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[mahoraga]

"Fushiguro Megumi. Leave a message."
📱✉📦 @ megan

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[eyescar]

We can wait until the morning, can't we? It might be nice to let her settle in.

[mahoraga]

[ Makes sense. ]

Where will she be sleeping tonight, then?

[eyescar]

Oh, I didn't think about that.

[ Now he's embarrassed! ]

We could let her pick?

[mahoraga]

I was wondering ...

[ He ponders briefly if he should bring this up. They're quite comfortable together, so where was the harm, right? ]

If you want to start sharing a room permanently.

[eyescar]

[ Woah... This is pretty forward of Megumi, and Yuji turns to look at him with wide eyes. ]

You really want to?

[mahoraga]

[ It's something he's been thinking about for a while. They share a bed from time to time, and he always feels comfortable cuddling with Yuji. It's less confusing if they have a set place they can sleep in together, instead if wonder whether or not Yuji is going to wander into his room that night or not (or if he's going to shyly knock at Yuji's door). Plus, he gets to keep an eye on him.

It's a lot of words that really say 'He just wants to do this'.

Megumi stares blankly at Yuji for a second, then breaks out into a quiet fluster and pushes his face away. ]

Don't make a big deal out of it. It just makes sense ...

[eyescar]

[ It does make practical sense, but there's also a little sense of it being a big step. Being together and sharing a bed feel like two very different things, but they've shared enough night times together that it feels natural, too.

It's all sort of confusing for Yuji, who is definitely overwhelmed by how much he wants this but also a touch of desperation about it. He doesn't want to do anything that might jeopardise this in any shape or form. ]

Yeah, it does. Especially now we have a baby to look after.

[ He nudges Megumi gently. ]

Which room?

[mahoraga]

Mine. It's already organised.

[ Or, organised to his liking, is the more accurate way to put it. This feels like ... a rather big step, and he's trying his best not to think about it. It makes sense, anyway. ]

The baby can sleep with us for tonight, but you need to be careful not to thrash about.

[eyescar]

Okay, sounds good.

[ Yuji wiggles his fingers in front of the egg-creature's face, beaming. ]

I'll be careful, won't I, little Mimi-chan?

[mahoraga]

[ So cute. He reaches out to pet the Togepi's head too. ]

So her name is 'Mimi'?

[eyescar]

Yeah. For Tsumiki nee-chan, and... For Nanamin, too.

[mahoraga]

You're thinking about her too ...

[ That makes him soft, just a little bit. He absolutely misses his sister but he tries not to dwell on those feelings too hard because there's no point when he can't do anything in their situation.

Megumi reaches out and pats the little creature on the head. He then leans in and kisses Yuji's cheek, where the scar under his eye is. ]

I think it's a good name.

[eyescar]

Yeah. I bet she'd like her, right?

[ Yuji reaches out to pet Mimi again, listening gleefully as she giggles, looking up at them both with big, round eyes.

The kiss makes him turn, and he softens, nudging Megumi gently. ]

Mimi-chan it is, then.