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[quietempathy]

[He is sitting by himself, staring at a book. It's questionable whether he is actually reading it or not.]

Are they alike? [Looking up, his forehead furrows.] Sawa-san would get along with Honda-san, but that doesn't mean much. I can't imagine either of them having enemies.

Should I introduce them? Is that too presumptive...?

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[quietempathy]

I don't...? [But his Uncle (Cousin?) Kyo does look young.] She is one of my Aunts. I see her sometimes.

[jerkcat]

What? She doesn't have that kind of family!

Right. Different one...

[Pokes Shiki in the forehead.] What's your name kid? [Never mind that he's not that much older... if at all.]

[quietempathy]

Yes, she does. With the Sohma. [Hi, is this awkward? He might be curling in on himself a bit.] Shiki. Shiki Sohma.

[jerkcat]

[Aw poor kid.]

[Alas, Kyo is too confused to catch on.] What?? What the hell is going on???

[quietempathy]

Honda-san marries into...our family. [Is his voice getting quieter? Yes.]

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[jerkcat]

She's married?!?!

[............ He doesn't know if he wants to cry or commit a murder. And he starts playing with the beads on his wrist in spite of himself.] To who?!?! [It's whom... don't correct him.]

[quietempathy]

...you, Uncle Kyo.

[Please stop hissing. It makes him want to hide.]

[jerkcat]

Oh.

Oh....

My head hurts.... [Screw this. He's just gonna lie on the floor.]

[quietempathy]

[He pulls out a bottle of water and offers it to him.]

You seem...very happy.

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[jerkcat]

[Drinks! Thanks! He would say... if he was better at human-ing.]

I'm not happy!! [Yes, he is!] It hasn't happened by my time, and --

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[jerkcat]

You said something about wondering if someone was like her?

[Not that he's going to try to help you or anything future nephew idiot...]

[quietempathy]

[He crouches down by Kyo, looking concerned.]

You do look young. [A slight flush touches Shiki's cheeks.]

Yes. A girl named Sawa Mitoma. She's -

[Special.]

Hajime-san and Mutsuki-san like her too.

[jerkcat]

Crush them.

[Good job Kyo, just throw your own son under the bus.]

[quietempathy]

What do you mean? [It's not like that between him and his cousins. Hajime and Mutsuki have their tiffs, but it's not anything like their fathers.]

[jerkcat]

Don't let anything come between what you really want. If she's good for you, then they'll back down. Probably.

[ :| ]

[quietempathy]

I'm...not like that. [He was shy about meeting her at all.] They are the ones who wanted me to meet her. Mutsuki-san said it would be good for me and her.

[jerkcat]

It doesn't sound like you need to crush them then. Maybe they support you.

[quietempathy]

Do...

Do you know who I am? [He is afraid to ask. This might be adding fuel to the fire.]

[jerkcat]

Not exactly. Beyond a future nephew. And you look like... someone.

[quietempathy]

I'm the son of Shigure Sohma and Akito Sohma. [Hi, don't hit him please.]

[jerkcat]

Okay.

[......... Is that physically possible????]

[He guesses it must be.]

[It's a strange new world.]

[But no one EVER would make that up. Or want to. Definitely really not want to.]

Who knew that old lecher would ever settle down.

Are you always this timid?

[quietempathy]

[Yes, especially when Akito is a woman. But Kyo doesn't know that yet.]

I wouldn't say he has settled down completely.

[But heaven help him if he cheats on Akito.]

Mother says I'm like her. [You know, if she hadn't been pushed to the brink by really bad parenting.] Grandmother thinks I'm a waste.

[jerkcat]

[Kyo does not!!!! He assumes it's a literal miracle of GOD.]

[He stares blankly.]

[Mother.]

[.... Well he does look like Akito soooooooooo.... let's go with that. Plus he acts nothing like Shigure.]

Yeah, well. [Glances away and plays with his beads harder.]

[It can't be Shigure's mother so...] That's what happens with the curse. Cases like Hiro are pretty rare. [Momiji's style is more common...] Unless you're just a monster. Then you have no chance at all.

How's your [A beat. Lineface.] Mother?

[quietempathy]

[It's better for the world that he doesn't act like Shigure. However, like his father, Shiki has a mind for strategy.]

The curse has been broken, Uncle Kyo. [Is this a time for rejoicing?] Aunt Tohru is a big reason why it ended. I'm not god or a dog.

[He smiles a little. Someone is fond of his mother. She does protect him from his volatile Grandmother Ren.]

She's busy, but she spends a lot of time with me.

[jerkcat]

[He is kind of thrilled. And stunned. And wants to take off his beads to check, but it's probably a bad idea.]

Busy? [Doing what???] Well, Shig-- your Dad's always around, right? Writers do better out of offices he says. Or did he give that up?

So Tohru broke the curse... [Hand through his hair.] Well, that settles it, right? If your gal Sawa is like Tohru, then you're kismet. Or something. Hajime's gotta be my kid, right? Is he a good fighter? [The most important thing.]

[And Kyo makes a stern punch pose.] If I'm not cursed, he's definitely not cursed. And that means he can get a girlfriend easily. [Or boyfriend? Like Shigure? Miracle sex change? God is strange, and Akito is the strangest, but hey, not being kept in a box for the rest of his life so the others can be better than him? Yeaaaaah he's happy.] But -- your Dad and Shisou-san always said the curse wasn't just the physical embodiment thing. That it was how everyone in the family reacted to it. Like your... grandmother.