"Come here. I’ll fix it."
♕ ♕SOFT FAMILY THINGS|| accepting || @aragakisan
dismissing the fact as a matter of not that great of importance would have been a true insult, yet Mitsuru always seemed to have had the tendency to dismiss even the most little obstacle as something not worthy of anyone else’s concern. a bad habit which had accompanied her for the longest time, and that would represent itself even when the frown of worry would fatigue to leave her face. it had been but an incident, dictated by her lack of attention - which would have usually meant she was to pay the consequences. she hadn’t expected the Hierophant there to witness in silence to the whole scene, nor to later offer his help to the evidently lost girl. for it was what she must have looked like: lost, slightly worried something had broken forever.
she never took it off, her precious locket; hidden usually under her blouses and jackets, ever tied around her slim white neck, Mitsuru would rarely ever lived without it now. she didn’t mind anymore the contact of the cold metal against her skin, but that time had been an exception - so different from ordinary routine. it had fallen from her hand, as she was approaching the lounge to clean it. she had cursed her lack of attention inside her head, and had powerlessly seen the golden object falling down a bunch of stairsteps, leading downwards, bump after bump. as her heart had skipped a beat, she had run down too, to find again the locket - open, the little oval door away from the junctures. it looked broken indeed. and the boy must have noticed it too. picking up the pieces had been almost humiliating for the girl, admitting defeat like so, and getting closer to the boy.
« Such a bad fall it took… are you sure you have the right instruments and tools for these small ju– ah, it just seemed to be slipping right through my fingers, I couldn’t catch it back without falling myself down the stairs… »
ever since her last goodbye to her dearest Father, Mitsuru had tried finding new ways to keep his memory as alive and present than ever. back when she still lived there, she remembered, Mitsuru’d keep a photo of him by the bed, together with a bunch of other silly possessions or correspondences that did remind her of home. the locket was no exception, as it was an old piece of jewellery she had finally put into good use, sliding a picture of her Father, smiling, inside of it. she’d glanced at the photo during her saddest days, when she needed to remind herself of what the right path could lead her to – and she still did in fact. but now, the painful reminder had forced itself onto her heart like one big, unstoppable wave…
she handed Aragaki the pieces of the locket; as he examined them, she felt slightly embarrassed by it – she didn’t know if anyone had ever noticed her wearing such a thing under her clothes before… hesitating a bit, the redhead gave him a crooked little smile, as she apologized for the bother.
« It’s fine, really. I could ask anyone to deal with it if you can’t, Aragaki. »












