Botan glanced out the window as she took the tea tray from a servant. It had been a rather quiet day at the shop. Seemed like the season for new clothes had died down. In fact, it had been so quiet that the staff had taken off at midday
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He looked at the clock and sighed deeply, rubbing his tired eyes. It was almost mean, that he had had a time when he got to sleep, but was now unable to do so again. He hated the monster inside him, but he had to admit that it was an useful one.
Well, it was definitely about time he headed home, he thought, and packed up a stack of papers and folders. He could continue with this after Botan had gone to sleep for the night.
Not long after he stepped through the door. More rooms had been opened up to their quarters; a sewing studio for Botan, and a simple office for himself. Since he needed something to occupy his nights again, anyway, he usually spent them working.
Always working.
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"...talk to me."
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The woman settled back down. "All right. I will. Just...just don't always be so ready to blame yourself."
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She gulped.
"When you're late...I feel...I feel...I don't know what I feel! But you have duties, and I know that, I always did. So, I don't know why I feel that way."
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She shook her head.
"I don't know why it affects me so much. I'm no stranger to long hours back in Spirit World. Koenma-sama used to do it all the time." Well, with Koenma-sama, it was obviously different, Botan.
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"Botan, you weren't married to Koenma-sama. He was your boss. Me, I'm not your boss, but I am your husband."
It almost annoyed him, that she was so self-sacrificing about this.
"You have every right to be selfish."
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If Botan wasn't in such a somber mood, she would have puffed her cheeks out in childish annoyance. When couples fought, weren't they supposed to blame the other?
She paused.
"I have every right, but it's not right."
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"I can't say I'm not a little angry at you, but getting angry at you made me angry at me, which made it all worse."
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"You know that I love you, yes? And that I've never meant to make you sad? Or angry?"
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She leaned against the table in melancholy. "And now I feel like I'm just attacking you."
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