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higanbana: Anywhere is fine with you.

☆radia: Maybe it'd be better if I gave you your present in your dorm?
☆radia: If you want to go out after that, then we can, can't we?

higanbana: Is it particularly heavy?

☆radia: It isn't heavy!
☆radia: But it's food, so it's better if we do it there, right?

[ , ]

higanbana: It does sound better here.
higanbana: Then, I'll leave the door open for you.

☆radia: Are you ready? I can wait if you want me to!

higanbana: I'll be ready if you take the stairs ☆

☆radia: Okay. I'll see you then.

[ so a few minutes later, in whatever time it takes to get down the stairs, she's back - she's got actual shoes on now and a change of clothes judging by the bag at her shoulder, but the most novel thing is probably the

? container ? tucked beneath her arm. it's not really clear what's inside at first glance. ]

[ wearing one of the dresses by this point, long hair tucked back in a braided bun. he has since cleaned up his room a little bit, the clothes tucked underneath his bed and the folding table properly out with a couple of plates and bowls and utensils and napkins stacked to the side, since, well,

gift food . . . ]

You can set it here.

[ pat pat table pat ]

Oh, um - you look really nice . . .

[ the tiniest bit of color to her face. she's just wearing her pajamas still, if tidied up a bit in their time apart, hair brushed, color markedly better from his nursing,

and she sets it down, removing the top. ]

It's sweet, so maybe it would be good if we ate something else too...? But I was trying to think of something that'd make you happy to eat it, and I remembered reading about this . . .

- oh!

[ meanwhile a little surprised, peering at the dish ]

. . . My . . . I see, so it should be something eaten tomorrow. . .

- Oh -

[ panicked, just a little ]

Um - should we have waited after all...? I can go put it in the icebox...!

No no, it's alright - well, it would be good to eat this with other things, too. Actually this is a good opportunity - Dia-sama, do you remember what sort of dish this is?

It's mashed sweet potatoes with candied chestnuts, isn't it...? That was why I made it, but...

[ a tiny bit embarrassed... ]

Right. When is it eaten, typically?

... I think it said New Years...

Right.

Actually, this is one part of a complicated dish called Osechi Ryori. Are you familiar with it?

[ shakes her head ]

[ moving his hands to gesture as he speaks, ]

They're essentially celebratory bento boxes, with multiple tiers of dishes to celebrate the new year. One set is enough for one family, packed to the brim with unique dishes - each with their own meaning - and it isn't uncommon for a set to have sixteen dishes in it.

[ with a gesture to the candied potatoes and chestnuts ]

Kurikinton brings wealth and good financial fortune, for example, because the potatoes and chestnuts are golden in color.

... Then I only made 1/16th of it...?

[ glancing sidelong at the table, at the kurikinton ]

... I made it for you, but I could try and make more tonight, if you wanted to share it with your unit...?

Mm, it's still a good dish, though. I love chestnuts.

[ headpat ]

How about this? We can have some of this tonight, and then we can make the other 15 dishes. There'll be quite a lot, so we can make them for ☆ZRAEL and sensitIV both.

[ leann]

... What about the sweet potato?

You already knew that I like sweet potato, didn't you?

You told me about the chestnuts too, didn't you...? Well -

You said that you wanted some, but the way that you were then, you wouldn't have asked for a food like that unless it was one that you really liked, would you...?

. . . Well, it's something like that. Rather, the things I wanted to eat then were things that I grew up on. I wanted that familiarity.

[ clapping his hands together ]

Ah, but in any case, let's get some rice, mm?

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