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[willing_sheath]

[A standard pre-recorded message starts:]

Your call has been forwarded to an automatic voice message system. [There are a few long moments of dead silence before someone draws a breath speaks in a stiff, uncomfortable tone:] Himura Tomoe... [and another long few seconds of silence where she apparently didn't realize how to stop the recording.] is not available. At the tone, please record your message. When you have finished recording, you may hang up or press one for more options. To leave a callback number, press five.

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Comments

[ibelieveintruth]

I think... I think that we need to take more days to meet and talk and snuggle. I do like the other things we do, but... I think more hugs are required.

Please.

[willing_sheath]

I have never had someone ask me to 'snuggle' before...

[She wishes she could say that she's never had truth-telling compulsions before, but that would be a lie.]

... not that I am opposed to the suggestion.

[She isn't sure how Okita might feel about it though. Even if she thinks they have come to terms and accepted the fact that an open relationship is simply a Duplicity requirement only time would tell. After all, she had thought it was all settled already only to be proved very very wrong.]

[ibelieveintruth]

I want... I do not want to disrupt your life, but I like you and want to be... I do not want to just be a sex partner.

I do not do casual well.

[ He blushes and sighs. ] Makes this place harder.

[ But he nods. ] I care for you. I would like to be your friend.

XD I can tell I was tagging at stupid o'clock last night, that was supposed to be text, my bad

[willing_sheath]

I do not do interaction in general well. [Save for business interaction. She actually did business interaction very well...]

Then you should know that I already consider you a friend... not that I have a good definition of what friendship is.

[Considering she'd never had anyone who could really be called a friend before Duplicity it made things extremely confusing for her... which just comes back to that definition of love statement... Where was the line where friendship began? Where was the line when it became something more? Did it matter?]

No worries. I know the feeling exactly.

[ibelieveintruth]

I am glad you do, I like being around you, and talking to you.

And I think red looks good on you.

[willing_sheath]

Likewise.

Is that so? [She tended to favor lighter colors, but she had been known to wear red on occasion.]

[ibelieveintruth]

I do.

Maybe I can make something for you in red, sometime, if you would accept it. I do not want to make you uncomfortable.

[willing_sheath]

Do you sew...?

[A man who cooks... and sews... Sir, you just broke her 19th century unbending gender role culture brain.]

Of course I would accept it.

[Well. There are some things that would make her uncomfortable, but she can't imagine him presenting her with anything inappropriate.]

[Though... all things considered the line between appropriate and inappropriate is rather blurred...]

[ibelieveintruth]

I do, yes. Why?

Thank you. I'll be sure to make it something tasteful.

[willing_sheath]

It is not something I would expect. Men do not do that sort of work in my time.

I believe I should be thanking you in this instance.

[She wonders if she should mention that she would want her scar covered, whatever it might be... but she is fairly sure he is perceptive enough to know that. It was surprisingly difficult to find clothing the covered it entirely, even among tasteful clothing. It was always the neckline or the back--often if one was covered the other wasn't. It was one of the biggest reasons she didn't stray far from sweaters and button down blouses.]

[ibelieveintruth]

Ah. Sometimes people are still like that in my time, but many of us have thrown off the chains of sex and gender-based roles.

There is something that was said to me once. When one is in a position of power, always thank people for letting you help them. It is an act of trust for them to do so.

[willing_sheath]

That is refreshing to hear. I am used to anything straying from tradition being judged very harshly. [Which has made existence in Duplicity particularly difficult with the voices of her culture always hissing in the back of her mind.]

I see. That person was very wise...

[ibelieveintruth]

I think so too.

So thank you.

[willing_sheath]

You're welcome.