The flush once again settled on the ridges of her cheeks, except not so hot, nor deep in intensity, just a rosy dust marking her (not so secret) enthusiasm over the situation. She was quite lucky, wasn’t she? “I look forward to it.
And I wouldn’t say they’re that terrible, she’s just every other nosy, good-hearted mum, right? Hh-hhm. In any case, consider it sent, I’ll have it to you as soon as I can— I’ll be downstairs by five’til so you shouldn’t have to buzz my room." As charming as it may be to be picked up at her very own door, she wouldn’t have him scaling the three flights of stairs to get there.
"I suppose that ties it up pretty nicely doesn’t it? I look forward to seeing you in the afternoon.
Sayonara, Hakuba-sama.”
Really, Hakuba was incredibly fortunate that of all of the people to be tasked with this assignment, Emi had been the one. Hakuba smiled as he listened to her on the other end of the phone, genuinely pleased with her conduct, tone, and wit.
Marion took this as a good sign, biting her lip with overjoyed anticipation, watching all too closely.
“I’ll look out for the email, then, thank you. It was an absolute pleasure speaking with you, Himura-san, and I very much look forward to seeing you soon.”
Hakuba waited just a moment after that before hanging up, letting out a sigh of relief immediately after.
“See?! What wasn’t so hard!”
“Mum… Mum, you know she could hear you, yes?”
“Oh, psh, she probably thought it was funny.”
“…Right. Well, I’m going to go plan this date now, if you’ll excuse me.”
“You sure you don’t want any help, Saguru-chaaan?”
“God. Mum. No. ….Stop following me!”
“But you’re blushing! It’s adorable!”
“MUM!”
…it was going to be a long night.