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Xiu frowned as she gazed into the basket, eying the contents carefully. Had she forgotten anything? A plate of freshly-baked spookies sat beside a thermos of freshly brewed--and still hot--tea. Further off to the side of the basket was a small box that contained four different kinds of mooncakes--the festival would be coming up soon, after all--and sitting above all of this stuff was an envelope containing this year's prom photos. Although they were no longer necessary to help jolt the ghoul's memories--after all, that hadn't actually been Mitsu in the first place--the baku thought that it would be nice to give her friends a copy anyways.

To say that she was worried about the lycan would have been a great understatement, though. Honestly, the baku was relieved that her friend was back home, safe and sound, but she had no doubt that it would take some time for Mitsu to recover. And even then, how much would this experience have changed her? A little? A lot?

Before long, she found herself in front of the familiar door. After a bit of hesitation, the baku lifted her hand and rapped her knuckles against the door. "Aniki? Mitsu? Umm, it's Xiu. I hope I'm not bothering you, but..."

Blade Kuroda

Inu-Mitsu

Mitsu had been busy combing out Milo (who had been a white foxfire this whole time so shh) when the knock on the door came. It startled her enough that the brush in her hand went flying her eyes watching it as it arched in the air, hit the ground, bounced and vanished under the bed. Milo didn't seem to notice his brushing had been done he continued to wiggle happily on the bed content as Mitsu patted him instead.

Turning a leery gaze toward the door Mitsu soon heard Xiu's voice her eyes brightening slightly but there was still a hint of concern. Grabbing up the little puff of fur she held him close as she scooted off the bed. Shun had went to answer the door and Mitsu stood back a decent ways watching him converse with the baku on the other side. It...seemed safe?

Mitsu didn't have much of a reaction to give as Shun looked back at her. Mostly she just stared back. At least it wasn't a discouraging look?

Mitsu didn't give much of a response. But since she didn't say no and Shun felt it would be good for her to interact with her friends too, he decided that it was fine to let Xiu come on in. Stepping back, he opened the door a little more widely so the Baku can come inside.

"No, you're fine. We were just relaxing is all. I'm sure Mitsu would be very happy to see you. It's been awhile after all," he said quietly before moving back to sit over by the bed once more. He paused though, at the mention of moon cakes.

"Huh. I suppose it is about that time of year again, isn't it? Thank you by the way."

Xiu seemed relieved to know that she hadn't come at a bad time, and when she was wordlessly invited inside, she slipped in after Shun. "Yup! I still remember when I had you help me make mooncakes last year. And don't mention it."

She smiled and gave a dismissive wave of her hand before turning to look at Mitsu, her expression immediately softening. Of course, she was excited to see her friend again, though the ghoul still told herself to be particularly gentle around the other ghoul. She didn't completely know how Mitsu was faring right now, after all, though it was a relief to see her here and safe. Before she could open her mouth and say anything, however, a certain foxfire decided to bounce over and say hi.

Laughing, Xiu crouched down so that she could pet the excitable little mini, giving it a few pats on the head before turning to smile up at Mitsu.

"Hi, Mitsu! It's almost time for the festival again, so I thought I'd bring you guys some mooncakes again this year. Umm, you like them, right?"

Milo couldn't have been more excited his little body nearly vibrating from happiness. His little feet couldn't stay still as he received pets, doing his best to push his head into Xiu's hand. Yes, pets, give me your love. At least that's what his beady little eyes said.

At the greeting after Mitsu rose her hand again in a silent hi finally taking a few steps closer so that she wasn't nearly across the room. She was also curious as to what kind of mooncakes Xiu had made though her direction was taking her closer and closer to Shun. Perhaps she was still a little wary, her hands nervously running through her short hair.

"Sounds good, thank you Xiu," Shun nodded before pausing at the mention of tea. He sort of eyed her warily, "This isn't your special tea is it?"

As in the one that knocks people out. Last he saw Xiu he was more sleep deprived so....

Xiu puffed her cheeks out at the question. "Of course not! I assure you that I would warn you ahead of time if I made you a batch of...of my 'special tea', as you put it." Her tail lashed behind her as she pouted up at the reaper, cheeks still puffed out like a blowfish.

When she turned back to see that Mitsu was reaching for the prom pictures, however, the ghoul's expression immediately changed to that of a smile. She leaned forward to hand it to her, drawing back when the envelope was in Mitsu's hands. "You two looked really great that night! Judging by the pictures, I think my camera really loved you guys too."

Her attention was then diverted to Milo--the most precious of foxfires--as he went through...tricks? A whole bunch of tricks, it seemed, though the baku couldn't fathom why he would suddenly perform so many of them in a row. It was adorable, to be sure, but...oh!

Xiu looked from the tin of mooncakes, to the mini, and then back. Aah, now she understood. "You don't want these! Though umm, I might have something that you'll like." Prompting stuffing the tin of mooncakes at Shun, the ghoul dug through her obi until she produced a small bag of mini treats, pouring one into her hand and stooping down. "I made these for my own minis, but I'm sure they won't mind sharing. Good boil, Milo!"

With the envelope in her hands Mitsu carefully removed the pictures to look through. There were a lot of faces some she was good friends with and some she was only familiar with. They were all happy and smiling frozen in that moment that was Prom. Shun had began to search through a few pictures as well and managed to turn up one of the two of them together.

Looking at it curiously Mitsu touched the picture slightly looking at the way she had been. Why did that moment feel like it had been years ago? It felt so distant. The memory was still there it just didn't seem as fresh as other things. Not to mention she looked very different now even in the short span of time. Carefully her fingers touched her hair in the photo before they pulled back to run through the short cut hair she currently had with a frown.

When it seemed Xiu had something for him Milo began to wiggle excitedly. He turned in a quick circle as she stooped down toward him and quickly investigated her hand as soon as it was offered. It didn't seem to matter that it hadn't come from the tin he didn't know the difference. All Milo knew was it was food and it was tasty.

Having demolished the treat in no time Milo sniffed Xiu's hands for remains licking her fingers to make sure he had gotten everything before he promptly went through his routine of tricks again. This time at the end he stood up on his hind feet and lifted both of his front paws in a begging motion. He knew how to work it.