Suite Dreams - Kaeya

[aono]

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[aono]

[Hearing the praise for his cooking seems to reinvigorate something in Rin.]

I'm glad. Trials are hard and I know I'm not the most helpful with them, but at least I can keep everyone fed, yeah?

[He's trying not to show it too much, but he's feeling a bit down at the reminder of how brutal the trials are. Getting called out for being dumb didn't help much either.]

[callalilies]

[ stop saying mean things about rin challenge ok go

but kaeya pauses in his eating to very lightly take his free, empty hand and to pinch rin's cheek very softly. ]

Every little bit helps, don't ever say you aren't helpful, Rin Okumura. Or I'll have to pinch you. Just like that. Every time.

[ this is my little brother now ]

[aono]

Gah!

[He is pinched! And he pulls back and rubs at his cheek. It didn't actually hurt much, but you know.]

I didn't say I wasn't helpful at all, just not very helpful. Everyone else was already on their way to figuring it out, I just did one check to help.

[And he figured out the typewriter thing, but shhh.]

[callalilies]

[ it literally didn't hurt at all rin but also he laughs.

in any case—shhh. ]

The last half hour was quite a lot.

[ pulling his hand away now to just rest in polaris' fur as he munches. ]

It always is, though.

[aono]

...yeah. It always is.

But I was right at the start: we only needed to check the people who fit the footprints, there was no need to make everyone get naked.

[callalilies]

It's still good to set the expectation.

Besides, you know that shoes aren't always the ticket. It may not be that way the next time it happens.

[aono]

If it's not then we can expand the search, yeah? There's no saying we can't go back and check everyone later if we don't turn up a culprit.