naicha | 十七 ❀ july 4 event

_{[ A Taiwan - no, Xiaomei is standing where Japan, no, Kiku usually is, sweeping the front yard and setting up the cafe early in the morning. She is dressed in one of the more conservative costumes that cover more skin. ... She doesn't know how she got pulled into this whole gimmick, her husband put her up to this, okay. Oh, the things she does for love. ]}

Good morning! Nice weather this year, isn't it? _{[ instead of the usual "Hi!" or "Zao an!" ]}

_{[ B Shaved ice. Shaved ice. Was that even a thing? She just wants some right now. On a whim, she takes a trip to the grocery, walking briskly along the aisles for toppings: taro, azuki beans, grass jelly, anything--

She slows down to a stop in aisle 12. ]}

Ah... What was I looking for again?

_{[ Well, she has a can of condensed milk in one hand and some strawberries in the other. Can anyone give her ideas?

Alternatively, you may have bumped into her on her search! ]}

_{[ C After tucking her three darling little angels in bed (and it's definitely not strange, how she is eighteen and he is twenty-five and their children are at least twelve, heavens no!) Xiaomei has a cup of coffee while propped up on her bed, reading a book she's certainly never touched. It's hard to focus on the text when what Shiki said this morning still bothers her. ]}

Are they really trying to kill us? ... That's silly. _{[ She takes a sip of coffee. It's salty. Strange, she thinks she's never done that before...

Feel free to call her, the phone is on the nightstand. ]}

_{(ooc: Just did this, so I'll be retconning some of her characterization slightly! Not that there's much to change... but shh okay this is a thing I am working on starting now.)}

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[ Something is telling him to push that hand away- the part of him that's very against physical contact of all forms, probably, since that's still a part of his personality, but since when did that bother him when it comes to- Xiaomei? Xiaomei. Weren't they always alright with physical contact in... public? Why is he worried about the part where it's public, all of the sudden? Anyway, that's silly, isn't it? And why is he feeling strange today? Why is there a kind of feeling following him at times? Something he can't understand at all? ]

Ah, no, it's nothing like that. ...I'm not sure what's happening... perhaps I'm still tired. I should go drink my coffee...

Isn't it too early for that? _{[ Japan always drinks his coffee in the afternoon! Wait, Japan? This was Kiku we were talking about here. ]}

Is it? ...Ah, that's right, perhaps it is.

You need something else to wake you up! But I'm not sure what... do you know?

I wonder... hm, I'll think of something. Anyway, the celebrations today will surely not keep me tired for too long, with how busy they will keep me...

It's Independence Day, after all! Haha, Independence... _[...] It's funny, I feel like there's still something I want to be free of, too.

Free, is it... [ that... rings a bell. ] Free of... capture? [ ... ] Because we are... prisoners here? [ he's just muttering every though that randomly enters his head to himself right now ]

Edited 2011-07-06 05:24 (UTC)

_{[ ... She laughs sheepishly. ]} Silly... Isn't it part of your job to get innocent people out of jail? You'd have to be free to do that!

[ blinks ] It is? Ah, yes, that's right, of course it is! I think my mind quickly jumped to a book I read recently... that must be it...

You've been reading strange books! I'm a little worried, though...

Please do not. I will be fine... this is something temporary...

_{[ but that doesn't sound like he's fine... so she gently brings him down to her level so she can push his fringe aside and blow air on his forehead ]}

[ The gesture surprises him at first, for a reason he can't quite understand, and then he finds himself blushing a bit, out of embarrassment. ]

T...this sort of thing- n-not in public, Xiaomei...

Ehehe, you looked off, so I thought I'd blow away all your troubles! Did it work?

[ he blinks and holds back a smile, but a small chuckle escapes him ] I think it did. Thank you, Taiwan-san.

Ehehe, it's no problem...

_{[ T... "Taiwan-san?" Much to her surprise, she doesn't have a problem with Japan calling her that this time around. That's because this time around, part of her knew it was true. She didn't think it was, but she certainly felt it was. Her heart skiops a beat. Hold on. Her face feels hot. Huh? What? She was sure her cheeks were just as red. Why? Haven't they known each other long enough? In fact, it feels like centuries... mere centuries? What? What's going on? Xiaomei's been Kiku's wife for all this time, but from Japan, Taiwan wants to do nothing more but hide. ]}

... Waaah! _{[ She takes a few steps back, shocked at what she'd just done. ]} I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me._{... Aaaaaah...

[ Does she run now? But that doesn't make sense... Her reaction doesn't make sense in the least! ]}

Edited 2011-07-09 01:58 (UTC)

[ Japan blinks and stares at her, with a very slight headtilt. He looks confused, though in a very polite way, and rather worried. ]

...Is everything alright?

Yes! Um... Actually, I just remembered that... I had to do some groceries today! We're all out of bread, you know!

_{[ Oh, there's some bread on that table...

EATS IT ]}

Ahaha! _{[ ...runs to the door ]}

Are we? [ HE NOTICED THAT... and just keeps staring at her... ] Well, if that is... what you say...

十七 ❀ july 4 event - 75% droned

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