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 Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:20 pm
It was...frustrating, for Himeko, that she only had so much time to...well, be Himeko. Three hours a day, carefully rationed if she wanted to use them. No saving for later, no building up credit. And most of the time, she was fine with that. Sakuraiite was the real her, anyway, as far as she was concerned; it was the person as whom she spent the majority of her time, and the...unique circumstances of her half-youmafication meant that she had no civilian life to miss.
But sometimes, it was inconvenient, like when she wanted to see Emmett as Himeko, and they would only have so long to do that. At least his roommate was no longer an issue, since he had ******** off to some sort of higher Negaverse state of existence.
Good for him. Convenient for Himeko, since she didn't have to worry about someone else being at Emmett's home.
She knocked on the door, hoping he was there. After that stupid Saturn Knight's absurd magic, she just....needed to see him. Needed to hear him say that he would miss her if she was gone.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:01 pm
Emmett... kind of missed having someone around the house. Sure, it made things inconvenient sometimes, but he enjoyed another presence, having someone he could pay attention to and take care of. Ugh. He sounded so sissy. And then he took a deep breath and sternly told himself off for that—he knew better now. That wasn't cool or fair. And normally, sure, that wasn't something he'd ever give a s**t about, but... He'd had a lot of time to self reflect, recently, and ever since his weird encounter with the stupid Mirror senshi, well. He'd been paying attention. And it sucked. It sucked a lot. But.... stuff had seemed to improve around him, somewhat. He liked that. So when the knock came, he leapt to answer the door, eager for company to distract him from his thoughts. "Oh—Himeko, babe," he greeted, opening the door wider to let her in. "It's nice to see you." His eyes raked over her—he loved both of her forms, of course he did, but this one, the more human one... Was just more special. Because he got to spend so little time with her like this. He wished he could have more. "What brings you here, sweetheart? Need a little lovin'?" he asked with a teasing grin.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:24 pm
There was something reassuring, in the way that the door opened so quickly after she knocked. In the way that Emmett looked at her, drank her in, so obviously wanted to see her. At the very least, he would miss something about her if she didn't come home from a patrol.
Still. She wanted to rise to meet him, flirt back, shove away her feelings and take comfort in the physical, but realistically, that probably wouldn't help her. Besides, it was one little show of emotional vulnerability for someone who, on the whole, she trusted implicitly.
"I'm glad to see you too, darling," she said, and she slipped past him, into the house. "You could...say that I'm looking for some affection, yes."
She took a breath, let it out, in the form of a restless sigh.
"This is a ridiculous question. I know. But...you would miss me, yes? If I were gone? If some twist of poor fortune in this war took my life?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:30 pm
Emmett shut the door behind her, bending down to skim the top of her head with a quick little kiss as she passed him by, and locked the door for good measure. He started to make his way to the couch, hoping she would come sit with him, but then her words caught up to him and he stopped abruptly, turning to stare at her. "Of course I would," he said tenderly, moving towards her again to pull her into a gentle hug. "Oh, of course. You're my angel, baby. If you were gone, I don't know what I'd do with myself. You are one of the brightest spots in my life, and I'm so lucky that you share your brightness with me. Hey, what's brought this on, huh? Is there someone I need to help you kill? I wouldn't just miss you, you know, I'd go out there and get revenge. 'Course, we could preempt that altogether, assuming this is someone else's fault." He rubbed her back as he spoke, burying his face in her hair and inhaling slowly. She seemed... scared. And he didn't want to lose her. Not one bit. Still... something had gotten to her. Just in case... he focused on memorizing this moment. Her in his arms, just like this.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:47 pm
Himeko did not think of herself as someone that needed gentle hugs or reassurance. She did not think of herself as someone that wanted affection, generally. But as soon as Emmett pulled her into his arms, she melted against him, sliding her arms around his waist and pressing close.
This was nice. This was good.And she had been right to think that it was an absurd thing to worry about. Of course he would miss her. Of course he would find whoever killed her and end them.
"I would do the same for you," she said, firmly. "If anyone ever takes you from me, I will destroy them." She squeezed around his waist, nuzzling at his shoulder. "And I--it's silly, really. Just some Saturn Squire with nasty magic, but it didn't do any real harm. Just...made me think. And worry. Unnecessarily, obviously, but...thank you for assuring me anyway."
She had been a fool to let some silly magic get to her.
She squeezed around his waist, one more time.
"Take me upstairs?"
There were much better things to be doing with her three hours of being human than moping, after all.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:52 pm
"That's good to hear," Emmett murmured with a soft chuckle. He didn't think he'd needed to hear that she thought the same of him, but it was still very nice to hear that from Himeko anyway. Some Saturn Squire, huh? Well, he'd have to find this guy and teach him a lesson anyway. Emmett filed that away for later, though. His lady needed him. He hummed softly, feeling good at the way she cozied into the snuggle he'd started. "Whatever you want, sweetheart," he said, kissing the top of her head again and pulling back to give her a salacious grin. "Whatever you want."
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