[The location of the item in question doesn't come as text, but as an image attached to the message. It's a photo of the top half of a bookcase, where the metal pinwheel has been stuck into a slim vase and placed on one of the shelves. Behind it, slightly out of focus, is a small black frame with a pressed maple leaf behind the glass.]
[ he can't help it; seeing the pinwheel treated as an actual flower makes him crack up, and it's a good thing Diluc isn't around to see it. Childe's laughter could seem boyish and light on good days, mocking on the worst. better not to sour this "reunion" with the other thinking he was making fun of him. ]
never. your honesty is one of the things i like best about you, you know.
[It is a little silly, perhaps, but at the time it felt better than laying it flat. Besides, it's not as if a vase like that would ever be used for anything else in the house.]
I remember. I take it that everything has come back to you, then? I'm not going to pretend I'm not pleased.
[He thinks about it. The time he takes to reply stretches out into minutes.
The first time he had agreed to fight Childe he had still despised the man, though his persistence in trying to fight when he was injured and Diluc's own sense of honour even against an enemy had been what had eventually set them on the path towards where they are now.
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Date: 2022-06-01 08:11 am (UTC)[Does he even dare let himself hope for what this ridiculous teasing could mean?]
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Date: 2022-06-06 08:42 pm (UTC)oh wait ]
do you still have the pinwheel i gave you?
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Date: 2022-06-06 08:52 pm (UTC)Thank the gods no one is there to see the stupid smile on his face as he replies.]
I still have it.
I considered throwing it out but I didn't have the heart to part with it.
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Date: 2022-06-06 09:12 pm (UTC)[ but he'd be lying if he said there wasn't a smile on his face as well. unfortunately, the ribbon definitely did not come back with him. ]
where is it now? not that i want it back, i'm just curious
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Date: 2022-06-06 09:22 pm (UTC)[The location of the item in question doesn't come as text, but as an image attached to the message. It's a photo of the top half of a bookcase, where the metal pinwheel has been stuck into a slim vase and placed on one of the shelves. Behind it, slightly out of focus, is a small black frame with a pressed maple leaf behind the glass.]
Did you doubt me?
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Date: 2022-06-06 09:29 pm (UTC)never. your honesty is one of the things i like best about you, you know.
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Date: 2022-06-06 09:38 pm (UTC)I remember.
I take it that everything has come back to you, then? I'm not going to pretend I'm not pleased.
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Date: 2022-06-06 09:59 pm (UTC)[ in other words yes ]
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Date: 2022-06-06 10:07 pm (UTC)The first time he had agreed to fight Childe he had still despised the man, though his persistence in trying to fight when he was injured and Diluc's own sense of honour even against an enemy had been what had eventually set them on the path towards where they are now.
It's difficult to feel bitter about it.]
When and where?
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Date: 2022-06-22 03:29 am (UTC)if i doubted you before, i certainly don't now. you really know how to make a guy feel special.
are you sure you're up to it? maybe i've been practicing.
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Date: 2022-06-27 09:54 am (UTC)I don't want you to disappoint me when I've finally agreed to face you again.
[This opportunity is quite hard to come by...]