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[He brightened up.]

You're the right person to talk to about it, Konoha. Ya pretty much glow with it, y'know?

[He ran his fingers through his hair.]

Sorry to pop in without much warning, though. When you n' Gonta decided to get married, how'd that go?

Me? No...

[Even as she dismisses the idea, at the comment she can’t help the hand that rises to her cheek as if she could somehow feel or contain the glow she was apparently (most definitely) giving off, smile widening and forelegs rubbing together in betrayal of her excitement.]

I didn’t um, actually think I was going to propose... because I didn’t think Gonta would be happy staying in my village. He only came down from the mountains because his nephew was so young and he said he wanted to see the human villages, but I could tell Gonta probably wanted to go back... and I didn’t want to keep him but make him unhappy...

[The memory of how torn she’d felt in those months does sober her expression a bit, but-]

When he arrived here he said we were married, though! That I, um... I guess my family encouraged me to go when he said he was leaving, and so I asked him to take me with him... and, um...

[The more sober expression melts into red-cheeked embarrassment, tail swishing under her skirt.]

I took off my skirt? Which is so dramatic I can’t believe I did that... But I must have cause Gonta wouldn’t lie about something that weird...

[He laughed.]

It's symbolism! Ya took off the skirt because Gonta ain't the guy to wear pants, showin' that you were okay goin' commando!

'Course, it's drafty... so I'm sure you two'll go on to put together warm stuff for livin' up in the mountains. Last thing anybody needs is to freeze their ass off.

Guess it's nice that the weather ain't bad here. I mean, outside the shield not counting...

[It's almost comical how Konoha reacts to that, pointing first at Kanji, then back at herself a few times, nodding frantically.]

That's it! That's why!

[Most people took that story to mean something perverse, but Kanji got it! She was just trying to prove that she could be like a mountain jinba, and be free! Way to go, Kanji!!]

Gonta said that mountain jinba don't wear anything on their rumps, so I was just trying to- You know- Show that I could be a woman of the mountains if he gave me a chance!

[Finally... someone got it...]

Heh... if he wasn't proud of that, then I dunno what would make him! Ya hear all these stories about, y'know, changing for your spouse or whatever... but that right there's a friggin compromise!

Y'gotta meet in the middle with your special somebody. It's give n' take. It's awesome that ya did that, Konoha.

[He sat back.]

Naoto's... pretty world-renowned. Her family's a long line of famous detectives. If the cops can't solve the case, the Shirogane do. So the way I see it, settlin' down in the country and callin' it like that wouldn't work for her.

I'd just be trapping her.

[He smiled sadly, but it didn't last long. It brightened soon enough.]

So the way I see it, she'll be in n' outta the country whenever there's trouble. She could be away for weeks, months at a time. But when we have technology like Prismatica does, ways to talk over distances n' see each other, I figure it'll be okay.

Or...

[Shyly, he ruffled his hair.]

...Well, outside of here, I ain't ever really left home before. My secret plan's maybe flyin' out to surprise her, or goin' with her to cheer her on from whatever HQ happens to be.

So it's like that: You always gotta meet in the middle. I don't get why people don't get that in stories... but I guess that's why they're all stories, and not real life.

[Oh... He thinks it's awesome? Konoha sits back on her haunches (well, lays back, biology) and beams a little bit to herself. She hadn't had any time in her own world to see what people thought about her confession or her marriage, so... it's kind of nice to know she wasn't completely crazy.

Having heard a little bit about Naoto from the lady herself over Firialia, Konoha is a bit more equipped to follow Kanji's story, listening patiently- and happy to see what she was afraid would be a sad look change to a brighter smile.]

Ehe, she definitely did seem more active...

["Active" is the word she's going for, not having encountered ladies of that persuasion so much in her own world. Even Sha Gozen didn't travel to different provinces or anything like that... But this was future Japan they were talking about!]

But Kanji is really good at house things, so it's still a good match!

[That's why it worked! Someone had to do it, and sure, in her experience it was usually women, but... she's learned a lot of things since leaving her village, and to say her world view had expended was an understatement.

It's compromise!]

I don't think I'd be able to stand weeks at a time apart... You're really strong, Kanji!

Am I really...? Ah, I guess I'd be pretty bummed out not bein' able to wake up next to her every day like I can now. But she's doin' what she loves!

Ah... I should brush up some more on my house stuff then, huh? I guess there's more I could learn, more things I should learn how ta cook.

...maybe I should spend today gettin' some new cookbooks.

[He smiled.]

The soup was great. Bein' loaned an ear was even better. Thanks, Konoha. ...I guess I should get outta your hair, huh?

[Maybe it was because she was a newlywed, but not waking up next to Gonta seemed so lonely now... Even though she'd been sleeping (mostly) by herself since she'd left fillyhood behind. Weird...

Still, her smile brightens in response to Kanji's own, waving off the idea that his visit was any trouble at all.]

You can come by any time! I mean it!

[Whether it was love advice or not, her door would always be open.]

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