[ record scratch. what did he just say? though, it's not exactly surprising that he doesn't want to go back home if he likes it here enough, but it stuns her anyway. ]
You sure? What about your kid? And people who'd miss you?
[ Toji can’t remember if he has gotten into it much about how he was ostracized and abused for being born different than the rest of his family, but..
He rubs the back of his neck. ]
People don’t care if you have cursed energy here or not. It’s something that’s a big deal back in my society.
[ There’s also Yor, but he has enough tact to not bring that up right now, luckily. ]
If I can find happiness here, anyone can. Sometimes the road is painful at first, though. I became happy again when I allowed myself to. Took awhile. Take your time.
[ a beat. ]
Nobody misses me back home, Ishmael. I have nothing to go back to.
[ It's great to see Ishmael smiling again. Maybe she will recover sooner than he did. Granted, he held onto that grudge against fate for the longest time in regards to the death of his first wife. Toji even reaches out and gently presses his thumb along the corner of her mouth, his own hand opening up to hold her face carefully. ]
There you go. Smile a little.
[ His hand drops, and that's right when she so blatantly asks him that question! Really! ]
It would be stupid not to propose to her.
[ So yeah, but it looks like he isn't going to reveal when!! ]
[ stop, don't just hold her face like that. she may or may not be weak to it, no matter who's doing it. but then he finally puts his hand down and confirms that he's serious about proposing to his girlfriend --
it seems that the world froze for a fraction of a second. just a tad. which is very odd, when she thinks about it. she'd talked to wriothesley before about marriage and how they both aren't interested in it, yet hearing that toji is popping the question despite all the hardships he'd gone through up to this point makes her feel... conflicted.
[ but that's not good at all, is it? then again, she's been lost in the emotion sauce these past few weeks, so she's probably confusing this emotion for something else. ]
I get it. Yor's pretty wonderful. I'll keep my lips sealed till then.
[ mimes a zipping motion across her mouth, then tosses the imaginary key away. no one needs to know whatever else is wrong with her right now, shh. ]
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[ record scratch. what did he just say? though, it's not exactly surprising that he doesn't want to go back home if he likes it here enough, but it stuns her anyway. ]
You sure? What about your kid? And people who'd miss you?
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He rubs the back of his neck. ]
People don’t care if you have cursed energy here or not. It’s something that’s a big deal back in my society.
[ There’s also Yor, but he has enough tact to not bring that up right now, luckily. ]
If I can find happiness here, anyone can. Sometimes the road is painful at first, though. I became happy again when I allowed myself to. Took awhile. Take your time.
[ a beat. ]
Nobody misses me back home, Ishmael. I have nothing to go back to.
[ he also knows that he dies, so yeah. ]
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still, hearing that toji is happier here makes her smile a lot more genuinely. ]
I'm happy that you're happy, Toji. That's all I wanted to hear.
[ ... ]
So are you popping the question soon, or...?
[ she's mostly kidding but -- ]
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There you go. Smile a little.
[ His hand drops, and that's right when she so blatantly asks him that question! Really! ]
It would be stupid not to propose to her.
[ So yeah, but it looks like he isn't going to reveal when!! ]
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it seems that the world froze for a fraction of a second. just a tad. which is very odd, when she thinks about it. she'd talked to wriothesley before about marriage and how they both aren't interested in it, yet hearing that toji is popping the question despite all the hardships he'd gone through up to this point makes her feel... conflicted.
a bit envious, even. ]
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I get it. Yor's pretty wonderful. I'll keep my lips sealed till then.
[ mimes a zipping motion across her mouth, then tosses the imaginary key away. no one needs to know whatever else is wrong with her right now, shh. ]