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[weiward]

MOMO!

[sorry about your ears, wei wuxian's going through it today.

'it' being ridiculous amounts of alcohol. but also feelings.]

You have to help me...maybe you know how to cover them up. I'll wear make-up or anything, I don't care.

[yesdoubt]

[Momo is more used to being the one yelling down the phone, so he holds it about a foot away for a few seconds when Wuxian opens with that. And then brings it back again when he's sure he's not about to get yelled at some more.]

Are you okay? If you want Momo-chan's disguise skills at your disposal, you'll have to tell me what it is you're trying to cover up.

[He's going to assume a monster feature of some kind, but he's seen very few of those so far that could be plausibly covered with makeup.]

text; private (network name: "Stiles"); a few days after mirror event

[mensrea]

Hey Momo, it's Stiles.

Since you know about kitsune, can I pick your brain on another Japanese myth? I'd appreciate if you could keep the private filter on this conversation.

perma-private

[yesdoubt]

Of course!! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
I'll do what I can to help, which myth were you wondering about~?

un: ma - text after the network post

[stopfen]

I've been able to make barriers but they're not good with fire. So don't work on him.
He also dug a tunnel to my house.




We're from the same place.

[The good thing about text, was he couldn't see how much she was hesitating.]

[yesdoubt]

Honestly it kinda makes it worse if he thinks you both coming from the same place gives him the right to intrude on you like that

I'd probably need some time to perfect it but in theory I should be able to make a barrier that's fireproof, I'm just wondering whether I'd need something from him to fine-tune it to only keeping him out rather than keeping any dragon out
Has his creepy ever extended to giving you a claw or a scale or anything

Backdated to after the iunerberries

[quintessent]

Momo, I feel as if I should apologize.

I was not in my clearest mind the other day when we were picking iunerberries and I said things that were meant to be private and I apologize for how forward some of my statements were.

[It's half an apology and half you better keep all of this to yourself, Momo..]

[yesdoubt]

Oh hi Allura~~
It's fine, it's fine! We were both a little out of sorts, weren't we? (*´ω｀*)
But nothing you said was all that forward by my standards, so don't worry about that!
And Momo-chan's no gossip when it comes to matters of the heart (✿˘艸˘✿)
I think we both understand it was a weird situation, right~?

["I won't tell yours if you don't tell mine."]

Early Oct - audio

[stopfen]

Hey Momo, you're old. [and she's speaking with a lisp, that's new.] Is it true that you grow more teeth at the back once you're twenty?

[Guess who has a toothache. 100% not monster related, yes. ]

[yesdoubt]

[He has to put in effort not to laugh at that opener.] Grandpa Momo, that's me! It's not strictly at twenty, but you do grow an extra molar at each end of your jaw when you grow up. They're called wisdom teeth. Do you think you're starting to grow them in or is there a monster thing that could be making your jaw hurt?

[Because that's typically how one notices their wisdom teeth are coming in.]

text.

[battlebound]

( this is a case of Steak genuinely trying to be helpful, we promise, because he was walking behind Momo earlier when; )

you dropped this.

( and there's an attached photo of something Momo may have dropped earlier. nothing too drastically important, but Steak still wants to return it. )

[yesdoubt]

[In this case, it was some dried plant cuttings artfully wound together with ribbon. Quite fragrant, and presumably more of a gift for someone than anything.

He had been carrying a few things and had to relegate that to a pocket since it was smaller, but he figured someone would've picked it up by the time he noticed it was missing. At least it's someone he knows, though.]

Oh, thank you~~!
I was wondering where that got to （*´▽｀*）
Though, how did you know it was mine? Were you stalking me~? |ω･`)

11/11; video (surprise!)

[gekijou]

[Don't ask when Yuki managed to pull off recording this, just accept it.

He's seated in front of a wall of flowers, wearing a familiar white suit trimmed in black and gold, and he's holding something between his hands.]

Hi. I know what you're thinking, but it's your birthday, so I decided to go all out. By the time you see this, I will have woken up early to make you breakfast and probably done a few other little things that made you incredibly suspicious. Unfortunately, it's your birthday, and I'm stealing the limelight from everyone else for this. By the way, I'm recording this so you can keep it, if you feel like it.

[He smiles that uniquely Yuki smile, lazy and soft, an edge of coldness and disinterest that Momo can always see through.]

It's probably the second most important day of the year for me, and even if months and days and years are different here, I'm taking the time to celebrate you. See, if Momo wasn't born, I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't be making music, I wouldn't know how to smile or move forward. Maybe it's a little selfish for me to make your birthday about me, but honestly... I'm grateful. I'm glad someone like you is here to smile with me, dance with me, make music with me... All of that. I got you a little something. [He holds up the box.] And I'm hiding it from you somewhere in the house, so good luck finding it. I'm not helping.

[He pushes his hair back and reaches off camera for something, then sits back properly with his guitar.]

We both know I'm bad at this, so instead of trying too hard to say what I mean, I wrote a song for you.

[Looking down at the guitar, he positions his fingers just so on the neck, then strums a quick chord. After a moment, he begins. It's a gentle song, brief and bright, full of words like "hope" and "love", and hidden little nods to Momo and everything he is. To any outside person, it'd be obvious that it's a love song, but it's so packed with metaphor that Yuki maintains plausible deniability.

When he's done, he smiles again.]

Well, that's all I have. I hope you have a happy birthday. Bye-bye.

[A little wave, then he leans forward and turns the video off.

When Momo finds the box--which is hidden behind one of Yuki's many house plants--he'll be treated to a dark metal bracelet with their repeat symbols enclosing a line of music (from t(w)o...) that wraps around the band, the dots studded in small stones of their colors, and a matching necklace with an elaborately engraved locket. Inside reads: To my Momo. Even a thousand years won't be enough..]

[yesdoubt]

[Yuki waking up early at all is grounds for suspicion, but it's Momo's birthday and as selfish as it probably sounds, he's getting used to being spoilt for it. Back when he'd been uncertain and insecure of his place at Yuki's side, it had always been something of a salve to have so much done for him, to have one day where he could just bask in the attention and not worry too much about whether he was being selfish or dishonest.

Now, it's more of a comfortable thing, but he also should have expected that Yuki would up the ante accordingly. He watches the message as soon as he gets it, and soft as he is when it comes to emotional matters, by the end he's in that eternal state of happy crying he ends up in whenever Yuki sees fit to be very honest with his emotions about him. It is...not ideal for box hunting since he needs his vision for that, but he still looks a little watery by the time he comes out to look for it. Even so, it doesn't take him too long to find it - he knows Yuki well enough to narrow down the kinds of places he'd hide something, so from there it's more process of elimination.

Opening it and getting a good look at the engravings sets him off again, though, easy crier as he is, and of course he's only too ready to wear anything that Yuki had made for him. The necklace and bracelet are almost familiar, feeling reminiscent of the watch and dogtags he used to wear at separate times when he was first helping Re:vale, and it's been a while since he wore something similar regularly. The locket definitely feels like something he wants to keep on as often as he can, though - most of what he wears here would cover a bracelet anyway, so he'll have to see how that goes. And make sure not to wear it on the same arm he hides his knife up the sleeve of most of the time.

He'll be wearing it whenever Yuki gets back from whatever other birthday business he might be up to, but for now he shoots him a response in the form of a wild kaomoji.]

(*¯ ³¯*) ♬° ✧❥✧¸.•*¨*✧♡✧ ℒℴѵℯ ✧♡✧*¨*•.❥

One random night, late late late at night (it's AM. Very AM.)

[gekijou]

Momo. Would you still love me if I didn't have tentacles?

[yesdoubt]

[Insert Momo squinting at his phone for ten solid seconds before he can construct an answer to that.]

What kind of question is that??? Σ(゜ロ゜)
I love you whatever appendages you have or don't have, darling!!! I've been telling you I love you for years!!!!

[With that out of the way, though.]

Are you drunk, Yuki...
Does Momo-chan need to come pick you up (๑°⌓°๑)

Modranicht

[whomthebelltolls]

[Hope Momo likes gin! Because he is recipient of a bottle of it. There's no proper label, but there is what appears to be a sunflower embossed into the glass.

The liquid shimmers in the light - a sparkling, iridescent white color that is more like glitter than milkiness.

It smells quite strong, and tastes it, as well, with hints of rose, sunflower, and other bright floral tastes beneath the typical juniper flavor of regular gin.

There is a note attached, and it reads:]

May this bring a joyful, relaxed celebration of the season to you and any you wish to share it with.

Be warned, it is quite strong, so less is more, unless you are aiming to find the underside of a table, or the rim of a bucket.

Let me know what you think of the flavor, I've been working on refining it.

- Maria

forward-dated to modranicht

[tothemetal]

[Styx's gift is surely a bit small compared to the others Momo is receiving - just a little folder and a delicious marzipan treat in the shape of a little pig.

the unassuming folder is the main event, however. inside is the sheet music for two different songs, taken down very carefully by someone who understands the craft but struggles to create perfect circles for the notation. they're both titled ("Eren" and "Home", respectively) but otherwise contain no lyrics or even familiar melodies...and that would be because these are written by Styx himself, the first songs he's ever dared to complete for no other reason than personal desire. sharing these is the closest he can think of to a tangible way of gifting Momo with the knowledge that he is trying to love himself more, little by little.

there's a card too, of course, personally drawn by the gifter. the figures are childish at the kindest, but it seems that he's tried to depict all three of them - Yuki, Momo, and himself - performing some kind of Christmas concert. there's been a liberal amount of glitter applied, at the very least.]

modranicht

[piromare]

( he'll leave the package somewhere that momo will easily find it. whether it's on the doorstep going in or maybe on a windowsill... he makes sure to place it in a visible area.

inside? two coins. both silver. one side is a profile of momo, the other side a feather.

and a note inside reads:

"I'll beat you next time." )

Modranicht gift

[thejoyrider]

[On the day of the holiday, a plate of homemade cookies and a sample of herbal tea mysteriously appears on his doorstep. The wrapping is decorated with a fresh lily flower (actually a Fae magic product, designed to fade away from existence in a few hours) and a ribbon. The attached handwritten note reads as follows:]

Happy Modranicht! Let’s have another great year here in Aefenglom!

M⚜️

gift

[stopfen]

[Hi neighbour, Mikasa was just wandering down the path and through to his doorstep. Plonking a parcel wrapped in brown paper down on the doorstep, then knocking.

Then slowly going back home.]

modranicht

[sonnestark]

[Karin's gift comes wrapped in bright paper with golden ribbons, along with a white box from a local bakery. Inside the wrapping, Momo will find a slouchy hat and matching scarf, both textured knits in an almost eye-searing hot pink (she knows what he's about). The bakery box, on the other hand, holds a large number of cream-filled pastries, more than enough for him to share with Yuki if he so chooses.]

Momo,

Happy Modranicht! I know this isn't much, but I hope it will help to brighten up even the coldest, dreariest days as the season goes on. Thank you for all that you do.

- Karin

text;

[piromare]

Momo.

Sorry if you're busy right now, but have you ever lost a Bond?

[yesdoubt]

Not conventionally? You and Yuki are the only Bonds I've had while I've been here. Some weird stuff happened Underground last month, but that was more like Bonds snapping on and off rather than losing them.

Did one of your other Bonded disappear?

text, one day while Momo is at his radio show~

[gekijou]

Momo ゜(´∀｀)♡

You should almost be off the air by now. Come outside when you're done. I'm waiting patiently~

[Outside, Yuki's waiting with a big bouquet of flowers, a little box, and a gentle smile. He's dressed about as fashionably as it gets.]

[yesdoubt]

[Momo manages to sneakily check his Watch while there's a guest playing, and has to stop himself saying something ridiculous that would ruin the performance. Instead, he quickly texts back.]

Uuuu, now I'm going to be distracted until the end of work... (´；ω；`)
It's rare for me to get a handsome chaperone home...

[That said, he manages to hold out for the last few minutes of the show, and gets himself ready to leave quite quickly. Of course, he doesn't get much further than the exit when he spots Yuki, and has to pause for a moment to be dramatic and clutch his cheek.]

Yuki, so handsome...you got all dressed up for me, what's the occasion?

[Not that they need one, really, but Momo still tends to assume he himself isn't worth going to those lengths for.]