dan heng wasnβt one for showy affairs when it came to his presents. it was why he so often left behind his sentiments while the recipient was away. but, he had done a fair bit of growing in the last year, and this year sat across from her at the breakfast table with steaming cups of coffee ready.
dan heng would probably not endeavour to become an artisan, but the jade bangle pushed towards himeko in a simple velvet box was of high quality, better than that, created with protection cloudhymns and dan hengβs own well wishes for good fortune and prosperity. the jade had been inlaid with golden constellations, famous beacons from some of the worlds they had travelled together.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β β Β Β happy birthday, himeko. Β Β β
Words die upon her tongue.
In truth, there were never any words formulated in the very first. It was a blessing that she not been in the middle of sipping her coffee lest it would have surely gone done wrong. Today should have been no different, Pom-Pom offered to make breakfast for the sake of Himeko getting to do enough
This gesture is not lost on her. The small ways that their Conductor would show a hint of favour for their Navigator despite. They have ever been her staunches proponent of and the breakfast once shared is forgotten the moment the bangle is pressed forward.
He made this, the thought was akin to delirium faint and echoing on repeat, Her son made this.
The jade is cold to the touch, yet more akin to the seas tides than that of ice. Cloudhymn, a power that came from the depths of Luofu's waves and ultimately from him. It's a beautiful piece of jewellery and were it simply that Himeko would think nothing more of it. But within the context it wasn't that simple. It would NEVER be that simple.
Once, she remember reading the meanings of jades of this shape. The meaning is not lost on her.
Its brief, barely more than a fraction of minute, where a tremor runs through fingers as she grasps the circlet. Its different this time. For so many years these gifts were covert, well wishings hidden under a layer of subterfuge at her own avoidance. Each gift, each outing, Himeko remembers them all.
How long would it last? The bangle holds strong against her wrist, it chimes against the other gold bracelet that rest upon her. Dan Heng's choice design and make suit well alongside with the other adornments the Navigator had chosen. Her darling, her sweet darling boy... He was doing everything he could even now wasn't he? To not only express her love but to keep her. To keep the her that is his, theirs alone within this universe and out of the grasp of a fate that she cannot break until the stars are within reach.
Himeko blinks back the tears that hung thick behind her eyes.
"...Thank you, Dan Heng." If there is a hitch in her tone, something off kilter she continue all the same. As she looks to her beloved Trailblaze, her beloved son, Himeko presses her wrist to her chest. To where her heart beats agonizingly TENDER. "I'll be sure to keep it all ways."
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