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[flaredo]

"Heeey, you've reached Yang! Well, actually, you didn't reach far enough, 'cause I'm not here right now! But don't yang up! Just leave a message on this baby, and I'll get back to you soon enough, okay?"

[ Please specify VOICEMAIL, TEXT or CALL. ]

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[rollin]

Ah. Ah, yeah...

[ He pauses in his work. Saya was in HOMRA, true, but that's exactly why the consequences of whatever he does matters. ]

But it's different. [ Scary, he means. ]

[flaredo]

Yeah? [ GO ON, she means. ]

[rollin]

Me and Saya are from different worlds. You know that.

[flaredo]

So you think you'll never see her again when this all ends? Is that it?

[rollin]

It's like I'm tryna take her away from home. She's part of HOMRA, but she ain't ours. Even if I see her again, she's gotta go back to where she belongs, right?

[ Then again, he doesn't know where she feels she belongs, either. ]

I dunno. Let's stop talking about this. What'd you have for lunch today? Oh right, we just ate. Ahaha...

[flaredo]

... Look, don't dwell on it too much right now, okay? If you like her, don't talk yourself out of it right now either.

[rollin]

... Okay.

Um, one last question.

[flaredo]

... Fire away.

[rollin]

It's still far away... but what do you want for Christmas?

[flaredo]

Chris... what?

[ surprise she has no idea-- ]

[rollin]

[ Maybe she didn't hear? Or maybe she doesn't know. ]

Christmas! The day when you give out presents and eat cake!

[flaredo]

It's a holiday? It sounds like what you'd do on a birthday.

[rollin]

Technically, it is. Anyway, it's on the 25th. Of December, I mean. Everyone gives gifts to their family and friends and stuff... so hurry up and tell me what you want.

[flaredo]

I don't know! You could feed me again and I'd be fine with that.

[rollin]

No! Not on Christmas. That's too... much.

[ Because Christmas is also a holiday for couples in Japan JEEZ YANG. ]

[flaredo]

Too... much? Why?

[rollin]

'Cause you're supposed to spend Christmas with family, or friends, o-or... someone you like... or something. Especially the last one.

[flaredo]

...

[ Huh. ]

Okay. Then I want you to feed Saya for Christmas.

[rollin]

[ Throws a sponge at her face!! ]

I'm serious!

[flaredo]

[ Dodges!! ]

So'm I! That'd be a great gift!

[rollin]

... I guess you can't go wrong with food...

[flaredo]

Of course not! Food's a universal gift.

[rollin]

But HOMRA's gonna throw a Christmas party anyway... She's gonna be 200% full, oi.

[ He's discussed this with literally nobody, but it happens every year. Well, it should now, right? Because Totsuka's back! ]

[flaredo]

Maybe if you did something the night before?

[rollin]

[ Hmm. ] But I'm not good at fancy dinners...