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[risetocaesar]

I wish the weather would stop changing so dramatically. It's giving me a headache... literally. I know some places can get unseasonably warm, but this is ridiculous.


[text, private to Minato:]

Hey, I need you to do me a favor. Can you take Miki out for an afternoon this week? Keep her busy for me?


[text, private to Shinjiro:]

We need to make sure Miki has a good Christmas this year. I have a plan, but I need your help.

Comments

[Text - Private]

[themortalhalf]

[...]

You asked Minato to take her out?

[He's starting to sound like a damn parrot.]

[Text - Private]

[risetocaesar]

Yeah. He'll keep her busy for a little while.

[What are you worried about, Shinji? Minato's a great friend! Akihiko can trust him, right? I mean, you don't touch your friends' little sisters, so everything should be fine.]

[Text - Private]

[themortalhalf]

[The important things Aki doesn't realize are like rugs that lie under his feet unnoticed, ready to be pulled right out from underneath him.

Not that he's all that worried about Minato—who else would Aki have asked, anyway? Minako would have gotten suspicious before Aki told her everything anyway, and Mitsuru doesn't exactly have a lot in common with Miki, besides her motorcycle, maybe.

...But the things he's guessed at that Aki hasn't.

Shinjiro's pretty sure Aki just set up his sister on a half-date, at the very least.

The "friend's little sister" clause also doesn't really hold up that well over time.]

You tell him to at least try and keep her from locking the door when he takes her out?

[Text - Private]

[risetocaesar]

You don't think that's too obvious? She might suspect something.

[Text - Private]

[themortalhalf]

How else do you plan on getting in?

[Text - Private]

[risetocaesar]

There's an empty apartment a few doors down from hers. I can go across the balconies easy.

[Text - Private]

[themortalhalf]

No.

[Text - Private]

[risetocaesar]

I'll be fine.