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Speak your love language

ways to show affection

When it comes to the way affection is shown, everyone has a different way they go about it. That means that there's a pretty good chance, with regards to couples, you could end up with two people who have two varying approaches towards how they prove they care...sometimes radically varying, which can lead to more than a little confusion or hurt feelings if there's not proper communication. But when both people are on the same page, they can tell each other how they feel with few words.

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☆ WORDS: Sweet affirmations, pet names, even
☆ CUDDLES: Hugs, nuzzles, the works.
☆ KISSING: On the check or on the lips.
☆ KINDNESS: Always there for them.
☆ PROVIDING: Providing care, providing protection, providing financially.
☆ GENTLE...ER: Your only weak spot.
☆ MEANNESS: Straight up tsundere.
☆ GIFTS: All the pretty things.
☆ ACTIONS: Visits, taking care of their problems, taking them out, and more.
☆ SUBTLE: A distant sort of affection, but they know.
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Tiffany! It's been hard on you! [The plushie is raised into the air, Lion King-style.

While Kanan may not be as gullible as, ahem, some of their friends, that hardly prevents her from getting in character.] Your journey can now come to an end!

[Although Mari's achievement begs the question of how they are to navigate the crowds with +1 party member.] ...Should I carry her on my back?

[ Shuffling over to stand behind Tiffany, Mari takes hold of her arms. They are then waved around in a grand and somewhat spastic display of emotion, miraculously avoiding any smacks to Kanan's face. ]

My my, what a chivalrous offer, young miss! My poor legs are all weary from my travels -- why, I would be eternally in your debt! Eighty hundred thousand miles of swimming, let me tell you!

[ If frogs could talk, they would almost definitely not sound like a bad impression of middle-aged European ladies with a cold(?!), and that is almost definitely not the size of the Pacific Ocean, but just roll with it!

Anyhow-- the doll's arms are all long and dangly too, and she's got velcro on her hands and feet, which should be pretty convenient in transforming her into a backpack. Looks like a solid solution right there! ]

Ahaha. Sounds like a real adventure!

[And a very charming frog! She's a tad regretful to have Tiffany go through all the folding and fiddling.

With the MOTHER PLUSHIE equipped (10% increase to SWAG, cost: 4), we are ready to go.]

Where to next... [Best not traumatize the stallholder further. He has done no wrong.

Yes, Mari is too sweet to expect any return gift, though she now hopes they will come across a chance for finding one in due course -- not out of competitiveness, not particularly; rather, so she might feel the same joy Kanan had.] Anything else you want to try?

Hmm! Leeeet's see! [ Mari spins in place, scouting out their surroundings. She's more focused on games than prizes this time, both because a massive plush pile would be kind of limiting to their mobility, and because she can't imagine much that could rival Tiffany's distinctive beauty anyway. ]

Ooh! [ There's the test of strength! You can practically hear the ding-ding-ding going over her own head as she points towards it. ] That one, that one!

The one with the crowd?

[As for why a crowd had formed, the reason is soon made clear when they draw near enough to see. At the front of the queue stands a pair of college-aged guys. The taller boy seems to have finished his turn, and is slapping his friend on the back, urging him forward earnestly.

Testosterone...

At least, from the look of it, the stallholder, and some other girls among their audience, find the display of !!manliness!! entertaining.]

Yes, that! Come on!

[ Is it Mari's natural draw to attention? Her competitive streak? Or does she just want the excuse to wildly swing things around?

Either way, here they are! The two guys aren't showing any intention of stepping down soon -- it seems they keep tying, and that wouldn't do -- so rather than stand around and wait, Mari cheerfully marches on over. ]

Hiii, boys~ I don't suppose you'd mind giving us a turn?

Mari?! [To think she was about to suggest coming back here later. Woe.

The guy holding the hammer opens his mouth, ready to protest -- before he gets a word out, however, the other guy shushes him loudly, shoving him aside, and offers Mari the spot at the tower.]

Sorry... [Nudging past the throng, Kanan raises a hand in an apologetic gesture, awkward.] We don't mean to interrupt.

[Shushing Guy turns all the more excited when addressed by her, eyes widening, seemingly torn between vibrating where he stands and yelling.]

[ Well, at least one of them has the sense to look apologetic. Mari, who is used to receiving horses, helicopters, and entire schools upon request, doesn't seem to think an awful lot of a chance to swing a toy hammer. She's got manners, though! See, she'll even smile at the guy. ] Why, thank you! Such a gentleman.

[ Of course, being Mari, she can't just hit the thing. Not without a fifteen second interpretive dance preceding it, anyway. Is that sort of thing really going to make her hit stronger...??

The answer: hardly enough, as the puck reaches just barely over the bar's midpoint. Mari huffs, one hand on her hip. ] Ahh, tricky, tricky! Should've charged it up more! [ But she accepts her defeat, and good-naturedly offers the hammer out... to Kanan. ] Kanan, do you want to try?

[ Never mind the fact she asked for a turn, singular. Shh. ]

We shouldn't -- [Trailing off. Shushing Guy, recovered from the impact (?) of Mari's smile and compliment, forces out a breathless "PLEASE DO," which is super nice but also kinda intimidating...the bewilderment in his friend's expression mirrors how she feels right now.

She takes the hammer. Shushing Guy's hisses -- unintelligible for the most part, though she catches "Aqours" and "autograph???" and "they're so cute!" -- aren't as quiet as he apparently thinks. Explains a lot.

Almost three years, and it's still unexpected, to be recognized offstage by a. Fan? While bundled up and carrying a giant frog, too...

Kanan's strike is less of a spectacle; she simply hefts the hammer over a shoulder to build momentum. It lands closer to the middle of the pad, and the result reflects that, sending the puck zooming up, if not as high as the two guys' attempts.]

[ If Mari hears Shushing Guy's words, she sure doesn't show it. The whole of her attention is focused on Kanan. Bated breath, sparkling eyes, hands bundled into fists-- ] Go, go, Kanan!!

[ WOW LOOK AT THAT PUCK GO. Mari gives an excited round of applause, before running over and attaching herself right back to Kanan's arm. ] You're so strong! Amazing! The coolest!! ♥♥

[ Other things Mari appears completely oblivious to include: the crowd of people around them, and PDA as a concept. As far as she's concerned, there's no distinction, wherever they are -- there's just Mari being Mari, and that means a whole lot of nuzzling and squeezing. So proud of her strong girlfriend!! ]

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[The real demonstration of strength is in staying her ground. One wrong move, and they'd both slip and lose their balance. She reaches around, attempting to have Mari hold still. It doesn't work.]

Ahaha...thanks. I got lucky. [Aren't these usually rigged?] Now, we've held things up here long enough, I think.

[Meeting an appreciative fan would be the highlight of any other day, but her attention and efforts are all for one person only this time, so she isn't even all too guilty about pretending she was unaware Shushing Guy knows who they are.]

'kaaaay. [ Mari got what she wanted -- she's content enough to leave. She does, however, mention: ] Though, I bet you could get it all the way up if you tried again!

[ --But okay, okay, Kanan's feeling guilty, so they can just come back later if they want. Off they go! ] Ciao, boys!

[ Sorry, no autograph for you, Shushing Guy. Maybe next time! She does blow him a kiss, though, which from the look on his face should probably sustain him for the next decade.

Mari stays attached to Kanan's arm as they walk, a bounce to her step, humming cheerfully. It's only once they're a few feet away that she comments: ] You know, that guy said you were cute.

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Nah. [With another laugh, she boops Mari on the nose, grazing the knuckle of her finger across lightly.] He meant you. Must have been charmed by your sick moves.

[Quips aside, it makes sense when she applies her mind to what happened; they are in uniform, Mari's voice and appearance easily distinguish her from most -- and they had called each other by name, which was the clearest confirmation he would need.]

Did you hear what he was telling his friend?

[ Mari's nose crinkles, and she sticks out her tongue with a sound between a laugh and a nyeh. ]

Just a little bit! You stole all my attention, after all.

As if.

[Oh, but she is in no position for this, is she, when the remarkable opacity of Mari's tendency to say and mean different things continues to perplex her so often.

She tucks her hand into a jacket pocket, pulling the grasp on her arm nearer.]

I was overly self-conscious. [The people watching was a factor, though she hadn't set out to make a show back there. What they do backstage, offstage, is nobody else's business.] You handled it better than I did.

It's not 'as if'! It's because I'm always looking at Kanan. [ The sing-song to her voice doesn't exactly help make it sound serious, does it... Not a drop of translucence gained. ]

What was there to get self-conscious about, though? [ The raise of Mari's brow here seems sincere, at least, before her features rearrange into an impish grin. ] You're such a worrywort. Even if some of them recognized us, I don't think anyone'd be that concerned with our arm strength!

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I know.

all>[Sounds simple, when put like that. Foolish, even.

Mari's always drawn attention to herself, whether intentionally or not. She's already used to having eyes on her for any sort of reasons and purposes. Which is fine. Kanan is long past caring about such a thing.

What they are -- who they are -- to each other is more important.

Maybe the actual issue lies in how she enjoys seeing a side to Mari no one else does.]

Shows that we've achieved what we were going for, right? Now people are taking notice of Aqours and our school.

[μ's were being trailed everywhere, when public awareness of them was at a high. Won't happen out in the boondocks, probably, though occasionally she wonders how they dealt with it.]

[ Mari can't even imagine having these sorts of concerns. Not just because she's so used to the attention -- this time, she wants it. The thought of people seeing her and Kanan like this makes her downright giddy with excitement. The only thing that could make her happier is hanging a custom-made neon sign above Kanan's head that reads ☆!!This Is My Girlfriend and I Love Her!!☆, but Kanan probably wouldn't appreciate that as much. Ah, well! ]

Mmhmm! Our hard work's paying off. [ Her fingers dance along the length of Kanan's arm, reaching into the jacket pocket to give her hand a squeeze. ] Aren't you glad, Kanan?

Of course I am. [She returns the squeeze without thinking, fingers closing round Mari's.] After all, they saw something in us worth the validation.

[The combined efforts of every member brought Aqours, as the group is now, so much further compared to two years before. She can be glad for that, as well.] Wouldn't do to let them down.

But when it comes to you... [At the core, she's just fumbling her way through, never having considered the very idea of dating someone.] That's not the same.

No? [ She bows her head slightly, to tuck a lock of hair behind her ear. ] Then, how am I different?

I'm not with you only because you confessed first. [They've gone over this, but it's a comparison she won't allow. The reciprocation was nowhere alike to begin with.] My reasons are different.

[While they are, supposedly, recognizable to a certain extent outside school, Mari is always the same person she has known all these years. A multi-faceted person fans, or those who see her for her family's name, glimpse mere fractions of, at most.]

Different, indeed! [ They've gone over this, but that doesn't mean Mari wouldn't like hearing it a second time. Spoiled? Maybe, but Kanan could stand to indulge her a little bit, too. ] You're so stingy, you know that?

[ She's fine leaving it at that, though. Hardly an exclamation of undying love, but it's difficult to mind, with Kanan's hand in hers. ]

Oh-- [ She catches sight of the food stalls from the corner of her eye, reminding her: ] Are you hungry, Kanan? You wanna get anything? [ They did come here straight from school, after all. ] My treat, so don't hold back!

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Hah? [Stingy? Why??

She still looks painfully confused as they check out the displays. Food is food, though, and takes priority.]

How about oden? We can share and eat when walking.

[And why a Christmas fair has oden is a mystery that perhaps only the merchants' association has the answer for. To cater to the tastes of their market? Because it's cold? Maybe the vendor is 7-11?]

[ Well! If it bothers Kanan so much, she can figure it out for herself. ]

Ooh, Yes! I wanna share with Kanan! ♪

[ Is that really something to get so excited about... well, whatever! Since she knows Kanan's likes-dislikes, Mari takes the liberty of going ahead and ordering for them. Of course their bowl ends up containing a mountain of toppings, because Mari Ohara and moderation do not belong in the same sentence ever. ]

[ With her best old-guy-who-runs-an-oden-cart impression, she holds out a spoon and a pair of chopsticks for her. ] Here you are, young lady!

[To be fair, the impression is quite entertaining, and far more welcome a sight than the actual cart owner.]

Thank you. [Predictably, Kanan aims for wakame first, lifting strips from the broth into the spoon. Bliss.]

Ah, so warm...just the thing for a chilly day like this. [The sort of words to come out old folks' mouths, even if she doesn't realize it, offering the chopsticks back to Mari.] Your turn.

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sorry for the delay!

no prob! o7 also, congrats on your actual knife mastery

quite liked that one, lol

can't believe kanan trained ruby to commit a murder

is it still murder when the "victim" wasn't directly "killed" by her

HE WAS STILL FLAPPING, he didn't deserve this!!!

pfff...I meant Dia. RIP Dia.

lmaooo :')

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if kanan can make christmas sashimi this guy can have his cart, smh

truth