二十五 ❀

[naicha]

✿ action

[ Tiny Taiwan is walking around or on top of a ladder covered in Christmas lights and tinsel as attempts to hang them on the front of her house at 1245 Williams Road. On one hand, she looks like she could use some help! On the other, she looks like she's having so much fun... She doesn't celebrate Christmas, not like this, but cold weather and recent events have gotten her in a Christmas mood.

The cafe isn't open around this time yet, but passerby may notice the sudden addition of a pair of plum blossom trees in her front yard. ]

Look, I'm a Christmas tree!

[ Chances are she's talking to Pops, Nadeko or Homura, who are inside the house, but feel free to approach her while she's decorating, too. ]

✿ phone

Hi, um, I have a question!

[ You can just tell this isn't important. She is all about the trivial things today. Oh well, they easily take her mind off the events of last week! ]

Are nations allowed to kiss each other? Is that okay? If your nation kissed another nation, would that be okay with you? [ A beat. ] What if they weren't a nation?

I really want to know! Because I don't want to not be a nation if it's not allowed... Thank you!

[ TAIWAN WHY DIDN'T YOU FILTER THIS SCREAMS ]

Comments

[makemebreakfast.livejournal.com]

It's just too weird for me. I don't think I'll ever get it.

[naicha]

Ehehe... Arcueid doesn't need to get it, I guess.

So does she think it's okay? For nations to kiss.

[makemebreakfast.livejournal.com]

I guess?

I mean, if you're people, you can do what you want. I dunno if the people in your country would like it, considering what country you might be kissing or hugging or having sex with or whatever...but you can do what you want.

[naicha]

I can do what I want...? So there aren't any rules, huh... That sounds really nice. But a little strange.

[makemebreakfast.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't know what it's like for you back home but here I doubt the same rules apply.

[naicha]

Mayfield is a little different, huh. The people we're scared of might not even show up at all.

[makemebreakfast.livejournal.com]

Maybe.

Or even if they do nothing that happens here matters. I went back home for a little while and didn't remember this place at all.

....I think.

[naicha]

Nothing that happens here matters?

[ Taiwan bites her lip. Even if it was true, she didn't want to think about it in that way. She could live without a few memories, but... ]

Hmm... [ There might be bad memories in Mayfield, but there are good ones, too. ]

[makemebreakfast.livejournal.com]

Well...as far as I know, anyway.

I don't really know for sure, though.

[naicha]

... Even if we do forget, I don't think that makes the pain better or the good things worse. In fact, I should enjoy it for--

...for as long as I can...

Mm. Mm! That's right. I... don't need to fear anything.

[makemebreakfast.livejournal.com]

[Arcueid admonishes herself in her own head for forgetting that the passive way she talks about things can often hurt people's feelings around here.]

Yea, exactly...heh.

Oh...what country did you kiss?

[naicha]

What... country? O-oh, he's not really a country...

[makemebreakfast.livejournal.com]

Oh..so it was just a regular human then?

[Arcueid's not a gossiper by a longshot...she just gets curious.]

[naicha]

He's not a regular human either! Um, he's... another kind of territory or something. Wah! [ Saying his name is embarrassing! Shh! ]

[makemebreakfast.livejournal.com]

Oh c'mon just tell me what territory it was. I bet it's probably cute.

[naicha]

Promise you won't tell anyone, okay? It's um...

[ Takes this time to cover her face with her hand. Even on the phone, she's shy. ]

... H-Hong Kong...

[makemebreakfast.livejournal.com]

Awwww.

Aren't Taiwan and China allies or something? I don't really pay attention to that kind of stuff.

1/2

[naicha]

No!

[naicha]

Ah! Sorry... but we're not, you know. That's why I was worrying about it...

[makemebreakfast.livejournal.com]

Oh...so I guess you're going to be allied now?

By a liplock treaty? [Yes, this is Arcueid trying to be funny.]

[naicha]

[ PFFT- ]

If only treaties were that easy, huh? Though kissing is already kind of hard... You have to be emotionally prepared and stuff, you know!

[makemebreakfast.livejournal.com]

I dunno...it was kind of fun.

But...I've never really kissed many people either.

[TOO BAD TAIWAN CAN'T SEE ARCUEID'S FACE TURNING RED.]

[naicha]

Hehe... it was.

Ooh, Arcueid's kissed someone, too? Who? Who? [ Taiwan's a gossip... ]

[makemebreakfast.livejournal.com]

A-ah...um...

Well, it was Shiki...but he's gone now anyways.

And...well I don't wanna talk about anyone else.

[naicha]

A boy also named Shiki... Ohhh, is he your boyfriend?