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[mayoboro]

toushirou hijikata
#1470 holly heights
( wife ) • ( shitty son ) • ( daughter )
thanks a lot, saffron

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Comments

[copia]

I am wondering if you could help me out with picking something for my dad for Father's Day! I was so wrapped up in getting used to this place that I didn't realize it was coming up so soon.

[mayoboro]

[oh]

Yeah, sure. Are you asking for money or something? [he's not very helpful if you don't specify what you want him to help with]

[copia]

Oh no!! I am looking more so for suggestions, not money, but thank you though. I wanted to pick your brain and see if there was anything he might have mentioned he wanted recently.

[mayoboro]

Wouldn't you being here be the best-timed present he could ask for?

[copia]

That's true, but I still feel like I should get him something, even if it's small. Or I could make something...like...tiger-shaped cookies??

Hmm...does he need anything for his office now that the police building is done?

[mayoboro]

[--a-AH!! !!!!!]

A calendar and an agenda.

[IT SEEMS SO OBVIOUS NOW]

[adult inside jokes, kaede. your dad's not getting any younger with his memory]

[copia]

A calendar and an agenda, got it. [ she pauses for a moment. ] Those would have come in handy back home during his old job, but oh well. They can now!!

[mayoboro]

He takes it very hard when he forgets someone's birth date, so this may come in very handy for him. Don't tell him I suggested it.

[copia]

Will do! And hey, there's an even better idea, too! When's your birthday?

[mayoboro]

It was a month ago. What about yours? [this is how these conversations go, right - give and receive, etc] Maybe your father is already planning an embarrassing party. He's keen on that. Planning, that is.

[copia]

What's the date? I can write it into the calendar and agenda so there's no way he can ever forget!! And mine is next month — July 21st. [ she groans a bit. ] He'll probably decorate it for an eight-year-old girl, but the thought is what will count.

[mayoboro]

Eh, May 5th.

[children r adorable when they're trying to shun out their over-excited parents] If he comes to me about it, I will try to dissuade him from it. I'm sorry to inform you that at this stage, the balloon animals will remain as props.

[copia]

I'll make sure to put your name in there!

I can deal with balloon animals as long as he isn't buying matching bedsheets for me or something.

[mayoboro]

[silence]

[you can cut through all this tension]

So you definitely not want matching bedsheets?

[are you playing the tsun card? hijikata will think you are, and keep this in mind in case kotetsu comes to him asking him for ideas]

[copia]

I definitely do not want matching bedsheets.

[mayoboro]

Any colour in particular, or all matching bedsheets?

[copia]

[ IGNORING THAT!!!!!!!! ]

Anyway, thanks for the help with the Father's Day gifts. Have a good day!! [ /click! ]

[mayoboro]

[ah... ganbatte kaede-chan]