18. New Year

[corrinesbell]

I missed the new year by about three days, judging from when Lavi said the solstice was. …I apologize. I was kind of…preoccupied. A lot of stuff had happened, and it got a little hectic.

Anyway, where I’m from, we exchange gifts on the new year, so…there are some people I need to see. 

You guys live right next door, so…I’ll just come over, I guess. You’re home, right?

 

I’ll have to talk to each of you in person in order to give you what I was planning on. It might have to wait until my hand heals a little more, though. 

Sorry, but it’ll have to wait a while. It takes a lot of writing, and I want it to be mostly readable, so I’m gonna need to wait until I can use my other hand. …I’m really sorry. 

Just…stop by whenever. Or, I guess I’ll come over there, since…Lloyd won’t be going anywhere for a while. You feel any better today?
And…thanks again, Kratos. That really helped.

Kind of hard to believe it’s been only a few months since I got here, and it’s the new year already. I mean, it was summer when I left…
You know what? I’m not thinking stuff like that today. 

Comments

[corrinesbell]

I...uh...sorry? Should I leave?

[salvationfound.livejournal.com]

*shakes his head and holds up his journal* I saw your note. I figured Lloyd would ask you to come here. *glances at him, looking... amused? In his own way* He's been painfully bored all day.

[kid-in-red.livejournal.com]

If you knew that, you could've tried harder to find something interesting to do, Dad.

[corrinesbell]

[now that she knows she's not in trouble, she laughs a little]

I think you're supposed to be resting, Lloyd. [she's kind of teasing. bffs.]

[kid-in-red.livejournal.com]

You try doing nothing but sleep all day.

[corrinesbell]

I have, remember?

[Truth is, she still expects to catch it from him for breaking her hand on the door...but she's not bringing it up first]

Brackets, right

[salvationfound.livejournal.com]

... [sighs and, before that little argument can continue, he goes to Lloyd and holds a sketchbook he got at the store in front of his face along with a pencil]

[kid-in-red.livejournal.com]

...wow, Dad! Thanks!

[and Lloyd is now completely distracted from lecturing Sheena about anything]

[corrinesbell]

[She owes him one. She'll have to remember this tactic]

Not bored anymore, huh? [Oh! That reminds her...]

Um...happy new year. [hands Kratos what she brought for him]

[salvationfound.livejournal.com]

[blinks, then carefully takes the knife from Sheena's hands] Hm... [tests the weight, then turns to make a few practice stabs and slashes with it] ... [gives Sheena the barest hint of a smile when he turns back to her] Thank you. I'm sure this will be of use.

[corrinesbell]

Y-Yeah. That's...um, glad you like it.

[Kratos is the hardest person to give a new year's gift. Ever.]

[salvationfound.livejournal.com]

[nods, sheathing the knife in an empty spot on his belt that's clearly made for knives, though he was never seen wearing one]

[kid-in-red.livejournal.com]

[is sketching something and no longer paying attention]