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[patchreplacementofvengeance-blog]

"I'm... I'm gonna---Achoo!"

"Are you sick?" It was rare for Thalim to be ill, so something strong was probably going around. If one of them was sick, though, Nichrome would do whatever he could to help. He didn’t want to be left behind in anything, and if he could take care of someone who was always willing to help him, he wanted to make sure Thalim would be fine. "I’ll be right back. I’ll go find medication to help you rest easier." Walking out of the room and heading straight for the cabinet with all their medicine, he checked each of them and read them carefully to make sure he didn’t grab the wrong bottle. He was still learning all these complicated names, so it was easier that he read the information instead.

Once he could confirm he was holding the right bottle, he got a full glass of water before heading back to Thalim’s room. Placing the glass on a stand, he opened the bottle and handed it to the older Official. It wouldn’t do well to have them getting sick; especially if they were really needed sometime soon. “If you’re not feeling well, just rest. I’ll tell everyone else. Namari will handle the cooking today. Get some rest, please.”

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"Hey Namari, are you... free tonight? I was wondering if you would like to make the cake with me and have it ready for Silva's birthday tomorrow."

"I can help, sure. I figured you had it on your own, so I didn’t bother you about it, but I can help if you want me around for it." Though they all did various things on birthdays, Silva was one of the more excitable and festive ones. Some of them didn’t do cakes or presents, finding other ways to acknowledge a birthday. If whoever it was normally liked sweets, ordinarily, Namari would leave that to Thalim and work on the dinner. Of course, he had no problem helping if Thalim just wanted the company. Namari knew he could handle baking on his own, which left the situation that the other probably just wanted someone else around.

"I don’t know how much you’re planning on decorating it, but I’ll add the designs on the edges. I like being able to focus on details. We can make one large cake or just make two separate ones. There’s a lot of us, after all."

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"You're fantastic!"

Not what he expected to hear, but he wouldn’t shoot the thought down. Though not sure what exactly caused Thalim to decide to say that now, he wouldn’t ignore a compliment. He didn’t quite feel “fantastic” as a person, though he didn’t consider himself by any means incompetent. Perhaps he simply didn’t see what others saw. Rather, he saw the good in other people, but less so for himself. Not that Namari thought of himself as a bad person, but knowing someone thought highly of him made him feel the need to not let that person down.

"Am… I?" He’d only ever been himself after all, so that’s all he had to keep doing, right? This was family, and he trusted Thalim to tell him if he was doing something wrong. Despite being the one who looked out for the family as a whole the most, he was still one of the youngest. He would probably make mistakes that the others wouldn’t. What was reassuring was hearing this from Thalim, specifically, however. He was mature for his age, and handled things much better than even some of those older than them. Renim had almost ten years on Thalim, and by far was Thalim was the more mature one.

"I’m glad you think so. It’s… assuring to know someone’s got my back. But you’re pretty fantastic yourself, you know?" He knew Thalim, more than any of the other Officials, had a lot of insecurities that caused self doubt. Yet he was still this strong, and he still stood on his own two feet. He didn’t ask for help in the most stubborn way, always wanting to try to do things for himself and not burden anyone else.  He had a lot of things he needed to handle, and those were things about himself that only he could fix, but Namari knew one day he’d be able to. He was insecure, but he wasn’t weak at all. “Whatever you may think about yourself, you’re strong. In ways different from me.” Thalim wouldn’t be able to doubt himself in front of Namari. The latter knew there was more to him than that. “But I’ll take your compliment. Thanks.” The smile given was a more gentle one than the smile he usually wore. Different from his carefree or sarcastic smile. It was genuine; one not many people would see on his face. “I guess two fantastic people are making a fantastic dinner tonight, then.”

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Quietly peeks around the corner into the doorway to his room, "Yoh-kun?"

    "Thalim! You here for some ice cream?" he couldn't help but question, happily eating a rather large bowl of vanilla ice cream.

[reddesertpatch]

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