four words. || ACCEPTING!
‹⟨➼⟩› A STRUGGLING — brush against delicate paper, it’s even evident in the prince’s hands that graceful dances aren’t in his blood. Likely from his childhood, when he refused to learn and to engrave those fluid motions into his brain — all he could really say, however, was that it was his own fault for denying and pushing away all lessons he found useless when, really, they came in handy.
——— Like right at this moment, while he was attempting to write to his caretakers an apology letter. He was sure that they were old and frail by the time they were sent, which was why he was trying his absolute hardest to write as neatly and as quickly as possible.
❝ Would you really ?! Daw, thanks a million, Vivian ! ❞ A beam across his face as stars lit up, dancing in his ambers — a broad smile across his face that only felt familiar. ❝My kanji isn’t as great as my shot, but with your help, I think I could really improve !❞
Right from the very beginning, she had SETTLED calmly beside him, brushing the skin of her shoulder against his as charcoal hues carefully scoured the parchment paper for mistakes. Every now and then, mistakes became SPOTTED, but it wasn’t as if they happened to be major ones. If anything, Vivian would say that Kiragi happened to be a quick learner.
Then again, perhaps it had to do with the fact that instead of explaining, she preferred writing out each character in neat, cursive strokes. Perhaps a bit lazy of her, but hey, at least her skills with calligraphy was good ENOUGH for Takumi to assign her as a temporary mentor for Kiragi.
“ Oh no, the pleasure’s all mine! In no time at all, we’ll be making you an expert who can write kanji in his sleep. ” Vivian finally spoke, allowing a gentle smile to grace her lips. “ Just copy out all my written examples from before, hm? Remember, the kanji for person is like two SLANTING legs of a stick man person, or if you want to be more specific, it’s a chopstick preventing the other chopstick from falling by making direct contact right in it’s middle. ”
No sooner had she uttered such a silly statement, Vivian proceeds to lightly pull away Kiragi’s brush, demonstrating such an example before him. “ Now, that’s what we call PERSEVERING loyalty of the highest caliber. Get it, got it good, Kira? ” she finally brought herself to question aloud, upon finishing.