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[ 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?

Mm. Okay.

[ straightening her back, shifting to stand out of the way of the door ]

... Actually, about that boy...

[ starting to go for the door, but ]

Mm?

... Um, it's okay! We can talk about it while the rice is cooking, can't we...?

Mm, sure.

[ going to the kitchen, then :U ]

[ trailing behind him, fidgeting a bit... nervous, maybe? ]

It isn't... I don't think it's anything urgent, but talking about that day reminded me...

Mmhm?

[ while he gets the rice cooker out ]

... Well, you called me "Dia-san" then, didn't you...?

Ah - . . . I did, yes. Do you like it better that way?

I think . . . if we're celebrating our anniversary today, then -

[ softly ]

- If it's just for today, then it's okay for me to just be "Dia-san," isn't it...?

. . . Well, if it's a request from my wife, then I'll do it.

[ moving to the sink with a potful of uncooked rice ]

It's Dia-san, just for today.

Okay.

[ just shuffles her feet by the door, a bit awkward ]

... So, your present too... it's not something from "Aradia-sama," but from "Dia-san" . . . Okay?

. . . Okay.

Thank you, Dia-san.

[ glancing to her for a moment, before starting to wash the rice ]

[ her face is surprisingly red? Well, perhaps that isn't the surprise so much as the apparent- bashfulness? Nervousness? Within her expression; she pulls at her fingers idly, gaze focused on his hands at the sink.

Honestly, she doesn't get it herself. Is it trepidation or excitement? Sorting her own feelings out seems insurmountably difficult these past few days. ]

When we're back in your room... I'll try and do it then.

Edited 2020-01-04 02:38 (UTC)

Eh? It wasn't the food?

... Well, it was - there was that too, but I tried to think of more than one thing...!

I see . . . Mm, I have a few things too, that I want to give you, so once this is has started we can do that.

... Does that mean that you got something for me?

[ well

That part's enduring? ]

I did, yes.

[ wiping the bottom of the pot and then getting it to the rice cooker ]

Oh, um - thank you...

[ with him finishing up she shuffles out of the way of the kitchen door, pausing after a moment - ]

... Did you make tea? I can do it...

Oh - please, go right ahead! Thank you, Dia-san.

Okay! I'll make it...!

[ grabbing the kettle, ducking behind him to get it filled up and on the stove ]

The water will probably be ready at the same time as the rice, I think... so we can have tea when we get thirsty, can't we?

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