... last question - and then we'll go out. I bet An-chan is getting antsy.
[and he hopes that it'll be the last question, because he doesn't want anything else to hurt tamaki. he doesn't want to find any other landmines that are worrying, or things that'll cause him pain.]
Can I ask what the promise with your mother was?
[ . . . ]
If it's something I can help with, I want to. For the time that we have left together.
[ . . . of course it'd be something like that. senri just sighs quietly before shaking his head fondly and finally moving his arms from around tamaki. instead he just lets his hands run down tamaki's arms until he can find his hands, giving them a squeeze]
... okay. Then let's go and do that. If something makes you sad again, you have to let me know - preferably without me having to trick you a little next time.
[He'll hold onto Senri's hands this time at least.]
We'll see. [He's not going to be sad anymore, damnit, as long as emos stop being the way they are. But he swings their hands for a moment before there's a short grin.]
...speaking of, I do have a request of you now that I think about it.
[senri still has no idea what the emos are doing lmao rip. but that said he automatically feels better seeing tamaki smile a bit more instead of looking so tired]
[He will never find out...until the next day about Taka, at least. Still, Tamaki's holding Senri's hands and he doesn't even hesitate when Senri replies.]
I want another picture. ["Of us" is implied, but also a picture of Senri will do. The album exists for a reason. Senri may have noticed a few blank spaces in the back.]
[ . . . . ughhhhh. his expression falls as he lets go of only one (uno) of tamaki's hands and pulls out his phone from his pocket]
Tamakiiiii. You're ruining my surpriiiiise.
[but he'll at least turn his phone to show tamaki what he was pulling up once he gets to the appropriate album. it looks like this one is called 'Beauty' and inside tamaki will catch an assortment of pictures that senri's been taking. there's their original photo from the carnival, the photo that senri took of antoinette at the shrine - and a couple more. there are a few of mizuki, tamaki's most loyal follower, just having a good time at different public events. looking beautiful!! but senri also took a few of an-chan, and there's also a few selfies he might've taken with an-chan.
and he'll keep pouting even if it's clearly just for show]
... we'll take a lot more today, and I'll get them all printed before I go.
But I guess I'll have to try even harder to come up with a special gift just for you.
[??? He's just going to peer at the screen and look at what Senri's showing him.]
When did you even take some of these...? [He perks up immediately.] The photos of Antoinette are so precious! [Oh look, there goes the sad. It's gone now. He'll poke at the screen of Senri's phone to see all of the pictures possible before he turns to face him again.]
You were doing this for me? [He sounds incredibly touched at least.] I hadn't realized...
I started off taking pictures just because that's what I do with friends - and I take photos of reference for Yumapi wherever I go anyway. But... well, I thought that it'd be nice to have them all for memories too?
You have to keep it a secret but I'm gonna try to put together albums for all the gods - with pictures of their fav people that I know of - before I go. I can try to upload them onto a flash drive or something too in case you all want to print more in the future.
[and senri just laughs a little]
But you ruined the surprise for yourself... so I'll have to think of something extra for you.
....I think several of us would really appreciate that. Something tangible to hold on to despite the fact we can create things ourselves. That's very...[Sweet, actually.]
Your secret is safe with me. I promise. I can pretend to be surprised later?
Even if you can make things yourselves, you can't recreate the experiences you had with other people, right? When this is all over, you should come and hang out with us so I can take pictures of you all interacting with us too.
[he thinks that's a pretty important part that's gone missing]
Buuuut you don't need to worry about that, Tama-chin. I'm sure I'll come up with something else to surprise you before then!
You're so mean, Tama-chin.... Well, it's not like I ever could've predicted you either.
[and senri will squeeze his hands once before pulling away, because he knows better than to try to return the affection any worse when they still feel like they're on the edge of something]
[He allows Senri to pull his hands away, holding out Antoinette's leash to him so that they can begin their adventure for the day.] She pulls a bit when she's excited but we're working on that a bit.
[No they aren't, he doesn't know how to discipline her at all.]
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[and he hopes that it'll be the last question, because he doesn't want anything else to hurt tamaki. he doesn't want to find any other landmines that are worrying, or things that'll cause him pain.]
Can I ask what the promise with your mother was?
[ . . . ]
If it's something I can help with, I want to. For the time that we have left together.
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[It's the gist of it, anyway. And it's why Tamaki refuses to linger on sadness, ever.]
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... okay. Then let's go and do that. If something makes you sad again, you have to let me know - preferably without me having to trick you a little next time.
But... for today, we can go and have fun now.
I miss your smile too.
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We'll see. [He's not going to be sad anymore, damnit, as long as emos stop being the way they are. But he swings their hands for a moment before there's a short grin.]
...speaking of, I do have a request of you now that I think about it.
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Name it and it's yours.
[HE'LL DO IT WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHAT IT IS]
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I want another picture. ["Of us" is implied, but also a picture of Senri will do. The album exists for a reason. Senri may have noticed a few blank spaces in the back.]
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Tamakiiiii. You're ruining my surpriiiiise.
[but he'll at least turn his phone to show tamaki what he was pulling up once he gets to the appropriate album. it looks like this one is called 'Beauty' and inside tamaki will catch an assortment of pictures that senri's been taking. there's their original photo from the carnival, the photo that senri took of antoinette at the shrine - and a couple more. there are a few of mizuki, tamaki's most loyal follower, just having a good time at different public events. looking beautiful!! but senri also took a few of an-chan, and there's also a few selfies he might've taken with an-chan.
and he'll keep pouting even if it's clearly just for show]
... we'll take a lot more today, and I'll get them all printed before I go.
But I guess I'll have to try even harder to come up with a special gift just for you.
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When did you even take some of these...? [He perks up immediately.] The photos of Antoinette are so precious! [Oh look, there goes the sad. It's gone now. He'll poke at the screen of Senri's phone to see all of the pictures possible before he turns to face him again.]
You were doing this for me? [He sounds incredibly touched at least.] I hadn't realized...
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You have to keep it a secret but I'm gonna try to put together albums for all the gods - with pictures of their fav people that I know of - before I go. I can try to upload them onto a flash drive or something too in case you all want to print more in the future.
[and senri just laughs a little]
But you ruined the surprise for yourself... so I'll have to think of something extra for you.
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Your secret is safe with me. I promise. I can pretend to be surprised later?
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[he thinks that's a pretty important part that's gone missing]
Buuuut you don't need to worry about that, Tama-chin. I'm sure I'll come up with something else to surprise you before then!
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Finding you was the biggest surprise. I don't know you can top that.
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You're so mean, Tama-chin.... Well, it's not like I ever could've predicted you either.
[and senri will squeeze his hands once before pulling away, because he knows better than to try to return the affection any worse when they still feel like they're on the edge of something]
Can I hold An-chan's leash today?
[maybe they should get going]
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[No they aren't, he doesn't know how to discipline her at all.]