050: Just Because I'm Losing Doesn't Mean I'm Lost

[contract_star]

[Hei looks significantly better now than he did back when, yanno, he was almost dying. He's lying on a rather ratty couch, a newspaper folded over his stomach. It's opened to the Classified section, and a few things are circled.]

[Hei yawns and stares up at the Astral Sky.]

I actually missed Sapporo. Nice to have a break from it all, finally...and that construction job should open on the sixth, so...

[He suddenly frowns a little.]

Wait, then... [He gathers up the newspaper and looks at the date at the top. He blinks, mildly surprised.]

Oh...huh.


[ooc: Hei forgot his birthday on the 3rd :|]

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[madamemoiselle]

{She takes his hands tightly, holding them with a warm smile}

Then let me say that I mean it. I'm very glad that Hei is here.

[contract_star]

[There's nothing he can really say to all that, so he just smiles. It's probably the first completely genuine smile in weeks.]

[madamemoiselle]

Now, what do you want for your birthday, Hei?

[contract_star]

Um...I have no idea.

[madamemoiselle]

There has to be something that Hei would like.

[contract_star]

Well...food is always nice...

[madamemoiselle]

...That's all?

[contract_star]

Well, I mean...I'm not...material things don't really interest me.

[He's definitely not mentioning telescopes. THEY'RE EXPENSIVE.]

[madamemoiselle]

There has to be something. Ne, it's just a gift for my friend. Especially one that saved me.

[contract_star]

There's...I can't really think of anything.

[madamemoiselle]

Are you sure?

[contract_star]

W-well...that is...

[Hei absolutely hates asking for help. But even more so than asking for help, he hates asking for free stuff. So give him a minute to fumble around with this.]

Well, there was--I mean--but it's not--and they're kind of expensive, and--it's not like it even matters back home--and here, I mean--so...

They're, um. That is...eyepieces. F-for the scope... [BRB, imagining himself with a top-of-the-line scope with high quality eyepieces, a Barlow, some good filters...]

[madamemoiselle]

Eyepieces? Tell me what kind!

[contract_star]

S...Satake? I mean...even just a 30x or 60x would be fine...

[madamemoiselle]

But what for, I mean?

[contract_star]

For the telescope. I mean you don't have to...it's stupid, really...

[madamemoiselle]

So it's a telescope? Satake, then! It'll be a while, but I'll be back!

{And she pops off the Plane! It is quite a while before she comes back, but she comes with a large bag, holding it out to Hei. She only just stepped out of the shop, but the bag is full of eyepieces. Diva forgot which ones to get, so she just got what the clerk said were the best ones.}

Ne, it was hard to find a shop that sold these, Hei? A telescope looks at the stars, really? That's what the man said, anyways.

[contract_star]

[He's back to reading the paper by then and he looks up when she appears with the bag. And drops his paper. And just sort of stares.]

[madamemoiselle]

{Diva comes over to the couch and sits, setting the bag on Hei's lap}

Happy birthday!

[contract_star]

You--these--Diva...

[Looking into the bag now and fjkdalfjdklaj all those eyepieces *A*]

I don't...I...

[madamemoiselle]

{She just leans over and hugs Hei tightly}

[contract_star]

[Still sort of in shock.] D-Diva...thanks. Thank you.

[madamemoiselle]

You're welcome! I like being able to give my friend nice things like this. These are nice, right?

[contract_star]

They...they are. These are wonderful, Diva.

[madamemoiselle]

Oh, I'm glad then! I hope that you enjoy them.