cerealia; ic inbox.

[puerilely]

"Looks like you tried to contact me just when I don't feel like answering.. try again later, okay?"

[ either leave a voice message, call him, or send him a text! ]

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[poised]

[and another text a few minutes later-]

o o o o o

I had been told that the xs mean kisses and os mean hugs through text so there you are.

o o o o o

[puerilely]

[ Shuu only gets emotional over the dumbest things. Point in case. But there's just something so.. odd about all of this. Something that almost makes him a little scared, because this sort of stuff is too good to be true, right? Even when he calls himself a bad person, she says he isn't. She says not all demons are worthy of hate. That he really is like family to her, that he's important to her, and she's even - sort of - giving him hugs..

His fingers clench a little bit tighter around the CereVice, like that's his way of trying to hold onto those "hugs".

After all, the last time he felt this attached to family, they.. ]

Onee-chan isn't leaving, right?

In the future.. I'll get hugs too?

[ Congratulations, Natalia, you now have one demon duckling imprinting on you. ]

[poised]

[The question confuses her. It also worries her because she can't promise anything. People here are so quick to leave and all the rest of her friends who were royalty were so quick to disappear.... What if she were to suddenly disappear and Shuu were to react negatively? But oh, she can't just say that to him....

She has to return to her kingdom someday soon but... What can she say?]

Certainly you will, Shuu. As many hugs as you desire.

[She's not very good at affection but she can promise that for her little brother. As for the other bit....]

For now, I have no intentions of going anywhere. I will only return to my kingdom once this entire matter has been resolved.

[That is her pledge.]

[puerilely]

[ Too bad Shuu still takes it the most extreme way despite her careful wording.. mostly since he's great at deluding himself. If Natalia says she isn't going anywhere, then she won't go anywhere - which means he'd throw a fit if she would disappear after all.

But for now he's a little more preocuppied with a word in that statement, blinking at his device for a few moments before just parroting it back at her. ]

Your kingdom?

[ As in.. possessive you.. Natalia has her own kingdom? All to herself? ]

[poised]

[ . . . . . whoa, she didn't think that he'd notice that. So she shifts uncomfortably for a second before admitting--]

Well, that is something I'd rather discuss with you in person.... It's rather impersonal to communicate over technology like this!

[But. That isn't her saying that she won't tell him....]

[puerilely]

[ He can take that hint from it. Which is why - for once - he doesn't instantly harass her about it to tell him now. It's not tact per se, more just that he recognizes she will tell him later, so he can live with it until then.. it makes the thought of hearing it later only more exciting. ]

So you'll tell me some other time? When we see each other?

[poised]

[Oh no.... it's really thoughtful, honestly. Natalia blinks and then smiles faintly down at her Cerevice. Well, that does suit her just fine.]

Without a doubt, Shuu. I'll tell you. I promise.

[It's only natural to make that sort of promise when he acts like this, really.]