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[idolpro]

Who: A graduating idol, others
Where: A pier
When: 121 Dawn

[ At the Tokyo seashore, dawn comes and paints the sky bright and the water red. A boat has docked there, just for the graduation ceremony. The deck is laid out with tables laden with seafood, one table with a fancy black tablecloth and a ☆ centered on the fabric. A crown sits at the table for the graduating girl, inlaid with red jewels.

A banner above the gangplank onto the boat reads CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GRADUATION. ]

Comments

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ he's still a little too much in shock to be processing anything properly, but there's no way he's not gonna catch her. ]

... Red.

You seem—happy.

[lovestained]

I'm always happy, Eater.

1/3

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ ah. ]


[ that snaps him out of it abruptly, like a sharp slap. ]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ spins her around in his arms ]

Hey, hey, who the hell let you graduate before your big bro? This system is fucked; I'm lodging a formal complaint with the administrator! Tell me you at least got some cool powers out of it.

[lovestained]

[ !!!! !!! // she giggles as she's spun, smiling broadly instead of like she's losing her fucking mind ]

I know, I know! You do such a better job than me at all the stuff they like to see, too...maybe they just don't like older siblings? Dia's not graduating, either!

...

Hey, Eater?

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ he stops spinning, but he doesn't put her down, keeping her held up in his arms. ]

Yeah, Red?

[lovestained]

...Take care of them, okay? At least until you follow me. I'll still be around, but obviously it's not like I can actually help or anything.

[carnivorouscarnival]

Leave all the heavy lifting to me, why don't you? That's what's colloquially known as "herding cats."

[ his tone is light and sarcastic, though, and he hugs her a little tighter before he answers more seriously ]

... I'll do my best.