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Wow, it looks like even the City's changed for today! This is really amazing! There's been a lot of stuff going on today. And everyone else is going trick-or-treating later, so I'm going with them! I've never really gotten to do any of this before since it's such a western holiday. I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun. Everyone be safe tonight, okay?

And today's something else important, too.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KID!

I hope you're having a lot of fun today, Kid. Let's have a party tonight after trick-or-treating with Keiichi-san and everyone.


[private to Kid//unhackable]

I think we're even now.


[ooc; Payback? Never. And she found an Angelic Layer costume ): stfu it's the right CLAMP thing to do]

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surpraiz action; NOT TO YOU, MAYBE. 8D

[anti-asymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Oh look, Hikaru! It's your TWITTERPATED KIDDO-KUN. Have a very enthusiastic hug. Very. Enthusiastic.]

surpraiz action; YES WELL. >:

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

[And she almost falls over with the hug and just stares at him. Once she's coordinated again, though, she hugs him back -- nervously]

K-kid...

surpraiz action; AMIRITE OR AMIRITE.

[anti-asymmetry.livejournal.com]

[For once, he isn't feeling nervous or awkward around her at all. Why? Probably because she's made him ridiculously happy by dedicating so much time to him. So he pulls back a little and cups her face between his hands without thinking, and just. Smiles.]

I don't deserve you.

surpraiz action; ALWAYS RIGHT

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

[Hands around the face, no way to look away. An awkward blush started building in her cheeks.]

...I'm really not that great, Kid.

surpraiz action;

[anti-asymmetry.livejournal.com]

[He laughs, shakes his head.]

If you could see yourself through my eyes, you'd think differently.

[Aaaand, realization is starting to set in about where his hands are. Cue his own blush as he hastily moves his hands to rest on her shoulders instead.]

surpraiz action;

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

[When he moves his hands, she watches him a minute, then smiles and moves to hug him]

You're a good person, Kid.

surpraiz action;

[anti-asymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Oh...damnation. He's such a sucker for huuuugs. Have a return hug- complete with burying of the face against the crook of her neck.]

Not good enough yet. [His voice sounds muffled.]

surpraiz action;

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

Hm? [She tried to look at him, so pulling away commenced]

What?

surpraiz action;

[anti-asymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Part of him wanted to pout and yank her back into a hug, but he showed remarkable restraint, oh yes.]

...I said I wasn't good enough yet.

surpraiz action;

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

[Ah, that face. She felt bad for asking when she saw it.]

...You are. I can tell.

surpraiz action; GETTING TIRED, ORZ

[anti-asymmetry.livejournal.com]

Everyone has room to improve, though.

[He forces a grin, but what he's really thinking is, Am I good enough for you?]

surpraiz action; BUT IT'S SO EARLY. >:

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

[She watches him carefully.]

...Kid. Wolfwood-niisan told me to not smile if you aren't happy. You shouldn't do that either.

[And she lowers her head a moment, remembering the psuedo-big brother. but only for a second or two, then she smiles]

I should give you the birthday present I made for you.

surpraiz action; I WAS *UP* EARLY. D:

[anti-asymmetry.livejournal.com]

[He'd been about to reply to her suggestion, but it was no longer necessary to do so. This smile was genuine, if not a little baffled.]

...Present? You mean the message wasn't...

surpraiz action; ...THIS IS SADLY TRUE. D:

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

No, it wasn't.

[With that, she disappears over to her bed for a moment to get something from under it. She comes back to him with ...as perfectly a square box as she could get for it and offers it to him.]

Here.

surpraiz action; AND I HAVE TO BE UP EARLY AGAIN

[anti-asymmetry.livejournal.com]

[He accepts the near-perfectly square box almost reverently, feeling another surge of affection for Hikaru as he does so. He looks from the box to her and back again before asking:]

Would you mind if I sat on your bed to open it?

surpraiz action; WHAT IS THIS FAIL OF YOUR JOB.

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

...Of course I wouldn't mind. Go ahead.

surpraiz action; IT ISN'T MY JOB. IT'S MY BATHROOM. Still gotta shower at the gym before work. >>

[anti-asymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Hikaru's bed shouldn't be any different than his bed, especially since they've shared his bed while her nightmares persisted, but. But. It is different, though he doesn't say as much out loud, and he hopes his body-language doesn't betray his thoughts as he sits down (near her pillows) with the box in his lap.

Now to begin the arduous process of getting the lovely red wrapping paper off. It took a while to unwrap Keiichi's...gift...but this would probably take longer.

...About a half-an-hour, to be exact. Once the wrapping comes free, he sets it to the side and removes the lid of the box, which he also sets to the side.]

...Hikaru, this is-

[Lifting his gift out of the box, he positively beams.]

surpraiz action; JUST A COUPLE MORE DAYS, RIGHT? D: ajfkladsjf that too.

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

[When he started unwrapping, she took a seat next to him. Watching, waiting. She really hoped he'd like it. The time it took to put it together didn't matter so much to her as much as what it is.

When he finishes, she sits up a bit and watches his reaction expectantly. He seems to like it for the moment.]

I-i hope it's okay...

surpraiz action; THIS MIGHT BE MY LAST TAG OF THE NIGHT. ;~; WE'LL SEE.

[anti-asymmetry.livejournal.com]

[A photo album. Full of memories- City memories. Things that he never, ever wanted to forget, should the time come that he returned home for good (there was always the possibility looming over them). Each picture (each memory) had been painstakingly arranged- he knew that if he were to hold a ruler to them, the pictures would be spaced the same distance apart. The sizes of the pictures were taken into consideration as well.

...Everything that he would've done, every small detail that he would have considered, she had done, had considered.

There's a lump in his throat when he glances up from one of the pages at her.]

Okay? It's...

[She'd have to infer from his expression what he wanted to say, because words were failing him.]

surpraiz action; IT'S OKAY, YOU NEED SLEEP. and there's always backtagging another day <3

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

[She watches him for a long time before concluding that he liked it. She's glad -- it wasn't really something that special or normal, so she was worried he wouldn't like it.

But his expression says otherwise.]

...I'm glad. I wanted to make sure it would be something special, so I tried to get as many pictures of everyone together as I could.

surpraiz action; ...ONE MORE TAG. ALDSFJ

[anti-asymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Always so thoughtful, this girl--his girl, his Hikaru. And in moments like these, he understands just how lucky he was to have met her. She's become an integral part of his life, whether she fully comprehends that or not.

He wonders if she knows what this gift means to him.

Yet he couldn't explain if he were asked.]

Hikaru...thank you.

[His heart is in those words, the few words he was able to find.]

surpraiz action; SLEEP TIEM IS NAO. afjkldjf

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

[She was afraid he wouldn't like it; knowing he did meant she could do something good. She could do something right.

That makes her happier than she's been in a long time. She's happy she spent all those days with her camera nearby, glad she took all the time to make sure it was perfect for him -- she didn't want him to be depressed if something was off.

She's, for once in many many months, truly happy, without the bittersweetness. Not even thinking, she leans over and kisses his cheek. She means these words whispered against his cheek:]

...You're welcome.

surpraiz action; ...TWO DAYS LATER, ORZ

[anti-asymmetry.livejournal.com]

[There is a saying that, during certain moments, time seems to stand still. A bit clichéd, perhaps, but to Kid, it really did feel as though time came to a screeching halt.

She kissed him.

Hikaru kissed him.

He blinks once, twice. His mind is a complete blank- the only thing running through it is Hikaru kissed me.]

I...you just...

surpraiz action; WE'VE BEEN BUSY, IT'S OKAY.

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

[It takes her a few moments to realize what exactly she did. It'd felt right and she didn't really think about it. But now, realizing it, she's ...embarassed would be an undestatement. Her face turns a deep shade of red while she looks down.

Why did she do that? Everything Ty Lee and Guy had been saying the last couple months was messing with her.

Her voice is soft, almost whispered out of pure shyness.]

...I-i'm sorry.

surpraiz action; SO FORGIVING BAW.

[anti-asymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Sorry? What on earth is she sorry for? He didn't think it was possible to be any happier than he was, but that kiss proved him very wrong.

His head clears a little, and he smiles at her.]

We're together, aren't we? [His voice is equally soft, though not out of embarrassment, but rather because it fits the mood.] Don't apologize.