[ Akashi totally doesn't know Emerald's schedule or anything. (He does after much observation, lbr.) He's hired someone to wait by Emerald's door with a milkshake. It's in a red milkshake glass with a red straw and it's chocolate flavoured. When in doubt, go for chocolate or vanilla. Akashi felt that Emerald might like chocolate better.
The guy has been waiting for just about five minutes when Emerald returns, so the gift shouldn't be that watered down! The guy also doesn't say anything, merely handing it over without saying who it's from, before he leaves. B| ]
[ She's not sure which part of this annoys her more. The fact that he hired someone to stand there and hand her a milkshake instead of giving it himself or the fact that someone who hired someone to hand her a milkshake thinks of her as a friend. Or the fact that he seems to think he owns the color red so he doesn't have to actually state who he is. Or the fact that anyone seems to like her and she knows if he actually knew her, he'd change his mind and there wouldn't be any milkshakes anymore.
But she does like chocolate milkshakes, so he finally got one of his guesses about her right, and she's definitely not going to waste food.
He does get the glass back, cleaned, with a little note that just has a simplistic smiley face drawn on it taped to the outside. ]
[ It's been a tiring day, packing and all, and the carriage is just about to leave. All that it's waiting for is Akashi, but he said he just has something to do which is knock on Emerald's door to let her know that there's someone out there for her. He decides not to say goodbye personally, though, because it isn't goodbye and they'll see each other again. Akashi doesn't want things to be awkward between them, and it won't be unless it's Emerald who makes it awkward.
He leaves a small box by Emerald's doorstep. In it is a tea set made of bamboo and ceramic, the same one Akashi uses when he makes tea in his apartment. There's no need for that anymore, though. He'll just share the same tea set Kuroko and Midorima have, assuming they have one. He leaves this for her as a present and a reminder that he's still around!
There's even a note that reads, in very neat handwriting that it might even seem computerised:
Emerald,
I hope you'll serve me tea with this when I come to visit.
Seijuro Akashi 赤司 征十郎
(What is even the Kanji for? She can't read that...
[ Emerald hadn't quite been sure what was going to happen with them. He hadn't flat-out cut her out of his life, but her own faith that he's going to come around and decide he actually wants someone like her in his life isn't high. He can't use her, doesn't trust her enough to, and he doesn't depend on her- he doesn't need her, so she doesn't expect much contact from him. It stings, but she accepts it a little too easily. Which is probably why it's so confusing when she opens the door to nearly step on a box with Akashi's tea set in it. She catches herself though, and takes it in before reading the note.
She doesn't bother him back until hours later, probably sometime around the time she thinks he's going to bed. (She did spend a while in his apartment, she's got a general idea at least when he turns in.) At that point, he'll get a telepathic message from her. ]
Hey, I have to go to the store tomorrow. Some scribbling weirdo left me this tea set and I don't have anything to make with it, so...
[ Akashi's just about getting ready for bed. He'd just finished washing up and brushing his teeth, and now he has a book in hand which he'll eventually read ten pages of before he sets it aside to close the lights and then finally sleep. It's a bit difficult to say who will message him and if it's for everybody or just for himself, which is why he tends to accept any and all telepathic messages. He's accommodating that way! It seems this message happens to be for him and him alone.
Not that she'd be able to see, but it does make him smile a little. ]
He enjoys green tea with spearmint and lemongrass.
[ It was poison that almost killed Akashi when he went to Shaarnath, and having a near death experience like that has been etched in his mind. He didn’t die from that vampire bite, but it was still a terrible experience. This is a lot worse, and he decides not to leave his house for a few days after getting back from the hospital.
He wants to be safe no matter what, now. He doesn’t want any harm to befall him, and at this moment in time, he’s resolved not to join any more excursions or even take up self-defence even though the latter would benefit him a lot.
Once he decides he’s ready to leave the house again, a few days after the excursion, he sends a message to Emerald. He wants to see her. He needs to thank her properly. And maybe keep what happened between them... even though his housemates already know. He would prefer if Miu didn’t find out, amongst other friends. ]
[ Emerald has been worried about him, but she did everything she could and she figured he'd come find her when he was ready. It isn't as if there was anything she could do hanging around the hospital. She had to water her plant, do things. And not be around when Akashi woke up as a reminder of what happened, since she doesn't quite know what to think of how easy it is to scare him.
That isn't to say she isn't relieved when she does hear from him. She is. It's a rather opportune moment- she's just finished up hanging her "NO CAROLERS" sign for her door. :) ]
[ While he may not know where Emerald lives, a messenger bird sent by him stops in on Christmas all the same, bringing along a present. It's a pretty beefy bird, too, because while the box is on the smaller side, the crocodile pot inside, though empty except for a note, would be a bit heavy for the tinier ones. ]
I don't know if this is as nice as your turtle, but I thought they could be friends. [ Even though real crocodiles eat turtles.... ] And I don't know if you have Christmas where you're from either (I don't), so feel free to think of this as a late "thanks for helping me" gift. - Oscar
[ Emerald really likes food. Kuroko is sure of it. So, in addition to a tin of Christmas cookies, he adds brownies as well. Additionally, the round gift is a basketball so she can play on her own, if she wants.
A bigger gift will come delivered around dinner: a catered dinner for Christmas. It hosts ham, bread, and traditional sides. It isn't Japan, after all.
One day, he'll find out that she isn't as food crazed as he thinks. ]
[ That doesn't seem right to her. Would he? He's kind of weird about certain things (it's not like it took her more than half a second to figure out who he was talking about). Except that was private. ]
We kissed, then we made out, then I stopped it because it was obvious that he was rebounding. His last girlfriend was literally a gravure idol turned actress who left the planet last month- they didn't even break up. Trust me, nothing's happening. Especially not if he's kissing and telling.
You've been here longer than I have. What do you know about the people that got namedropped in the shit-stirring post I threw out there? Just getting a feel for who else isn't a goody-two-shoes type.
Akechi's definitely a murderer, but he's having some of the same issues with have with emotional explosions. You signed me up for a date with Junko, she seemed okay. She wasn't exactly open about that kind of thing, but she's been here a long time. They both keep it pretty close to the chest, or they did.
Oh, so THAT'S who you got stuck with. Do you know how true any of that stuff about her is? Not for nothing, but it sounded pretty exaggerated to me. And how do you know for sure about Akechi?
Let's see... "explosion boy", that edamame who's supposedly named Zamasu, Leia Organa who is apparently some kind of space terrorist, aaaaaand this chick named Hiyori who can only talk in the third person and claims to have killed hundreds of people.
No idea about Junko. She didn't admit to anything while we were talking.
Akechi and I made murder victim flowers together during Selenium and talked about it. He's got some emotional explosion issues I'm trying to help him with too.
If explosion boy is who I think it is, he's loud and annoying but generally identifies as a hero-type.
I've never spoken to Leia but the impression I get is that she's the diplomatic type.
Never heard of Hiyori or Zamasu but I also haven't really been paying attention.
Mayuzumi is definitely the one who's way more likely to enable her toward bad behavior, whereas Akashi encourages her to be kind and considerate and responsible and all the other things she struggles with. Mayuzumi is the enabler, and she loves him for it.. and is way too susceptible to it, as evidenced by the way she sinks her teeth into his neck just enough to leave little bite marks, but not enough to make him bleed. She kisses the spot, then moves to suck on his Adam's apple for a brief moment before straightening up to kiss his lips. It's then that she mutters against them. ]
Maybe you have enough time to take my shirt off then.
[ She's definitely not going to rush their first time like they were talking about, but.. she's not against doing something a little less serious, that's for sure.
[ He'd braced himself for the possibility that Emerald might object to the drifting of his hands, but it seems like there's nothing to worry about after all. If anything it seems like she's more than ok with it; the feeling of her teeth catching his skin makes a ragged kind of gasp leave his mouth. The back of his neck's feeling really hot from the sudden awareness that those marks she just left on him probably won't be fading immediately, which means it's totally possible Akashi will notice them later even if he doesn't come through the door in the middle of them getting up to what they're getting up to.
Yeah, this really is risky considering privacy isn't at all guaranteed for them, but the low voice she uses when she makes that invitation shuts down Mayuzumi's higher thinking for a moment; if he had any thoughts about suggesting they tone things down they just flew entirely out the window.
He is definitely not the guy who's going to say no to the chance to fool around a bit when she's encouraging him like this. Getting caught would be awkward but it's also not as if they're doing anything bad, really. It's totally normal for people around their ages in a relationship to experiment with getting physical, right? Hell, the talk he overheard from other guys sometimes back at Rakuzan just underscored that he's kind of a late bloomer here.
He swallows and wets lips that suddenly feel pretty dry because his time to start blooming a bit seems to have arrived. ]
There's only one way to find out.
[ There's a nervous kind of exhilaration coursing through him now and God, even his palms feel like they're burning. Crap, are his hands sweaty right now? He doesn't know and it takes some effort to resist a sudden and highly awkward urge to lift his hands off her body to wipe them off on his shirt or pants or something.
Instead he manages to slide his hands over her hips almost like he knows what the hell he's doing for a minute, fingers catching beneath the fabric of her top when they begin to trace up her sides, exposing the skin underneath as they travel higher and higher. Even when he's seen this part of her body thanks to clothes that show off her midriff before, her skin being revealed to him now this way and feeling it beneath his fingertips is vastly different and charges up the atmosphere between them.
His eyes glance up to meet hers again briefly when the tips of his thumbs brush against her upper ribcage, but there's only a slight pause before he presses ahead and slides her shirt all the way up to show him everything underneath it from collarbone to waist. He might be new at this and still a little unsure he's doing this right and his blush might feel like it's starting to reach his ears, but he wants it to be clear that he meant every possesive word he said a moment ago and doesn't have any doubts about taking his feelings for her to the next level. ]
[ Emerald really isn't sure what the "next level" is for the two of them. She's fine with.. well, just about anything, considering she's already agreed to let him be her first. And yet, she finds herself holding her breath as he peels the fabric off from her skin, her breasts bouncing out of the shirt in a u-cut strapless bra. Her secret of how she fights upside down in a u-cut tube top is out. Instead of making Mayuzumi struggle with figuring that out, once he's done removing her shirt, she reaches behind her to undo the clasp, not breaking eye contact with him as she does and the piece of undergarment falls on his lap between the two of them.
She finally lets out her breath in a little nervous laugh and looks away. ]
I forgot to breathe.
[ She smiles up at him and watches him cautiously, waiting a few moments before asking. ]
[ He's grateful Emerald takes care of the bra situation for him; he's not sure if he has the mental or physical dexterity to handle it after seeing the motion of her breasts just now and...well, just seeing her half-naked at all.
Even if he weren't actually on another planet it sure feels just as far removed as that to see her like this even from the girls he's seen in the occasional gravure magazines and AVs back home. He's someone who's spent quite a lot of his youth with his desires and imagination mired in an idealized 2D world, the kind where a guy like him isn't forever unnoticed and easily forgettable; it always has been a comforting kind of escape and coping mechanism at heart, despite his awareness from the very start that he was entertaining ridiculous, impossible fantasies and that no perfect heroine was ever going to drop out of the sky for him. Except it turns out that it really wasn't so impossible, because he's landed here and Emerald's entered his life, piercing through that dimensional barrier and drawing him into a life lived fully in glorious 3D. He's still no chosen one or anyone particularly special, but he somehow managed to have an amazing girl like her fall for him and that's more than enough to satisfy him.
There's that electric kind of feeling in the air again emanating from him, reminiscent of when they first kissed but warmer and gentler this time, enveloping them both like the static from a cozy wool sweater. This time there isn't any pressure to perform in front of a third party to prove a point, just the two of them following where their feelings lead them at their own pace. She's nervous, and he's nervous...and that's all right.
When she gives him the go-ahead, he moves to cup one of her breasts with a hand that feels almost too big for such a delicate task, marveling at the soft fullness cradled against his palm. He's absurdly careful with how he touches her, his thumb tracing over the curve when he gives a light squeeze, like he's afraid that if he's too rough he won't just hurt her but that this magical situation will also evaporate and he'll wake back up in a shoebox university apartment with just a book on his lap instead of the girl of his dreams.
Because he kind of is; something this amazing actually happening to him does feel way too good to be true. ]
...You're really beautiful...
[ He breathes it out softly, his embarrassment after saying something so intimate obvious, but at the same time he can't help but speak an absolute truth. ]
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The guy has been waiting for just about five minutes when Emerald returns, so the gift shouldn't be that watered down! The guy also doesn't say anything, merely handing it over without saying who it's from, before he leaves. B| ]
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But she does like chocolate milkshakes, so he finally got one of his guesses about her right, and she's definitely not going to waste food.
He does get the glass back, cleaned, with a little note that just has a simplistic smiley face drawn on it taped to the outside. ]
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He leaves a small box by Emerald's doorstep. In it is a tea set made of bamboo and ceramic, the same one Akashi uses when he makes tea in his apartment. There's no need for that anymore, though. He'll just share the same tea set Kuroko and Midorima have, assuming they have one. He leaves this for her as a present and a reminder that he's still around!
There's even a note that reads, in very neat handwriting that it might even seem computerised:
Emerald,
I hope you'll serve me tea with this when I come to visit.
Seijuro Akashi
赤司 征十郎
(What is even the Kanji for? She can't read that...
What a pretentious asshole.) ]
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She doesn't bother him back until hours later, probably sometime around the time she thinks he's going to bed. (She did spend a while in his apartment, she's got a general idea at least when he turns in.) At that point, he'll get a telepathic message from her. ]
Hey, I have to go to the store tomorrow. Some scribbling weirdo left me this tea set and I don't have anything to make with it, so...
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Not that she'd be able to see, but it does make him smile a little. ]
He enjoys green tea with spearmint and lemongrass.
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I told you he's weird. Chamomile's way better.
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He wants to be safe no matter what, now. He doesn’t want any harm to befall him, and at this moment in time, he’s resolved not to join any more excursions or even take up self-defence even though the latter would benefit him a lot.
Once he decides he’s ready to leave the house again, a few days after the excursion, he sends a message to Emerald. He wants to see her. He needs to thank her properly. And maybe keep what happened between them... even though his housemates already know. He would prefer if Miu didn’t find out, amongst other friends. ]
Are you available to talk?
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That isn't to say she isn't relieved when she does hear from him. She is. It's a rather opportune moment- she's just finished up hanging her "NO CAROLERS" sign for her door. :) ]
Sure. I'm guessing you don't mean like this.
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[ He can’t exactly give her a present if they don’t meet, either! ]
Are you in your apartment? It may take a while, but I can go there.
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[ Hospitalization means he wasn't walking around for a bit! :) She means it in a good way. ]
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I don't know if this is as nice as your turtle, but I thought they could be friends. [ Even though real crocodiles eat turtles.... ] And I don't know if you have Christmas where you're from either (I don't), so feel free to think of this as a late "thanks for helping me" gift. - Oscar
Christmas gift
A bigger gift will come delivered around dinner: a catered dinner for Christmas. It hosts ham, bread, and traditional sides. It isn't Japan, after all.
One day, he'll find out that she isn't as food crazed as he thinks. ]
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[ She genuinely has no idea. It's not like Akashi went and told her that Mercury found out! ]
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Seijuro told you?
[ That doesn't seem right to her. Would he? He's kind of weird about certain things (it's not like it took her more than half a second to figure out who he was talking about). Except that was private. ]
We kissed, then we made out, then I stopped it because it was obvious that he was rebounding. His last girlfriend was literally a gravure idol turned actress who left the planet last month- they didn't even break up. Trust me, nothing's happening. Especially not if he's kissing and telling.
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Let's see... "explosion boy", that edamame who's supposedly named Zamasu, Leia Organa who is apparently some kind of space terrorist, aaaaaand this chick named Hiyori who can only talk in the third person and claims to have killed hundreds of people.
There are some weird fish in this net.
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Akechi and I made murder victim flowers together during Selenium and talked about it. He's got some emotional explosion issues I'm trying to help him with too.
If explosion boy is who I think it is, he's loud and annoying but generally identifies as a hero-type.
I've never spoken to Leia but the impression I get is that she's the diplomatic type.
Never heard of Hiyori or Zamasu but I also haven't really been paying attention.
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Happy Flower Festival, Emerald. I hope you make it a good one.
- Neptune
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Mayuzumi is definitely the one who's way more likely to enable her toward bad behavior, whereas Akashi encourages her to be kind and considerate and responsible and all the other things she struggles with. Mayuzumi is the enabler, and she loves him for it.. and is way too susceptible to it, as evidenced by the way she sinks her teeth into his neck just enough to leave little bite marks, but not enough to make him bleed. She kisses the spot, then moves to suck on his Adam's apple for a brief moment before straightening up to kiss his lips. It's then that she mutters against them. ]
Maybe you have enough time to take my shirt off then.
[ She's definitely not going to rush their first time like they were talking about, but.. she's not against doing something a little less serious, that's for sure.
Even if they're bound to get caught. ]
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Yeah, this really is risky considering privacy isn't at all guaranteed for them, but the low voice she uses when she makes that invitation shuts down Mayuzumi's higher thinking for a moment; if he had any thoughts about suggesting they tone things down they just flew entirely out the window.
He is definitely not the guy who's going to say no to the chance to fool around a bit when she's encouraging him like this. Getting caught would be awkward but it's also not as if they're doing anything bad, really. It's totally normal for people around their ages in a relationship to experiment with getting physical, right? Hell, the talk he overheard from other guys sometimes back at Rakuzan just underscored that he's kind of a late bloomer here.
He swallows and wets lips that suddenly feel pretty dry because his time to start blooming a bit seems to have arrived. ]
There's only one way to find out.
[ There's a nervous kind of exhilaration coursing through him now and God, even his palms feel like they're burning. Crap, are his hands sweaty right now? He doesn't know and it takes some effort to resist a sudden and highly awkward urge to lift his hands off her body to wipe them off on his shirt or pants or something.
Instead he manages to slide his hands over her hips almost like he knows what the hell he's doing for a minute, fingers catching beneath the fabric of her top when they begin to trace up her sides, exposing the skin underneath as they travel higher and higher. Even when he's seen this part of her body thanks to clothes that show off her midriff before, her skin being revealed to him now this way and feeling it beneath his fingertips is vastly different and charges up the atmosphere between them.
His eyes glance up to meet hers again briefly when the tips of his thumbs brush against her upper ribcage, but there's only a slight pause before he presses ahead and slides her shirt all the way up to show him everything underneath it from collarbone to waist. He might be new at this and still a little unsure he's doing this right and his blush might feel like it's starting to reach his ears, but he wants it to be clear that he meant every possesive word he said a moment ago and doesn't have any doubts about taking his feelings for her to the next level. ]
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Her secret of how she fights upside down in a u-cut tube top is out.Instead of making Mayuzumi struggle with figuring that out, once he's done removing her shirt, she reaches behind her to undo the clasp, not breaking eye contact with him as she does and the piece of undergarment falls on his lap between the two of them.She finally lets out her breath in a little nervous laugh and looks away. ]
I forgot to breathe.
[ She smiles up at him and watches him cautiously, waiting a few moments before asking. ]
You can touch them.
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[ He's grateful Emerald takes care of the bra situation for him; he's not sure if he has the mental or physical dexterity to handle it after seeing the motion of her breasts just now and...well, just seeing her half-naked at all.
Even if he weren't actually on another planet it sure feels just as far removed as that to see her like this even from the girls he's seen in the occasional gravure magazines and AVs back home. He's someone who's spent quite a lot of his youth with his desires and imagination mired in an idealized 2D world, the kind where a guy like him isn't forever unnoticed and easily forgettable; it always has been a comforting kind of escape and coping mechanism at heart, despite his awareness from the very start that he was entertaining ridiculous, impossible fantasies and that no perfect heroine was ever going to drop out of the sky for him. Except it turns out that it really wasn't so impossible, because he's landed here and Emerald's entered his life, piercing through that dimensional barrier and drawing him into a life lived fully in glorious 3D. He's still no chosen one or anyone particularly special, but he somehow managed to have an amazing girl like her fall for him and that's more than enough to satisfy him.
There's that electric kind of feeling in the air again emanating from him, reminiscent of when they first kissed but warmer and gentler this time, enveloping them both like the static from a cozy wool sweater. This time there isn't any pressure to perform in front of a third party to prove a point, just the two of them following where their feelings lead them at their own pace. She's nervous, and he's nervous...and that's all right.
When she gives him the go-ahead, he moves to cup one of her breasts with a hand that feels almost too big for such a delicate task, marveling at the soft fullness cradled against his palm. He's absurdly careful with how he touches her, his thumb tracing over the curve when he gives a light squeeze, like he's afraid that if he's too rough he won't just hurt her but that this magical situation will also evaporate and he'll wake back up in a shoebox university apartment with just a book on his lap instead of the girl of his dreams.
Because he kind of is; something this amazing actually happening to him does feel way too good to be true. ]
...You're really beautiful...
[ He breathes it out softly, his embarrassment after saying something so intimate obvious, but at the same time he can't help but speak an absolute truth. ]
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