We were like five or six or something! Six-year-olds don't care about being friendly or likable— they just want somebody to play with. Even if you fight, you make up right away 'cause playing together is more fun than staying mad.
[ She says that but... yeah, she is still exactly the same way, whereas everybody else around her matured and learned to hold grudges. ]
[ At least, he's never seen him mad? It was a shock to see him worried, honestly... Given Mafuyu's devil-may-care attitude, they're like fish and water, huh. ]
It must be nice to have a best friend... [ ah. He didn't mean to say that aloud and he pauses before he. sort of slumps his shoulders. MIGHT AS WELL OWN IT. ] ...My neighborhood's always had a lot of older people in it, and my parents never allowed me to go to public school? So I never really had people my age to play with when I was younger, and I don't really have anyone to hang out with now either.
[ ...current company and Hinata aside, of course? ]
Sorry, that must sound really pathetic? It's not good to have bad feelings when you're wrapping gifts either, or it'll infect the present. [ what kinda nonsense is that, tsukasa ]
[ It's true, they're both five. But Mafuyu's never really had that problem with making friends— keeping them is the problem, which is why she can look at herself now and count close friends on one hand, but she'd grown up playing with Yato, became friends with Chiyo, and then Hinata... there were probably more that she fell in and out of friendships with, but she was never left wanting for somebody at her side. ]
I don't think it's pathetic... Or rather, I don't really understand.
[ Sorry, Tsukasa, your words are being wasted on Mafuyu, who wraps her presents like crumpling aluminum foil around a yam, using as much paper as she wants so that it completely covers the gift underneath, no matter how messy. ]
For me, I like Hina a lot because I know I can count on him, and I'd do anything for him too. But that doesn't have anything to do with age or knowing people from school— like, I'm friends with Mohammed from the museum! And Kaz the real estate agent! Fai who's a counselor!
[ Adults, who would normally be enemies of somebody like her, but she considers them all friends too. She might have very low standards for friendship, maybe that's how it works. How to explain so it makes sense, though... ]
You got friends, so I don't think "best" is that big a deal at all. It's like saying mac and cheese is my favorite food, but I love chicken pot pie and fried rice and BLTs too!
[ Mafuyu, that's all so simple, and he's sort of staring at her for a bit before he goes back to wrapping his nicely and neatly and all of that proper stuff. He's not wasteful, unlike... yam girl over here... ]
...Basically, I shouldn't worry about that sort of thing and I should just enjoy what I have...?
[ ??? also NOTED about her favorite foods. Please expect him to make her those when taste returns. ]
[ Life is just that simple, Tsukasa. You live simply, don't overthink things, and that's more or less how Mafuyu can continue being so carefree with her life, sticking two or three bows over where the wrapping paper had torn and there isn't enough left over to wrap it around again. ]
A friend's a friend, right? When you're hanging out with someone, they're the best 'cause they're the one that's there! That's the important part!
[ Finishing this one off with a cute bow... ~ Perfect. ]
I guess that'd make you the best friend right now...? [ ...That feels so weird to call her?? ] Well... At least that's one thing I can say you're the best at being right now, I guess.
[ EYEING HER GIFT WRAPPING ATTEMPT WITH SLIGHT DISDAIN ]
[ Yes!! Mafuyu pumps both her fists into the air at being the "best friend right now," then unceremoniously tosses her present into the neatly stacked pile all other other teams had been helping out with. ]
And you're the best friend right now too! Best partner! Best gift wrapper! Best toy maker! I can count on you too, right?
[ To... basically make sure the rest of their tasks go alright, because Hinata's the sort of person who goes along with her and amplifies every fantastical idea she has, but she needs people on the other end too, to bring her down and ground her. ]
Don't just toss them! [ a slight whine... ahh, honestly. Hopefully it's still okay... It didn't sound like anything broke so— um, she asked him a question.
...honestly his shout there probably answered it for her but anyway. She uses "best" so frivolously, but he still can't help but feel a little happy hearing it. ] Um... Of course you can. I'll do my best, Mafuyu.
[ It's fine, whatever was in the box now gets the added enjoyment of being "some assembly required." ]
I know. You seem like that sort of person who always does his best. So, what toy are you going to make? Just this last one and we'll be done and we can go sledding!
[ The day isn't complete unless they go sledding ]
I was thinking we'd make it ourselves and have that count as a toy, but then we don't get to keep it and we can't go sledding together... How 'bout this— you buy one and we make another and then we can race?
[ Because she wants to race and therefore doesn't everybody? ]
We can make people race and then bet on the winners like horses! I dunno how to make one, but it can't be hard, right? We just get like... a huge cookie tin and decorate it! [ let her eat the cookies!! ] It just has to be flat and smooth and it'll slide just fine!
[ SHRUGS!!! she starts pulling him towards whatever nearest cookie shop there is, because they could stand here and wonder forever, or they can go see and answer their question directly. ]
It's Christmastime! There'll be tins that hold hundreds of cookies! Like those large sewing kit tins!
Those are really small cookies! [ he's arguing but he's still going with her SO?? ] We can't eat them all by ourselves either, we'll get sick. They wouldn't be that fun to eat anyway...
I ate fifty tater tots for a bet. I can eat a hundred cookies.
[ Ahh, but that was also back when tater tots were wonderful and delicious, and this month has been pretty terrible in that it took away one of the things she really really enjoyed. ]
But we need that tin, so how 'bout we split the cookies into little bags and give them out?
[ As a show of goodwill, even though they'll go directly into the trash and everybody knows it. ]
But Mafuyu isn't one to spoil Christmas, she just ruins the holiday by continuing on as she always does and terrorize little children as a mall santa or something. There's a very little small part of her that believes in the spirit of the holiday, but it's largely overshadowed by the idea that behaving herself in the two weeks leading up to Christmas counts as being a good kid all year and deserving of presents. ]
[ Is that "could you please pay for it" or "are you able to pay for it please" because those are very different questions and... well, she has the same answer for the both of those, because she doesn't carry around a wallet so much as she carries around a change purse, because any reasonable person would rather carry several pounds of quarters on them instead of figuring out credit cards. ]
Let's see... [ She turns out her pockets and lets everything drop out onto the snow: there's a key ring without any keys on it, some bubblegum wrappers, a cigarette lighter, and thirty-some quarters. ]
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[ She says that but... yeah, she is still exactly the same way, whereas everybody else around her matured and learned to hold grudges. ]
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[ At least, he's never seen him mad? It was a shock to see him worried, honestly... Given Mafuyu's devil-may-care attitude, they're like fish and water, huh. ]
It must be nice to have a best friend... [ ah. He didn't mean to say that aloud and he pauses before he. sort of slumps his shoulders. MIGHT AS WELL OWN IT. ] ...My neighborhood's always had a lot of older people in it, and my parents never allowed me to go to public school? So I never really had people my age to play with when I was younger, and I don't really have anyone to hang out with now either.
[ ...current company and Hinata aside, of course? ]
Sorry, that must sound really pathetic? It's not good to have bad feelings when you're wrapping gifts either, or it'll infect the present. [ what kinda nonsense is that, tsukasa ]
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I don't think it's pathetic... Or rather, I don't really understand.
[ Sorry, Tsukasa, your words are being wasted on Mafuyu, who wraps her presents like crumpling aluminum foil around a yam, using as much paper as she wants so that it completely covers the gift underneath, no matter how messy. ]
For me, I like Hina a lot because I know I can count on him, and I'd do anything for him too. But that doesn't have anything to do with age or knowing people from school— like, I'm friends with Mohammed from the museum! And Kaz the real estate agent! Fai who's a counselor!
[ Adults, who would normally be enemies of somebody like her, but she considers them all friends too. She might have very low standards for friendship, maybe that's how it works. How to explain so it makes sense, though... ]
You got friends, so I don't think "best" is that big a deal at all. It's like saying mac and cheese is my favorite food, but I love chicken pot pie and fried rice and BLTs too!
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...Basically, I shouldn't worry about that sort of thing and I should just enjoy what I have...?
[ ??? also NOTED about her favorite foods. Please expect him to make her those when taste returns. ]
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[ Life is just that simple, Tsukasa. You live simply, don't overthink things, and that's more or less how Mafuyu can continue being so carefree with her life, sticking two or three bows over where the wrapping paper had torn and there isn't enough left over to wrap it around again. ]
A friend's a friend, right? When you're hanging out with someone, they're the best 'cause they're the one that's there! That's the important part!
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I guess that'd make you the best friend right now...? [ ...That feels so weird to call her?? ] Well... At least that's one thing I can say you're the best at being right now, I guess.
[ EYEING HER GIFT WRAPPING ATTEMPT WITH SLIGHT DISDAIN ]
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And you're the best friend right now too! Best partner! Best gift wrapper! Best toy maker! I can count on you too, right?
[ To... basically make sure the rest of their tasks go alright, because Hinata's the sort of person who goes along with her and amplifies every fantastical idea she has, but she needs people on the other end too, to bring her down and ground her. ]
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Don't just toss them! [ a slight whine... ahh, honestly. Hopefully it's still okay... It didn't sound like anything broke so— um, she asked him a question.
...honestly his shout there probably answered it for her but anyway. She uses "best" so frivolously, but he still can't help but feel a little happy hearing it. ] Um... Of course you can. I'll do my best, Mafuyu.
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I know. You seem like that sort of person who always does his best. So, what toy are you going to make? Just this last one and we'll be done and we can go sledding!
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Are we going to buy an actual sled while we're here?
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I was thinking we'd make it ourselves and have that count as a toy, but then we don't get to keep it and we can't go sledding together... How 'bout this— you buy one and we make another and then we can race?
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...And just what happened to offering sled rides for money? No, never mind, this is preferable... [ um... ] Okay, sounds good to me.
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Do you know how to make one?
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We can make people race and then bet on the winners like horses! I dunno how to make one, but it can't be hard, right? We just get like... a huge cookie tin and decorate it! [ let her eat the cookies!! ] It just has to be flat and smooth and it'll slide just fine!
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[ please... ]
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[ just how big do they get. ]
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It's Christmastime! There'll be tins that hold hundreds of cookies! Like those large sewing kit tins!
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[ rip taste and etc ]
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[ Ahh, but that was also back when tater tots were wonderful and delicious, and this month has been pretty terrible in that it took away one of the things she really really enjoyed. ]
But we need that tin, so how 'bout we split the cookies into little bags and give them out?
[ As a show of goodwill, even though they'll go directly into the trash and everybody knows it. ]
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That's actually not a bad idea. Santa would be proud of our goodwill, too.
[ his parents let him have one thing for christmas tradition and it's "believing in santa claus" don't take this from him. ]
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But Mafuyu isn't one to spoil Christmas, she just ruins the holiday by continuing on as she always does and terrorize little children as a mall santa or something. There's a very little small part of her that believes in the spirit of the holiday, but it's largely overshadowed by the idea that behaving herself in the two weeks leading up to Christmas counts as being a good kid all year and deserving of presents. ]
Then it's cookie time!
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I'll— [ ...uh. ] ...Mafuyu, could you pay for it? I'm, er... trying to be a little more frugal lately...
I'll— <small>[ ...uh. ]</small> ...Mafuyu, could you pay for it? I'm, er... trying to be a little more frugal lately...
<small[ because he keeps going "hey let me treat you" at all his friends. ]</small>
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Let's see... [ She turns out her pockets and lets everything drop out onto the snow: there's a key ring without any keys on it, some bubblegum wrappers, a cigarette lighter, and thirty-some quarters. ]
How much d'you think it'll cost? Is this enough?
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