CATCHALL OTOME

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[momming]

... I think she probably wants to be alone. I've been looking for her, too.

[ghoststrums]

No, she doesn't. [ he... seems very sure of that? he looks down ] I think being completely alone is the last thing she'd want right now.

[momming]

[ She closes her eyes, briefly. ]

Can I at least get you some thicker layers before you keep running around?

[ghoststrums]

[ he shivers a bit, belatedly, and then blinks down at himself because. right. winter. ]

... You don't have to trouble yourself if you have other people to see.

[ but that is not a no ]

[momming]

You were one of them. And I would consider it more trouble if you got hypothermia, frostbite, or any kind of sickness from not being sheltered out here.

[ghoststrums]

[ oh. well.

he has nothing to say to that ]

... Okay, then.

[momming]

[ Off she goes.

... Not as quickly as she would like, because Otome's ribs are still healing slowly, but she does return with gloves and a jacket and a blanket. ]

Here we are.

[ghoststrums]

[ yamato eyes the blanket curiously even as he puts on the jacket and gloves so he's at least no longer a shivering loser ]

Thank you, Yanagiya-san. ... Is the blanket for...?

[momming]

Just in case. [ With a tired smile. ]

I don't intend to stop looking, but still.

[ghoststrums]

... Thank you. [ more sincerely. ] Sorry for the trouble.

[momming]

... [ She just leans in, brushing his bangs back to touch their foreheads together briefly, affectionate. ]

I don't consider this trouble. Be careful, all right?

[ghoststrums]

[ HOW HIGH ON TIPPY TOES IS SHE but he just blinks softly ]

... Yeah. I will.

[ and he'll squeeze her hand briefly before running off to die in the snow ]