十七 ❀ july 4 event - 75% droned

[naicha]

_{[ 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? <sub>[ 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. ]</sub>



Ah... What was I looking for again?

<sub>[ 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. ]</sub>



Are they really trying to kill us? ... That's silly. <sub>[ 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.)</sub>

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[politerudeness.livejournal.com]

[ 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...

[naicha]

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

[politerudeness.livejournal.com]

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

[naicha]

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. <sub>... Aaaaaah...

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

[politerudeness.livejournal.com]

[ 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?

[naicha]

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

<sub>[ Oh, there's some bread on that table...

EATS IT ]</sub>

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

[politerudeness.livejournal.com]

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