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Delicate hands tucked, knotted and patted Kyo's armour into place without catching a single strand of his unruly long hair.

"You've done this before." he observed.

"My brother wore similar apparel." Yuya smiled nostalgically, as she tugged on the last fastening and rested a finger on the buckle. Nozomu was not as built as this man – she remembered how easily the straps had slipped around her brother's lean frame despite having added extra notches. "Although, I'm not sure why – he never went to war."

As Yuya picked up the jinbaori and shook the creases away, she studied its magnificent embroidery.


jinbaori: sleeveless haori usually worn by high ranking samurai (wikipedia-d)