[ there's some of that echoed in kazunari, too, but it's overshadowed with pride and delight in having his work praised. ]
Hehe, thanksies! I've worked really hard to get to where I am, so I'd hope it shows!
...And I wanted to give everyone a good tribute, too.
[ ruby may notice that the small nihonga paintings are each shaping up to show something different - a piano played with deft, delicate fingers; a warrior holding his sword, a boy with a blindfold. the new, less polished ones have sketches, at least, of a figure in the middle of a graceful spin, an archer, and a young man holding a distinctly shaped rod. ]
[ she gets a little closer, so she can bump their shoulders together. ]
You're a doing a good job, Kazu.
[ she pauses, looking down and her emotions get anxious again. she takes a breath. ]
I want to apologize, for being harsh on you, last week. [ she looks back up at him, offering a warm smile. ] You weren't doing it on purpose and I should have tried to understand that better.
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They are! You're really good at this.
[ her smile is warm, but her mood reads as slightly anxious. ]
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Hehe, thanksies! I've worked really hard to get to where I am, so I'd hope it shows!
...And I wanted to give everyone a good tribute, too.
[ ruby may notice that the small nihonga paintings are each shaping up to show something different - a piano played with deft, delicate fingers; a warrior holding his sword, a boy with a blindfold. the new, less polished ones have sketches, at least, of a figure in the middle of a graceful spin, an archer, and a young man holding a distinctly shaped rod. ]
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These are perfect, Kazu. I think they'd all love them, very much.
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[ even so, there's faint pleasure at hearing ruby say that. ]
But I hope they would. It's the least I can do.
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You're a doing a good job, Kazu.
[ she pauses, looking down and her emotions get anxious again. she takes a breath. ]
I want to apologize, for being harsh on you, last week. [ she looks back up at him, offering a warm smile. ] You weren't doing it on purpose and I should have tried to understand that better.
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It's okay. I don't blame you - I was a huge jerk.
I... wanted to apologize to you, too, for that. You were trying to help, and I was just getting in the way, curse or no curse.
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I think it just really caught me off guard, when you started acting like that, because that wasn't the Kazu I remembered talking to before.
[ she nods, patting him on the shoulder. ]
I forgive you, Kazu. And I'm glad you're not a jerk anymore.
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[ there's a soft, relieved laugh at that. ]
Me, too. I'm really not about that kind of life!