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[rootsforyou]

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[rootsforyou]

Oh? Either you've turned into someone who wakes up early these last few months, or something's wrong.

[laughitoff]

It's fine! It was just to give the note for that bell for you. ...did it work?

[rootsforyou]

I don't know yet. Hanguang-Jun said it would take some time to collect notes, and I wanted to give the box time to consider the request. He was going to reach out to me when we received a reply.

[laughitoff]

[a soft huff]

Let me know when he does, okay?

[rootsforyou]

[gentle ear skritches]

I will. Did you not ask him to inform you as well?

[laughitoff]

Noooo...

[rootsforyou]

Oh? Why not? You could still text him to ask.

[laughitoff]

[puffs his cheeks out more]

I don't want to.

[rootsforyou]

[pokes a cheek]

Did you have an argument?

[laughitoff]

[it deflates :(]

Not really.

[rootsforyou]

[presses his cheek with the flat of her hand. squish. squish.]

But something happened.

[laughitoff]

[makes a low stupid noise with every push of her palm, an animal rrrRRRRUUUUUuuuurrrRRRRUUUuuuuurrrRRRRUUUUUU]

I just...made a stupid mistake, I guess. It's not a big deal.

[rootsforyou]

It's not a big deal, but you're avoiding speaking to him.

[laughitoff]

I spoke to him this morning!

[rootsforyou]

Ah, that's my mistake then. Then the situation is that you made a mistake, but you aren't avoiding speaking to him.

[pets him, serene]

[laughitoff]

[puffs with indignation, which mostly just means he gets fluffier under her hand, and makes an inarticulate little noise]

[rootsforyou]

[she does not mind no matter how indignant he gets]

Do you intend to leave things as they are?

[laughitoff]

[ssssulky]

I don't know. It feels worse when I try to talk over things with him again.

[rootsforyou]

Hanguang-Jun is a very serious gentleman. I imagine it's easy for misunderstandings to occur when you both approach things differently. But he cares for you, so if you approach him sincerely it shouldn't go too poorly.

[laughitoff]

[a tiny snort]

Ah, Shijie. It always goes poorly.

[rootsforyou]

[stops petting him, genuinely surprised]

I knew you disagreed plenty before. But you seemed to be getting along here.

[laughitoff]

Not one-on-one.

[rootsforyou]

...Do you know why?

[resumes petting; her voice is soft, not pressuring him to say anything if he doesn't want to]

[laughitoff]

[shrugs]

He still thinks I'm something unpleasant to be cleansed. That I play around when I should be serious.

[rootsforyou]

That's not true.

[the words come immediately, unexpectedly firm from someone usually so mild-mannered; her tail flicks in agitation and she softens her tone]

...It may be true that he thinks you're playing around. But the rest is not true.