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Good evening.

I hope you're acclimating well to this world. I know it can be a taxing affair to adjust to it.

Of course, if you need any assistance or have questions, I'm happy to help

Edited (mean 2 me SO MEAN TO ME) 2025-05-06 01:03 (UTC)

[ Haruaki's sleep schedule is more reliable to plan around than the rising and setting of the sun itself.

He goes to bed every evening at 10 pm, 'when good kids go to sleep', and wakes up exactly seven hours later at 5 am. Akira's advised that eight hours is the sweet spot for most humans, but the routine is so thoroughly ingrained it's not likely to change even in a strange new reality.

Meanwhile, Haruaki has never caught Akira sleeping. He's awake when Haruaki goes to bed, awake when he gets up, when he leaves for errands, when he gets home from errands...Akira seems tired every now and then, sure, but it's never clear when he actually gets any kind of rest.

Like now, for instance. It's a little after 5 in the morning and Akira's at his coffee table in the living room, nose deep in a book and dog (mostly) out like a light on his lap. When Haruaki comes out of his new bedroom, Akira of course looks up from his book with a smile as energetic as ever. ]

Ah, good morning Abe-sensei.

Um hi.
Totally out of the blue and as casual and haphazard as this might seem, someone told me to contact you.

Akechi, I think his name was? Said you were a teacher and that you might be able to help me?

[There comes from behind Haruaki the sound of tiny hiccups, little chirping whimpers, and sniffling. Mii-kun tugs at his own sleeves, looking around under bushes and behind benches, but never upward at the tall buildings lining the Stellari streets. He's too lost! And so, the tears pick up until he's sobbing. He has nothing to hug, so he has to hug himself, watery eyes still scanning. He can only see people's shins as they move past in big crowds.]

Nii-- [BIG breath.] NII-SAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!

Sunshine, guess what! I got you a present! ♡

[Haruaki takes him to the blue-sanded beach in Visium. Sano doesn't necessarily go to the ocean often like he used to, but he's always enjoyed it. It's too late to swim or build things with sand, so they're just walking. It doesn't really feel like a date. It's just Seimei...]

You're happy with this? [He doesn't sound doubtful, just...conscientious.]

[It only makes sense to go Christmas shopping together. Oda's never met Takahashi-sensei, and Haruaki...apparently needs some sort of insight on Akechi that he doesn't already have? Oda's really not the person to ask, but he likes spending time with Haruaki, so he agrees to come along. They meet in the marketplace in Stellari. Oda approaches with his hands in his pockets.]

Yo.

[ When Haruaki wakes up on Christmas and looks outside... there is a mysterious paper bag!!

Inside... there is a school uniform.

Actually no. Not quite. It looks like a school uniform, but it's like the top and the skirt are sown together to be one piece? Anyways, there's a note with it. ]

Mr. Haruaki!!! Merry Christmas!!! I tried asking for help on sewing a school uniform, but they ended up making it as a one piece! I considered cutting it in half, but then I think you'd cry, so I'm giving it to you like this for you to do what you want! A one of a kind school uniform that no other school has. It's awesome, kind of like Sailor Moon! Power of love!! And! Peace!!!

-Flat

[Haruaki's gift comes in the form of a simple red envelope, tucked between a pair of warm Christmas-themed mittens, and containing an origami folded into the shape of a sailor uniform. If Haruaki unfolds it, a simple note is written inside the origami paper.

'1 from the Specials Page once we're back home. And I did drink all of it. >:P

-Merry Christmas'

He didn't, but he also doesn't like to be told what to do, so he's going to be contrarian (and keep the good booze till there's a nice reason to break into it) just because.]

[ Akira was almost too eager to bother with wrapping but he still managed, nice ribbons over nice paper for a box small enough to be for some kind of jewelry. But instead what's inside is...

Well. Something obviously handmade. The stitching is phenomenal, everything hemmed and lined with care, but pattern pieces--if there were any--seem to have been a little mismatched, making the whole thing off center. But it should still work as it's intended: a sailor uniform the perfect size for any of the plush dolls Haru collected from the recent fan event.

And a promise to try again. He's got more, after all, and singling one out wouldn't be fair to the others or to Haruaki. ]

text - un: akechi

hey so, gray first actually

voice-to-text un: belmont

( action ) it's the age event

early november