[He's smiling, a little sleepily, and there's still the trace of tears on his lashes--part joy and part sadness at the reality of what became of them both.]
Yeah. She was here a long time ago.
You haven't, Clare? Ah, well...maybe there'll be one in Anatole sometime that you can go to.
[He's still a bit sleepy when he hears Break's voice over the Forge, having not yet lapsed fully back into the reality of Anatole, and he just. Blinks a bit at the Forge, confused. It's not that he doesn't know the dream was broadcast, because Clare already responded to it--it's just that there's something off about the way Break says that and Kaien's not awake enough to piece together why.]
I would not go so far as to call the event 'little', not by any means. And as a man grows older, its the finer details that stand out the most, I think.
[ Like the smile that had graced Kaien's face, and the blush that had touched Miyako's cheeks. Picturesque, the night had been.
He nods in agreement, then - ]
Aa, it does. One day, you will find your way back to each other. I'm certain of it.
[He means that one. It's an honor, really, for his captain to think so much of him, when he himself all but idolizes his elder. It makes his heart swell just that extra bit from pride.]
Someday. I suppose I have plenty of time to wait, here. [Or so he hopes.]
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[ He seems so boyish, sometimes, she almost didn't expect it of him. ]
I've never been to a wedding before.
[ She's going to watch this one again. ]
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Yeah. She was here a long time ago.
You haven't, Clare? Ah, well...maybe there'll be one in Anatole sometime that you can go to.
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Hm, who do you think wants to marry...
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So that's what Miyako looks like.]
Of course.
[The sarcasm is just a bit more biting than usual. Because Break is just a bit more jealous than usual.]
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...Xerxes?
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I never knew you were a noble! I should be calling you Kaien-sama instead of Kaien-san.
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No, don't. I'm still the same Kaien--nothing's any different because I was a noble on my world. I'm the only Shiba here, anyway.
[And what he doesn't say is that according to Byakuya, his family fell from noble status after he died, too.]
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[She may be talking about several kinds.]
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They're kind of my family's thing, you see.
I still have some left over from the crate of them the wish-box gave me.
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Do you have plans for them?
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Not really. Maybe to use for the next new year, why?
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[She can think of a few others that she'd like to trade out for Miyako.]
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[A bit of a soft smile.]
I like to think that maybe she's in another place like this one, with her own friends there, maybe even a version of me.
[At least that way, she'd be alive, somewhere, even if he couldn't see her.]
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Probably the only way to, without getting upset over something I can't control.
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Hold on to it, Kaien. Keep it close.
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You sure 'bout that? One little wedding in all those years...I know your life's not that boring.
[But then his smile softens, and his gaze drifts off a bit, just the slightest bit distant.]
I will. I'll never forget.
...It helps to think she's happy too, somewhere. Living in another of these types of places, maybe.
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[ Like the smile that had graced Kaien's face, and the blush that had touched Miyako's cheeks. Picturesque, the night had been.
He nods in agreement, then - ]
Aa, it does. One day, you will find your way back to each other. I'm certain of it.
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[He means that one. It's an honor, really, for his captain to think so much of him, when he himself all but idolizes his elder. It makes his heart swell just that extra bit from pride.]
Someday. I suppose I have plenty of time to wait, here. [Or so he hopes.]
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