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|Date of Scene=2017/01/04
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|Synopsis=Amu finally gives her Christmas gift to Kukai and Nagi. Also, they talk about the future, dress her up like the world's happiest dolly and then send embarrassing messages to her boyfriend. Also, tons of NagiXKukai that made everyone sqwee.
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|Poses=:'''{{#var:85|Amu Hinamori| (85)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Amu Hinamori had, of course, called her friends! To meet her there. At their secondary meetup joint. AKA, nade's house. The nicest place they had. She'd been spending a ton of time with Tadase(since he got sick), so hadn't spent as much time with them. But hey, the two love birds weren't having relationship problems for once, so at least Nades and Kukai could be happy about that. <br /><br /> Of course, she was holding two gifts now, for christmas. For both of them. One for each and... It had been sooooo hard not to buy three. To get nades and nagi something. But she promised. She'd try. So hard. To see her best friend as one. She OWED it to him. Her. IT was so hard. <br /><br /> Probably not much easier for nagi, either. Considering amu was trying to be more... nades with nagi, and nagi with nades. Which meant she'd do things with nagi that she used to do with nades. Which could include things you only did with your girlfriends. Nagi had possibly seen amu in more bathing suits and cute outfits than Tadase. And would know about the santa and nurse outfit she'd gotten. And probably helped her pick it out. And got to see it first.. <br /><br /> So yeah, poor nagi. <br /><br /> She stopped outside the door and knocked a few times, her cheeks already red as she envision the two of them... She, of course, showed up a day early. Because tadase was sick and he got her on christmas.

:'''{{#var:134|Nagihiko Fujisaki| (134)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Oh, the Holidays. So much to do, so much to do.<br /><br />Of course, right now he's planning what to wear to the New Years Party coming up. He's decided to go as Nadeshiko, so of course this means a cute new dress. And maybe something a bit shorter than her usual fair...<br /><br />Of course, he's not gonna show Kukai. He likes watching his face when he wears something all pretty like...<br /><br />There are two wrapped boxes on his bed. One for Amu, one for Kukai. They're the ones coming over, so they get theirs first! (Of course, there may or may not be one or two other things that Nagihiko can't give to him even in front of Amu...)<br /><br />He opens the door and looks all around. No sign of Kukai. "Hey, so I'm thinking of wearin this to the party..."<br /><br />He shows Amu his phone. If Kukai comes up soon, he's gonna hide the phone quick!

:'''{{#var:141|Kukai Souma| (141)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Kukai was glad Amu had called early in the day because he hadn't gotten anybody any Christmas presents yet. It wasn't exactly his fault - what the hell do you buy your friends for presents? They get basically whatever they want. And most of what he wanted from Nagihiko involved spending time with him and possibly smooching. Thankfully he'd had all of, oh, a couple hours, minus showering and sprinting, wet head and all, to the nearest store to find something for both of them. <br /><br /> He'd spent 30 minutes staring at the piles and shelves before making his decision and grabbing two things (and spending extra to have them wrapped at the store) before catching the bus towards Nagihiko's place. That's the best way to do it, right? <br /><br /> The gate to the Fujisaki house is, of course, closed, and he's knocking on the front gate only for a few moments before it's opened for him and Aunty points him towards Nagihiko's room... "Hey, anybody around?"

:'''{{#var:85|Amu Hinamori| (85)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Amu Hinamori stared at the picture and... "Oh. My gosh. You're going to look amazing, Nad-- Nagi-chan. You have to send me pictures, okay?" She was still having trouble. But she was really, really, really trying. They were separate, and the same and she didn't know how to do it. But... she would do it. Somehow. <br /><br /> Because that's what friends did for each other. They worked hard to make each other happy. And she got a big hug and... "And... I... I got you one gift this year. For both sides of you," she said firmly, her cheeks going red. "And for Kukai-kun too. When he gets here." <br /><br /> And then... "Kukai-kun!" she said happily. She added her gifts to the bed, smiling nervously. "U-uh. You guys, ummm, o-open your first, okay?"

:'''{{#var:134|Nagihiko Fujisaki| (134)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Nagihiko's pleased with Amu's approval! "Of course I will." Eeehee!<br /><br />He gives Amu a hug, accepting the slip and greatly appreciating every try.<br /><br />He's quick to hide his phone when Kukai arrives, and he gives him a sly grin but says nothing.<br /><br />Okay, maybe there's a wink thrown in there, too.<br /><br />He takes the gift from Amu and started opening the wrapping, nice and slow because it's how he rolls. WHen he finally opens them, his face lights up. "Oh, these look delicious!" A close look. "And you made them yourself! Awww!"

:'''{{#var:141|Kukai Souma| (141)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Kukai grins at both of them, entering the room and offering his gifts over to the both of them, Nagi's small and square, Amu's longer but much thinner. "Here you are! Merry Christmas. And maybe Tadase will get his at some point." Probably when Kukai thinks of something to buy him. He eyes the phone, missing whatever they were talking about, but then takes the present from Amu, opening it up and holding up one of the circular chocolates with the shapes on it. "Huh. Little chocolate soccer balls? Awesome!" He pops it into his mouth, then nods. "It's good, too!" <br /><br /> When the two of the open up their presents, they find that Amu has a small, rectangular blue charm scroll with string fringe and multiple characters in Japanese along the middle. There's one similar in red on Nagihiko's room wall. Nagihiko has a little bottle of cologne. At least it looks like cologne - it smells sort of sweet and spicy and nice when smelled, though.

:'''{{#var:85|Amu Hinamori| (85)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Amu Hinamori nodded. "W-well, I guess if you like them then--" And then Nagi said that. "W-what? i-is it that obvious? A-are they bad? I'm sorry, I-I tried really hard to make them good for you guys b-but I wasn't sure how to properly mix the chocolates a-and Su gave me directions and offered to do it for me b-but I couldn't accept her help because I wanted to do it for you guys specifically because I-I wanted it to be special!" Oh, her cheeks were burning and she hid her face in her hands. Oh yes. Burning so, so bad. <br /><br /> "You... you like them?" she asked kukai with a little flustered squeak, her breath catching. Oh my gosh what if they both liked them? Oh my gosh they were so amazing and cool and eeeee....

:'''{{#var:134|Nagihiko Fujisaki| (134)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>He gives Amu a look and a light shove on her arm. "You're being silly. I love the fact that ''you'' made them." And he too, bit into one and did a happy little shimmy. "Very tasty!"<br /><br />Kukai's gift has him smile. He tries a dab on his wrist and smells it, eyes raising a bit as he holds it out for Amu to sniff.<br /><br />He hands the two boxes over that he got for them. They are about the shape and weight of clothing boxes, the kind usually filled with clothing from family members who didn't know what else to get.<br /><br />But!! Amu's is a dress that Nagihiko loved but it didn't look right on him but ''knew'' it would look good on Amu. Kukai's is a jersey of Kukai's favorite sports player. (The large autograph was a last minute thing. The player actually came to the last show she'd been at, just before hurting her ankle. She may even have a video message!)<br /><br />While they open them, he just sniffs his wrist, liking the way the scent settles.

:'''{{#var:141|Kukai Souma| (141)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Kukai rolls his eyes and puts the lid back on, going over to pat Amu on the shoulder. "You did amazing, Amu, don't worry. I'm gonna eat all of them and enjoy it a ton. Thank you very much." He smiles, then nods. "Seriously, open your present and then you can have a conniption fit, ok?" <br /><br /> He watches Nagi try the cologne and coughs, smiling. "Uh. That one was hard to find. But I think that's why it made me think of you. I see you smiling, so I hope that means you like it." He opens his box from Nagihiko and blinks, then pulls out the jersey. "Oh wow, this is just my size, and it's from~" His jaw drops as he sees the autograph. "Noooooo. Nooo, you didn't. Holy crap, Na-kun. This is great!" <br /><br /> It takes him a second to properly put the jersey back into the box, hands fumbling, before he lunges over, scooping the both of them up into a big hug! "Thank you so much!" Oh he's just a big happy huggy laughing derp, isn't he.

:'''{{#var:85|Amu Hinamori| (85)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Amu Hinamori blinked, sniffing it and. "Ohhh, it's a bit sweet, and just a hint of spicy and--" Then blinked. Then just gave Kukai a flat 'Really?' look. Oh come on. She then gives a little giggle. "you went searching all over for it? That's so sweet!" She opens Nagi's gift first. <br /><br /> And then blushes red. "Oh my gosh. Nad... Nag..." She blinked a few times. "Na-chan." Yes just shorten both! She's sure shes heard someone call him that. "This is beautiful! I don't know what to say! Thank you!" And then gave him a big hug. "You always have the absolute best fashion sense. Though I doubt I could pull it off as well as you."<br /><br /> And then opened Kukai's gift and... Oh, he got a hug too! A great big hug. "Oh my gosh. B-because of the nightmares? Kukai-kun, you're the sweetest!" She gave them both a big grin when she pulled back, hugging her new dress to her chest and the charm. She then looked up and... "Ummmm..." <br /><br /> "Na-chan, Kukai-kun, I'm really sorry I haven't been around as much lately. Since I've been sick and then Tadase-kun got sick and... and I'm really sorry if you felt I was ignoring you."

:'''{{#var:134|Nagihiko Fujisaki| (134)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>"Of course I do! It smells...both!" Nagihiko's grin at Kukai's reaction is pleased and goofy and all around just plain silly. "Remind me to show you the stuff on my phone..."<br /><br />It had been at her last dance, she'd promised the guy a meet and great in her dressing room...then she twisted her ankle. Of course, when she found out ''who'' it was, well, who was she to say no?<br /><br />(There also may be a blurb where the guy tells Kukai to take care of his girl when she's off her feet, and Nades saying in the background 'oh he won't get this until Christmas, but I bet he'll fret even without you telling him to.)<br /><br />Still hugging Kukai, she beams at Amu. "I'm so glad you like it! I loved the dress but it just didn't look good on me. Then I realized it would look amazing on you, so I got to buy it anyway!"<br /><br />And then he gives Amu another Look. "You're fine. You had to get better, and, well, apparently hovering's what some people ''do...''" No side eyes toward Kukai at all! (Of course, it's not like he has room to speak on the fretting bit...)

:'''{{#var:141|Kukai Souma| (141)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Kukai blinks at Amu for a second. "...What? What's that look for?" He nods, then watches her open Nagi's gift, which is absolutely awesome. "Wow. And yeah, Nagi has the best fashion sense. And you could - if you let him dress you." He maybe has a little bit of a wicked grin and his nose in the air at that. <br /><br /> And then there's an Amuhug all over him and he flails for a second before hugging her back. "Well yeah. I figured it'd help you with a little spiritual defense, y'know? It couldn't hurt." <br /><br /> He steps back when she does, then cocks his head. "...Amu, we get busy from time to time. I didn't think you were ignoring me. Heck, I don't even ''see'' Tadase for a month at a time sometimes, or more. I don't think he's ignoring me, we're just..." He motions to the door. "Things are straight-up insane in Tokyo. Crazier than even we thought they were to begin with. It's gonna happen from time to time. We have to enjoy what we can get." He looks over at Nagihiko and grins. "We know that discussion, don't we?" <br /><br /> He hmms, eyes on Nagi's phone, one arm around the purple-haired dancer. "Aaah.. ok.." He hasn't even noticed the little SD card with the video recording on it in underneath the jersey, but he will...

:'''{{#var:85|Amu Hinamori| (85)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Amu Hinamori blinked and then nodded. "It's true. Whenever I take Na-chan with me, I always come out looking way better." And na-chan gets to see her in her underwear half the time, so a win for him. Maybe. She kept hugging her dress. "Oh my gosh, noooo. Na-chan, you'd look way cuter in this than I would! But I do appreciate the thought. And yeah... I may have given Tadase-kun a little too much trouble."<br /><br /> She then gulped. "There, ummmm, was another reason I wanted to see you both together." Pause. "Well, other than the fact you two are like, the best couple of all time." Her OTP. "I uhhh... I'm going to tell Tadase-kun over christmas morning. But, ummmm... I... I think I finally know what I want to do. When I graduate. Where I want to go from here..."

:'''{{#var:134|Nagihiko Fujisaki| (134)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Nagihiko raises his eyebrow at Kukai. "What would happen if ''you'' let me dress you?"<br /><br />And then his amused grin tempers into something softer. "Know it? We may have helped write it."<br /><br />He just shrugs at the compliments about his taste and leans back. "Well, I've had a lot of practice."<br /><br />Okay, there may be a touch of smug there...<br /><br />Nagihiko's eyebrows raise. "Oh? What is it you wanna do?" Aside from dancing, Nagihiko doesn't know what he wants. He's not even sure if he wants to take over the 'family business' when the time comes. (Well, own it, sure, but run it?)

:'''{{#var:141|Kukai Souma| (141)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Kukai grins and then hmms. "I dunno. We'll have to find out soon or something. I'll probably look a lot better." He grins at Amu and then nods at the dress. "...Maybe go find a bathroom or other room or something and change? It'd be cool to see you in it. If you want to." <br /><br /> He blushes a bit, looking at Nagihiko. Best couple of all time? Um.. wow. "Oh, you do, really? That's awesome! It's always good to know what you wanna go on to! So... do you wanna tell us?" He's pretty sure whatever he does will end up being 'sports'.

:'''{{#var:85|Amu Hinamori| (85)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Amu Hinamori nodded and then... "Well... I guess... "Na-chan, can you help me with it?" Before getting up, grabbing Na-chan's hand and dragging him off to the bathroom. Oh, the delights of being that friend. Besides, Amu didn't know the first thing about how to be an awesome, pretty... okay, she did. But not to the extend that na-chan did. Once she was all dressed, she'd come back out, cheeks blazing and... "How, ummm, do I look?" Glancing to Nagi and Kukai. Also, added extra time to the telling them what she was going to do! From dramatic effect! Completely forgetting what she was going to say, oh no!

:'''{{#var:134|Nagihiko Fujisaki| (134)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>"Urk!" Nagihiko is dragged to the other room with Amu. It's not against his will, of course, but there ''is'' a panicked look back to Kukai that pretty much says 'Tadase's gonna kill me!'<br /><br />But still, he's happy to help. It's also not the first time he's done so.<br /><br />A touch of blush, some lip gloss, and that's pretty much all he's sure she even needs.<br /><br />Wistful sigh. No harsher lines to hide...<br /><br />He helps her back in and twirls her into the room. "I think you look lovely. See? Something I couldn't pull off at all!"

:'''{{#var:141|Kukai Souma| (141)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Kukai grins, watching Amu carry Nagihiko off to the bathroom, waving goodbye at that panicked look and smiling. He was gonna make a point to blackmail Nagi with that one at some point, because hee hee hee. <br /><br /> When they come back out, Kukai stands up off the bed, looking at Amu. "....Wow. You look amazing." He grins and then reaches over, patting her shoulder. "All ... amazing. I don't even know the right words. The two of you do great work together." He gives them both a thumbs up.

:'''{{#var:85|Amu Hinamori| (85)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Amu Hinamori blushed and then smiled at Nagi, blinking. "Do I look that bad?" she asked sheepishly at the sigh. Then THAT. "W-what? Are you kidding me? Na-chan, you always look way prettier than I do. I bet you'd turn all the heads if you wore something like this," she said with a little giggle. "I'd have to be twice as lovely to be even half as lovely as you." <br /><br /> Still, her cheeks turned red due to the words... or maybe it was the twirl. He spun her, he was so graceful and amazing, like a wonderful, beautiful--<br /><br /> Ack, no no no! she had a boyfriend! And he was sick, no pining over her best friend! No matter how sexy and charming and smooth and-- <br /><br /> She blushed so red and shook her head. By now they'd probably seen THAT particular look so often that they probably had a good idea of what she was thinking right now. Ugh, Tadase was going to kill him. <br /><br /> And then KUKAI confirms it. And she has to cover her face with her hands she was blushing so bad. "I-I... I don't look... t-that good. Do I? Na-chan?" She guled and... "c-could you... take a picture? I-I kind of want to... show Tadase later... now..."

:'''{{#var:134|Nagihiko Fujisaki| (134)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Nagihiko gives a playful shake of his fist to Kukai. "Watch it, Mister. No drooling over pretty girls in front of me." Okay, so maybe its more 'no drooling unless we're drooling together' or maybe that's not even a rule.<br /><br />But still, it's playful, probably gives Amu a needed boost, so who's the real victom here?<br /><br />(Maybe Kukai if he thinks he's serious...)<br /><br />"Of course! We could take one here now, or in the courtyard later, or both."

:'''{{#var:141|Kukai Souma| (141)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Kukai listened to them talk, then grinned as Amu giggled and was spun, unable to hear anything going on in Amu's head. But he sees the blush and the head shake and then steps forward. "Hey, hey, you ARE gorgeous in that dress, don't blush! You look amazing. And sure, one of us can take a picture, sure." <br /><br /> He looks over at Nagihiko and scoffs. "I am not drooling! Maybe one drool but that's it, I'm not like that! Well." He thinks. "Maybe I'm like that. But I'm not right now!" He nods. "Maybe in front of one of the snowbanks or something in the courtyard? All that white and all her black and red and pink?"

:'''{{#var:85|Amu Hinamori| (85)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Amu Hinamori blushed and squirmed. Kukai gave one drool over her? Nagi was calling her pretty? Oh my gosh, best christmas ever! A-and then they were all going on about where to take the pictures and giving her good lighting and she could do little more than squirm and blush, feeling like the luckiest girl in the world. "O-okay. I, i ummm... I-I'll trust your judgments. Y-you know about these kinds of things way better than I do." <br /><br /> She grinned shyly to them both, putting herself in their capable hands. And then blinked as they got to work taking pictures for Tadase. "Oh, right, the future! So, I thought about it. What I want to be is, well... I thought really hard. I thought maybe I could be something in the art field, like my dad. But... I don't think I really have the talent for it. Then I thought maybe working in magazines, like mom, but that didn't work either. Then I thought maybe I'd like to be a singer, like Utau-chan but... that fell through as well." <br /><br /> Her cheeks burned. "I-I had so many ideas. But... then I realized I wasn't really... good at anything. And I thought that maybe it meant I wasn't supposed to be anything special. But... then I realized there is one thing i can do. The x-eggs. So... I... I want to be a therapist. A child therapist. I mean, I have to help the x-eggs before i can open their hearts. So... I thought maybe I could do that. It might be something I could do to... really help people."

:'''{{#var:134|Nagihiko Fujisaki| (134)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Nagihiko laughs and presses a warm kiss to Kukai's forehead. "I know you weren't, ''literally'' at least. More figuratively. And not in the way it normally means, but if I teased you with 'stop figuratively drooling in a way that is completely respectful because you're the sweetest guy on Earth' would have been too much of a mouthful in a what was supposed to be a quick and teasing prod." Another forehead kiss!<br /><br />And then he claps his hands! "Oh yes! And if you'd like, we could do more makeup. Not because you need it, I'm jealous at how little you actually need, but because cameras can be a bit fickle, especially if you want to use the cameras Father has for mock up whatevers and I'm going a bit too professional dancer on you guys, aren't I?"<br /><br />A faint blush. Okay, maybe he wouldn't suck running a company, if he could pull that from his nose on two seconds notice...<br /><br />And then he blinks at Amu's dream, gapes at Kukai, then blinks at Amu again. "That's...a surprisingly parallel skillset. I'm shocked I never thought of it before."<br /><br />He strokes his chin. "I mean, you ''are'' good at getting people to talk."

:'''{{#var:141|Kukai Souma| (141)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Kukai nods and then laughs. "I dunno anything about nothing, Amu. I just thought it might be a good idea. Take Nagi's word for it, he'd know the best." He then gets not one but two forehead kisses from Nagihiko and then it is an awesome day, look at that grin. "Sure! Let's head on out." <br /><br /> He doesn't do much for pictures - he's just there while Nagihiko arranges everything and adds a bit more makeup to Amu, but he listens to Amu talk, rubbing his chin. "I'll disagree with you on one thing. You are actually good at everything you do. Remember, your Charas are a reflection of your own talents and what you can grow into, if you want." He looks back over at the courtyard where the lot of them (minus Temari, of course) have gotten into a big-for-them-but-little-for-everyone-else snowball fight. "If you really wanna be a therapist, that's fine, and probably a great idea. But you can do all the other stuff too if you want it. You've got the talent and the skill if you develop it." <br /><br /> He looks at Nagihiko and grins. "Well she does it so much. Talk, I mean. I'd hope she's good at it." There's that tilted head and pointy nose again.

:'''{{#var:85|Amu Hinamori| (85)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Amu Hinamori watches them and sqwees a little. Oh my gosh. They were absolutely, positively the BEST couple in the whole wide world. She stared, her cheeks burning as always as Nagi kissed him. She actually wiggled in place. She hoped her and Tadase could be as wonderful as them eventually. <br /><br /> "W-what? No! I love it! You're so smart, Na-chan! You know all these things I'd never, ever be able to figure out on my own! It's wonderful! I put myself in your capable hands."<br /><br /> She smiled to Nagi. "I-I know, right? I mean, I've even gotten Utau to open up sometimes! AND Lacrima! I mean, if I can get those two to talk, I can do it to ANYBODY." Then, wait. She blinked as Kukai said that. "You... really think I could... do any of those?" And then he says THAT! "Wait, what is THAT supposed to mean? I-I have to talk! If I don't, the x-eggs can't be purified! Because they're hurting so much!" <br /><br />Still... she couldn't deny she was feeling pretty good. It'd been so long since she'd been able to just be with her friends. She'd missed this. She let Nagi lead her around, a big grin on her face as they took the pictures. "I can't wait to show these to Tadase-kun!"

:'''{{#var:134|Nagihiko Fujisaki| (134)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Pictures are taken, of course, and he's allowed to be a complete nerd about it. He gets Amu into pace after reappliying her makeup. (It's quick for him. Regular makeup, even for cameras, is worlds easier than the stage makeup he needs to use. Plus, he doesn't ''have'' to make Amu look like a girl, she already is one, so it's even quicker than his own.) The setup is queick, too. He's obviously done it before, the set up and everything. He even knows exactly where to get the tripod for height, and has Kukai hold a few diffusers and whatnot. And maybe sneaks a few thank-you kisses. And maybe steals a few shots of Kukai just being all Kukai. Because Kukai.<br /><br />"Our charas show our potential, right? So you have it in you to be any of these things. And who knows, it could be you'll end up using ''all'' of these skills. I can see them being handy for a therapist."<br /><br />He's also quck to tear down the 'set' when the pictures are done being taken.

:'''{{#var:141|Kukai Souma| (141)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Kukai yawns and listens, then frowns. "I wish Utau and I hadn't... I dunno. Self-destructed? Been incompatible? Not..." He looks over at Nagihiko. "I mean it's good we did in the long run, but damn. I still feel guilty about her vanishing, more or less. I'm sure she's off doing some wickedness for Easter, but I wanted to try to save her. And as far as Lacrima goes..." He grumbles. "You opened up for her just as much. I'm still not quite over all that." <br /><br /> He does grin at Amu babbling about her talking. "I was making a joke about you talking a bunch." He tries not to notice Nagihiko taking pictures of him, so it looks normal. That sort of thing. "Yeah, what he says. Your Charas are your potential." Tearing down the set means a lot of heavy lifting for Kukai, but it's not too bad.

:'''{{#var:85|Amu Hinamori| (85)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Amu Hinamori nodded, having a lot of fun as they went about it. And totally sqweed when Kukai and Nagi kissed. Her OTP, forever. "You really think so? Yeah... I guess... it could. I mean, kids need someone they can identify with, right? And... and I could help people that way."<br /><br /> She glanced off to the side, one finger under her chin. "I think... Lacrima-chan needs help. She's suffering, a lot. Whenever I'm with her it... it feels like she'll start crying at any second. Like no matter how hard she tries, I can feel it. Her need to get free. To escape the pain she feels... How helpless she feels against it. I think there's good in her, though. A part of her that... is the real her, trying to break out. And I think if I work hard, maybe I can fish it out." <br /><br /> Of course, she wasn't done! She then gave kukai a big hug. And swept Nagi into it, too. "I know, Kukai-kun. But we'll save her, I know we will! All of us, together! Because that's what we do, you know? We're the guardians! I know we can save Utau-chan, just like we can Ikuto-kun."

:'''{{#var:134|Nagihiko Fujisaki| (134)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>On the outside, Nagihiko is more or less unaffected by the talk about Utau. After all, the past is the past. But, well, it doesn't help that Utau had been his only real competition...<br /><br />Ignoring that, which he could easily do, more aggravating was how the whole mess left ''Kukai.'' (It's one thing when something hurts him. It's another completely when something hurts Kukai.)<br /><br />"Utau...wasn't ready. For many things."<br /><br />That's all he'll say on that! Though the brief wrinkle in his nose or the furrow in his brows may suggest it won't be the last he ''thinks'' about it.<br /><br />And Lacrima...he's not even sure what to think of that girl anymore. Cofusion, more than anything.<br /><br />"I think...trying to help people like Lacrima will help you figure out how to help the tough cases in the future." And then his eyes grow a tad worried when he looks at Amu. "And...not even you can help everyone."<br /><br />But then he's swept into a hug so he just laughs and rolls his eyes. "Yes, yes, that doesn't mean we won't give up on them. Even Ikuto-kun."<br /><br />Who may be hawt if he weren't such a grumpy cat boy.

:'''{{#var:141|Kukai Souma| (141)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>It takes a moment for Kukai to put up everything and to recover from random smooches. Finally he gets his attention back to Amu and nods. "Sure. Kids do better when you don't talk down to them. You're good at making them feel equal and worthwhile. That's good!" <br /><br /> He nods and then rubs his head. "I tried that and I apparently just made it worse. It's a shame. I ... maybe you're better at it than I am, but I dunno." <br /><br /> He nods at Nagi, then shrugs. "I guess nod." He then is swept into a hug, and hugs Amu and Nagi both, grinning. "Yeah. We are in fact the Guardians. And we'll save everybody. I know it." He pokes Nagihiko. "Maybe we can't save every single person ever, but if we don't try, we'll never know! We have to have faith." <br /><br /> It's probably good that Kukai doesn't know Nagi thinks Ikuto's hot. That would be a new level of nuts, probably.

:'''{{#var:85|Amu Hinamori| (85)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Amu Hinamori nodded with a big grin. "Kids are great! Besides, after dealing with Ami so long, I think I can deal with any little kid." She giggled softly. "They're just like smaller adults, even. And some adults I've met are just like bigger kids!" <br /><br /> Like Kukai. <br /><br /> "And yeah, Lacrima-chan is a tough case. But I really ,really feel like I'm getting through to her. It is hard sometimes but... I just... can't not try, you know? I just imagine if what happened to her happened to... one of us. And it scares me so much. So I just want to protect her. I know she's done some bad things, but... that doesn't mean she's irredeemable." <br /><br /> Her phone went off and she hummed. She glanced down and... "Tadase-kun says hi. Also, I'm beautiful. Eeeeee." She wiggled in place. "He's best prince. and king!"

:'''{{#var:134|Nagihiko Fujisaki| (134)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Nagihiko rolls his eyes long and hard. "There are still people I associate with baby talking to me when I was eight. So yes, avoiding that is good."<br /><br />He squeaks at the poke Kukai gives him. "That's why I said we wouldn't stop!" He pokes right back!<br /><br />(And Kukai may be a big kid, but he wasn't in ways that were important!)<br /><br />Still, he has to shrug at talks about Lacrima. His experiences with her aren't generally the best, but he's heard rumors.<br /><br />He waves at the phone. "Hi, Tadase-kun! Assure him I didn't see you naked~!"<br /><br />And Ikuto's hotness is, until now and for the moment, theoretical. After all, nothing makes a person less appealing than a bad personality!

:'''{{#var:141|Kukai Souma| (141)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Kukai aaahs and nods, remembering. "Right, you've got a little sister. I remember now. And yeah. Yeah." He rubs his chin, thinking. "I dunno. I think our own internal magic would protect us. But if it happened to our parents or brothers or something. That'd be awful. I guess it's better that we keep her close and help her as much as we can, if she isn't gonna be a butt about it." <br /><br /> He pokes Nagihiko back in retaliation from the poke and then leans over towards the phone. "Maybe not naked but they did go off in the bathroom together while Amu changed! Don't worry boss, I'm keeping an eye on them for you!" Oh god pointy nose ahoy and wicked grin, too.

:'''{{#var:85|Amu Hinamori| (85)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Amu Hinamori nodded. "Ugh, I'd never baby talk to someone. It's so rude." She giggles as they poke each other. "Yeah. Ami. The most dangerous of all creatures I've met." She said with a nod. <br /><br /> Then she accidentally dials tadase's number and... "Oh, wait, hold--" And then they YELL! She goes beet red and flails. "What?! It's just Na-chan, we don't, we didn't, h-he's my best friend you dork!" Clicked the phone. "W-we'd never, he likes you! A-and I have Tadase-kun and... and..." And then her phone beeped and... <br /><br /> She stared. "He... says it's okay. He... trusts me." Hearts. All of the hearts. "I think I want to go see him again. Will, ummmm... you two be okay? If you're alone together?"

:'''{{#var:134|Nagihiko Fujisaki| (134)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Bahahaha! Nagihiko is evil. Tadase probably recognizes the evil laughter...<br /><br />He shares a look with Kukai and leans forward, feigning innocent eyes. "I think we'll be okay. There's still some...things I need to show him, anyway. In addition to his gift."

:'''{{#var:141|Kukai Souma| (141)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Kukai blinks, looking over at the phone for a minute as Amu dials the number by accident, then snortgiggles. "Oh wow. Um. Ok. Take your presents with you, and have fun. Yeah. Show him your new dress up close and personal!" He looks over at Nagihiko for a moment, then grins slyly. "Yeah, we'll be ok by ourselfs, sure." He winks. "I gotta go look at some things what Nagi wants to show me. Go on, and have fun."
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