"Y'know staying up until midnight kinda loses its touch when you're up until like 2 in the morning, anyway . . . " // idk if seri would visit a shrine but takehiko would, like in that one radio drama LOL
&& icebreaker | New year’s / new year’s eve starters
the lieutenant always made a yearly tradition to visit the shrine which was walking distance from the dorms. its a that she should never miss and would love to do often, if only responsibilities and troubles didn’t bite off that notion for the past years. if she was being honest, she felt melancholy at the thought of being here, by herself as she usually came here with two of her best friends.
( they both said they couldn’t make it because they both were in separate vacations somewhere and instead will get her a souvenir to compensate for it; so she merely smiles at the message she got earlier that day )
so she expected herself to be alone and not know anyone else other than the people who works at the shrine whom she’s very well acquainted with. though it is a small world after all; the balance of probability.
“ It truly is but I don’t think anyone would like to hit the hay when another chapter of the book opens. „
the young red had a point. well it was not meant to be an ill thought and if she had expressed it out loud it would definitely be misunderstood. then again, her response didn’t feel like she was speaking the words--it seemed like how her King might respond. ( maybe he’s rubbing off on her too much ? kusanagi-kun might be making the right observations after all and not silly ones.. )
“ --Happy New Year.„ which was immediately followed by a prompt nod. it was formal and polite to do so and awashima was never one to fully antagonize people, save for those who try and harm whoever is important and dear to her.