Dear Hakuba,

                         I’m sorry I haven’t been around this holiday season. I’ve been visiting my family, and catching up with a great many friends I haven’t had the chance to see in some time. It’s been splendid, but I did want to be sure you received my gift before the new year. I’m told this will arrive sometime New Years Eve, and I hope that I’ve been told right. A shame I missed Christmas. I bet you had a splendid time, and I hope that the new year finds you happy. If not, I hope that it will let you be full of optimism, to go to the future, go into this next year and thrive.

                      Merry Christmas.

-Emi Reiko Himura                        

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Hakuba held the case in his hands, wrapping from the shipping box and all else draped over his arms. “But… This is…”

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[text] Emi-kun! You shouldn’t have!

[text] I’m joking, of course you should have!

[text] Or no- God, do you realize how much these — ??

[text] I’m walking to my study right at this moment.

[text] Happy New Year, by the way. I do hope that you got the teacups I sent. 

[text] Good God!

[text] I adore you!!! 

akaikujixyaku:

“yes it is most definitely true now give me two drafts of this ‘budget’ immediately I don’t trust you to reevaluate on your own I am officially your pity accountant from now on.

I expect those documents stat pretty boy.”

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"It may take some time to recalculate all of the figures, but I’ll get two proposals to you as soon as is possible. Do they need to be notarized? And for tat matter, do you need an annual budget, or one broken down to a one month timeline? Perhaps an annual plan would be best, with details for one month’s anticipatory calendar of pity parties built in, with associated costs and numbers… hmm…”

[Lies] He’s found out the truth about you and instead of confronting you about it, instead of listening to your warnings, he’s going to take on the threat himself and he’s going to be killed. And it’ll be all your fault for not filling him in sooner. For not letting him in, not letting him help you. You wanted to protect him? He’s willingly going to the slaughter now, thinking that he’s saving you.

akaikujixyaku:

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                  .:|| ↑→↓ No. ↓←↑ ||:.

                                  .:|| ↑→↓ No no no no no. ↓←↑ ||:.

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                  He wouldn’t do that. He’s brilliant, he’s reasonable.

                                                      He’s emotional. He cares about you.

                   It wasn’t true.It couldn’t be— god dammit no he would have said something, he would have confronted her! He would have asked her what she was thinking, pleaded, reasoned, and scolded. He wouldn’t do this- he knew better than to run in head first at danger…

                                                  Except he didn’t, did he?

                                                         He was a knight. She, the princess.

 She had been something like that in his eyes, hadn’t she? Delicate, laughing, blushing, sheepish Emi. Who wrote and baked and danced on occasion, and did her very best to live a happy dual life even if it meant she could be hurt, even if it meant she was in danger. She didn’t let anyone help because she couldn’t have them getting hurt in her place. This- this could not happen. It was everything she fought so hard to avoid. It was all of her late nights and forged doctor’s notes and bandages and first aid training. It was trusting Akira to get into the heads of anyone who was close and steer them away from their inklings. 

                                                            .:|| ↑→↓ NO! ↓←↑ ||:.

 There was no way. She would not lose him.

 She’d sooner die herself.

What can you do when it’s already too late…?

“Just teasing you, my dear~” She chirped with her hands folded over her tailbone, grinning and tipping forward a slight, “keeps you humble, and such.”

“I would hope so. After all, I’m not nearly as much as nerd as you are, my dear Emi-kun. This of course only serves to make you more adorable, especially when you blush behind those charming freckles.”

▦ and ♥ which isn’t on there but it means kiss me you nerd

▦ Our muses to be a couple

*dies* WE NEED TO FINISH OUR BIG EPIC DATE. With the dip-n-dots and the MUSEUM STUFF. There’s a big mystery!!! Hakuba’s about to explain it… it’s so important… THE BALANCE OF THE UNIVERSE HANGS IN THIS MYSTERY.

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“A kiss~? Well… perhaps that could be arranged, Emi-kun…”

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“Ah, wait, did you just call me a nerd? Again?