Excellent thinking! ♪ I'll look forward to hearing more creative compliments from Jun-kun in the future! And if you ever need suggestions, you can always ask me for ideas, since I'm always up to the task of praising myself! ♪
[Is that something to brag about...? And wouldn't that defeat the whole idea of creativity? Well, whatever.
In response to the next thing, he chirps,]
Yes, "pretty good!" Don't tell me Jun-kun was itching to be called "handsome" or something like that?
[He smirks. Then he adds,]
But if that's what you want, then I guess I can call you that. Since Jun-kun does look handsome.
[And beautiful, too, actually. Hiyori's always thought him to be beautiful. But that's somehow more embarrassing than calling him handsome, and he has a feeling Jun would look at him funny if he did. Then again, his reaction might be funny.
But back to the suits. Jun confirms with his next word that the suit is a perfect fit, which means Hiyori's hunch was correct. And that pleases him, somehow, in ways he doesn't quite know how to express in words at first.
That pleasure only intensifies when they head into the bathroom, standing shoulder-to-shoulder in fromt of the mirror. Like this, he can appreciate the full effect of their "couple's outfit." A quiet warmth spreads inside his chest, and all he says at first is,]
Of course we do. We're Eve!
[But that's not all. Is it?
As Eve and as Eden, they've worn complimentary outfits before. Identical ones, ones with slightly changed designs, and ones that reflect their respective image colors. Wearing matching clothes is nothing new, in other words. So why does seeing them like this in the mirror tug at his heartstrings now? It could just be that they're dating now and they weren't at home, but it also feels like it's more than that. In a way, the present from Jin Mingming feels like validation. This whole time he's been worried that their relationship is a liability here, that the House will punish them or tear them apart. It's keeping them from playing the game, after all, which is what they've been brought here for. Jin Mingming's own words had scared him to the point of nightmares.
And yet she did this for him. And it feels like their relationship—their love for each other—has been recognized: not as something that needs to be broken up, but as something worth paying tribute to. Something beautiful.
Perhaps he's reading too much into it, but that's what it feels like.
The look in his eyes softens, and he finds his fingers brushing Jun's.]
... it's nice, isn't it?
[He graps his hand lightly and squeezes.]
I see why you wanted to pick out matching jewelry.
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[Is that something to brag about...? And wouldn't that defeat the whole idea of creativity? Well, whatever.
In response to the next thing, he chirps,]
Yes, "pretty good!" Don't tell me Jun-kun was itching to be called "handsome" or something like that?
[He smirks. Then he adds,]
But if that's what you want, then I guess I can call you that. Since Jun-kun does look handsome.
[And beautiful, too, actually. Hiyori's always thought him to be beautiful. But that's somehow more embarrassing than calling him handsome, and he has a feeling Jun would look at him funny if he did. Then again, his reaction might be funny.
But back to the suits. Jun confirms with his next word that the suit is a perfect fit, which means Hiyori's hunch was correct. And that pleases him, somehow, in ways he doesn't quite know how to express in words at first.
That pleasure only intensifies when they head into the bathroom, standing shoulder-to-shoulder in fromt of the mirror. Like this, he can appreciate the full effect of their "couple's outfit." A quiet warmth spreads inside his chest, and all he says at first is,]
Of course we do. We're Eve!
[But that's not all. Is it?
As Eve and as Eden, they've worn complimentary outfits before. Identical ones, ones with slightly changed designs, and ones that reflect their respective image colors. Wearing matching clothes is nothing new, in other words. So why does seeing them like this in the mirror tug at his heartstrings now? It could just be that they're dating now and they weren't at home, but it also feels like it's more than that. In a way, the present from Jin Mingming feels like validation. This whole time he's been worried that their relationship is a liability here, that the House will punish them or tear them apart. It's keeping them from playing the game, after all, which is what they've been brought here for. Jin Mingming's own words had scared him to the point of nightmares.
And yet she did this for him. And it feels like their relationship—their love for each other—has been recognized: not as something that needs to be broken up, but as something worth paying tribute to. Something beautiful.
Perhaps he's reading too much into it, but that's what it feels like.
The look in his eyes softens, and he finds his fingers brushing Jun's.]
... it's nice, isn't it?
[He graps his hand lightly and squeezes.]
I see why you wanted to pick out matching jewelry.