Even in wintry Hokkaido, it's hot today. But it's a pleasant heat, a warmth that people can relax in with a cold drink, after a long day's work. The new Hokkaido palace, home to the youngest shitennou Jadeite, seems to almost glow in the last few sleepy rays of sun. The whole Earth, which was only recently covered in a sickly darkness, is renewed
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At first, despite her incredible good fortune in arriving at Jadeite's home, she tells herself she won't hurry. But before she's halfway through the halls, her steps are coming quicker. A little further, and they become more rapid still. By the time she's almost to him, she's at the quickest pace that can still be called dignified.
This effect of dignity is rather spoiled as she reaches for Jadeite the second she's close enough and calls out his name even as she tries to enfold him in a fierce, impulsive hug.
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"Ami...?"
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She nods, but instead of explaining her presence (Jadeite's smart; he'll figure it out), she earnestly speaks her mind. "Are you coming back now?"
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She does, however, have one of those wonderful cold drinks in her hand, and she holds it out to Jadeite.
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He motions for her to sit with him today, if she wants. After all, aren't they past that stubbornness that keeps them from civil conversation? ...Mostly?
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"You turned out to be a good politician," she comments, thinking of her father who never quite seemed to understand more than ambition.
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He's silent a moment longer, then, "Thank you?"
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"You've done well here."
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"Kunzite!" Jadeite gives the elder shitennou a surprised look as he rises to greet his equally unexpected guest. "I wasn't aware you were coming."
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"Well, neither was I," Kunzite remarks dryly. "Perhaps I'd be frightened if you had, in that case." His attitude as he speaks is anything but frightened, and he approaches Jadeite with a few brisk steps that bring him fully inside the room.
He was right to let Jadeite work out those frustrations for himself. Why he feels the need to tell himself this, he won't question.
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Zoisite does not hide now. He nods his head, and glances again at the view the doors afford.
"You have spent all the time here working for this?" he asks softly.
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