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[Remember this picture, Ange? (doesn't Battler look like a dork (doesn't dad look as cool as ever)) Mom managed to find it. And now it's being broadcast, isn't it great...

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Happy birthday, Ange~ Will you come over for dinner tonight? We can have a little party just like we used to. Well, not quite the same seeing as your father isn't around, but we all know the highlight is having Battler there anyway.
I want to make up for our absence, in some small way.

[Locked from Ange]

I'm extending an open invitation to any of Ange's friends as well. I'll be making dinner as well as dessert and you're welcome to stay as little or long as you like. The only condition is, please keep it a secret from Ange, I want it to be a surprise.

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Ah, I see, you can't be trusted, then. Sorry, but you won't have the high privilege of spending time alone with her.

Of course, all rights will be returned once the party is over.

[Uh oh, don't tell her that or she'll tease both of them that they must be sleeping together!!]

No, I can't. But I bet you would want the same if it was your husband and his birthday, ditch the kids and friends and just go on a trip the two together or something. At least I'm aware myself of it so I know to not put myself in a tempting position, Ange wouldn't forgive me if I stole her from time with her family after all... Maybe for stealing her from time with friends but family is a big no-no.

[And the friends it's mostly because she's tsun and Ange, of course. And they have slept together already! In the same room in different beds... And he was a bear. It's a long and no-adult story.]

We usually do that on the weekend of birthdays and anniversaries, yes. But we're a married couple, you see. Wouldn't it be scandalous for you two to do the same? [giggle]

[Oh she doesn't have that kind of 'sleeping together' in mind, this is the tmi family after all.]

Well, what can I say? Times change, what was scandalous then isn't scandalous now. And it's not as if we would share a bed or anything. I was thinking spending a day at the hot-springs, you know? The springs are close enough for us to be able to still talk while we are there if we want, or we could just relax. And then spend the rest of the time just lazing around together. Oh, I could try to convince her to pose for a painting, that would be nice. And during dinner maybe I could convince her to give me something from her plate and I could give something from mine to her...

[Lots of cuddling time, basically. The sad thing is that he is so infatuated that even those childish plans make him laugh in embarrassment as if he was talking about seeing her naked.]

I guess it could be scandalous since we would share a room even if we slept in different futons but I don't care.

[And they have to be futons, it can't be beds. Don't ask why.]

Besides it's not as if I've plans of ever being with another girl, even if there's no ceremony or papers or even a ring yet [Yet is the key word there.] I consider myself as good as married to her. There's just no one else worth of it.

[After listening to everything...Kyrie laughs, Keiichi's way too trustworthy and sappy, even if she flat out told him to try to push things a little further, he would just want to hold Ange's hand, wouldn't he?]

You two are just too good, aren't teenagers supposed to be rebellious? I'm supposed to be sitting at home, wondering what my daughter is doing out so late with a boy!

Oi, oi, I'm very rebellious! I rebel against many things, I'm not the type to sit and take everything going my way with a smile and a nod! And I guess you could do that bit of wondering for when I'm thirty-four or so.

[And again, you don't want to ask why.]

Shouldn't you be glad you don't have to worry? Worrying brings wrinkles to one's face and you look so young that it would be a waste.

[Giggle] Ah, now you're flattering me? You really are a keeper. Don't think it will be so easy to shake us off if you try to run off, now.

Why would I want to shake anyone off? Specially when it's regarding Ange, if I could I would just make sure that you are the ones unable to get away from us so Ange can be with you forever. I don't accept just half happiness when I can aim for the full set.

[The worst part of all of this is just how convinced he sounds, he really wants that and aims for it if possible. This guy has issues accepting fate, honestly.]

And if I wanted to flatter you I would say that ever since meeting you I've had no need to wonder from where Ange got her looks or why she's so pretty.

[She laughs] See, you really are flattering me! But we all know Ange is perfect, much better than I could ever be.

You won't have any trouble from me, I want to stay. Not only do I have nothing to go to, but with both Ange and Battler here, I need to stay.

I agree with you. I feel the same, for Ange and the friends I've made here. Even if I've friends waiting at Hinamizawa as well, those are safe, I know that, so there's no need for me to worry.

That's right, besides, anyone you know from home could just as well show up here. People never want to move away from their friends, but once they get settled, the new home isn't so bad at all, and would be just as difficult to leave.

That's true... Though when we moved to Hinamizawa from Tokyo I was actually happy about it even if I knew no one there.

[Then again, those were... Special circumstances.]

Oh, you lived in Tokyo?

[She won't ask the reason he was happy for it, it's clear enough it's something that would likely be a touchy subject.]

I was glad to leave Kyoto as well, sometimes it's just a toxic environment you need to get out of.

Yeah, I was born and raised there until not long ago... In Earth time terms, it has been over two years now counting the time here, of course.

[He nods at her comment, though in his case he can't help to think that maybe the toxic thing was himself rather than the environment. Then again Hinamizawa had been quite toxic as well when he arrived, until everyone opened the windows to let fresh air enter the place. What's stagnant air in one place can be fresh air in another?]

Indeed, sometimes change is just needed to survive. Or rather to improve. You can survive by always staying the same and doing the same things all the time, but that's all there is to it. Nothing new and at the end you just whither without having done anything new. Moving out sometimes is really the only way to avoid that.

That's right, you always have to find someone new and exciting one way or other, otherwise you fall into routine and certainly can't grow as a person.

Find someone new or become someone new, it's the same difference if done right. A bit of routine isn't terribly bad, though, is it?

Not at all, but doing new things is important, you don't grow through routine, only meeting new people or doing something different. Usually the way to meet new people is through doing new things, so it's all connected.

That's true. Except in this place. With all the goings and comings you basically get to meet new people for sure every two months, just from listening to the journals.

[He chuckles a bit.]

But then even meeting new people becomes a sort of routine.

That's right, you have to become a part of a welcoming committee.

There's the Welcome Center for that though. Or do you mean that we should join there?

Oh no, just that everyone ends up welcoming new arrivals.

Maybe we should tell them to go away for a change?

[Nah, that would be mean besides they wouldn't be able to do it so...]

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