moment we had our touching reunion he broke two of my ribs.]

Yes. [a pause.] I'll manage.

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[decadenzas]

You would tell me if you were having trouble, wouldn't you?

[not that he isn't already planning to track down america and have very violent and choice words with him.]

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[lotuslife]

Of course. [she hates to have to do it; she hates to have to lie to Charles. because she does not want him potentially hurt at the hands of America- not even a scratch. if it means lying to him to keep him away, she will.]

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[decadenzas]

Good. I won't hesitate to kill that idiot if he oversteps any lines. [he sounds more annoyed than angry, but he means every word.]

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[lotuslife]

He won't. I want you to keep yourself safe. [her voice is soft, an attempt not to be entirely dismissive.]

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[decadenzas]

That isn't a chief concern of mine. [that was one good thing about Minato being dead; eliminate the only person to threaten his existence and he's feeling pretty invicible again.]

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[lotuslife]

[trying to smile.] If you want to help me, you'll do that much.

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[decadenzas]

If you wish for it I will, but it's effortless. I don't think you understand how much this body can handle. [he definitely doesn't think dealing with America would be a problem if things came to that, at least.]

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[lotuslife]

I know you can handle it.

[Her smile grows thinner. It shows in her voice, and the next thing she says is in a very placid tone, but the implications run deep.]

But you're mine, and I don't want him anywhere near you.

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[decadenzas]

Ah- [the idea that he belongs to somebody is enough to stop him from arguing about his right to kick America's face in. it's not belonging in the way he's used to, like how he belongs to Diva or Cinq Flèches, and even if the possessive term causes his hackles to raise on instict, he doesn't think he minds it.]

...If you insist, I suppose I can restrain myself for the time being. [but he will be ready when America slips.]

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[lotuslife]

[She relaxes, but only momentarily, and not entirely; though far smaller and weaker than her northern shadow, Vietnam has learned from her brother how to play the sleeping dragon- to hold what is close to her with a watchful, ancient eye and rip wide open whatever threatens that thing.]

Thank you. That's all I ask.

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[decadenzas]

Mm. [he can't say how long the restraint will last, but if it's enough to placate her, he can stick by his word for the time being.]

...My house is always open to you, especially if his idiocy becomes too much to bear.

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[lotuslife]

Hmm... Do you mind if I bring some things over?