I am so easily enabled

[bitty_shinra]

Woah...

What is this place, Mundane-san? It looks so cool!

I was a little worried about missing school, but this looks way more fun! D'you think Shizuo will be here? I was supposed to visit him at the hospital...

Oh oh! Do you think Celty will be here? She'll probably come looking for me when I'm late for supper, she always comes running! She's so cool and pretty and-

Oh, who's that?

[The little boy runs off in the opposite direction. Clearly mun needs to buy him a leash...]

Comments

[bitty_kasuka]

A crush?

[You've totally lost Kasuka. Love and related things are way too complicated for him to make sense of.]

[bitty_shinra]

Yeah! It's when you have a romantic attachment for someone. It's common for a person who has a crush to blush, stammer, sweat, and for their heart to beat faster!

[bitty_kasuka]

But I think she's married.

[And Shizuo is much younger. It makes no sense.]

[bitty_shinra]

Love is a strange thing! It makes us fall in love with the strangest and most beautiful people...

[Sigh. Shinra may know more about this than he's letting on.]

[bitty_kasuka]

[And Kasuka, of course, has no clue about love. But he thinks Shinra is acting just a little weird.

You know... Weirder than usual.]

... Do you have a crush, too?

[bitty_shinra]

Nn... Maybe I do. Would you like to hear about it?

[bitty_kasuka]

['Like' is such a big word. But Kasuka is curious, so he'll nod.]

[bitty_shinra]

It's really amazing! Sometimes, the first time you see a person, you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with them. It gives you this tingling feeling all over, and you just feel like you want to shout out how much you love them! And sometimes, they return your affection, but sometimes, they don't. Sometimes, they aren't sure and you have to work really hard to change their mind!

But I know it's working. I'm changing her mind, and one day, I'm going to marry her!

[bitty_kasuka]

[Yeah... You can tell Kasuka all you want about how things feel, but he's already succeeded in pretty much blocking it all out. He's probably not going to learn anything new beyond this point.]

Congratulations.

[That's what you say when people announce they're getting married, right?]

[bitty_shinra]

Thanks, Kasuka-kun! I'll invite you to the wedding!

[Shinra hardly even notices that Kasuka isn't paying attention anymore. He's too busy daydreaming about Celty~]

[bitty_kasuka]

Thank you. [A beat.] Can niisan come?

[Because. He'd rather not leave Shizuo alone. And besides...]

He likes cake.

[bitty_shinra]

Of course! All my friends are gonna come! And there will be a huuuuuge cake, too big for even Shizuo to finish!

[bitty_kasuka]

He eats a lot.

[This is Kasuka doubting that so big a cake even exists.]

[bitty_shinra]

He does, but this one will be too big for him! It'll have to be custom made so it's big enough, I bet... How much have you seen Shizuo eat at one time?

[bitty_kasuka]

[Kasuka's eyes drift to the ground as he considers this. When he looks up again, he spreads his hands, a fair amount of space between them.

That much.]

[bitty_shinra]

Wow... we're going to need to get a really big cake!

[He's laughing at the thought.]

[bitty_kasuka]

[Kasuka doesn't laugh, of course. He doesn't even smile. But the idea of a really big cake does appeal to him.]

... I like cake, too.

[Because that just explains everything.]

[bitty_shinra]

We'll get a separate one for everyone except Shizuo. And that one will be really big too, so we can all have as much as we want!

[bitty_kasuka]

[That sounds good.]

When are you getting married, Shinra-senpai?

[Because Kasuka wants his cake now.]

[bitty_shinra]

Hm. I don't know! Whenever Celty wants to, I guess!

[Sorry, Kasuka, the missus comes first.]

[bitty_kasuka]

Maybe you should ask.

[Because those cakes are going to need to be ordered ahead of time. Not that Kasuka is eager or anything...]

[bitty_shinra]

Well, I should probably wait until I'm old enough, right? It would look pretty weird for me to get married while I'm still in school!

[bitty_kasuka]

[All the disappoint. Cake should precede logic, Shinra. Everybody knows that.

This is Kasuka working even harder to never feel anything. Because the lack of cake hurts him that much.]

[bitty_shinra]

Aww, it won't be that long before the ceremony, Kasuka-kun!