Katsu was painting. He'd been doing that a lot recently – Kijou liked his paintings. They made her happy. Katsu wanted to do everything he could to make Kijou happy, especially because he seemed to have been doing such a bad job of it recently. He frowned worriedly for a moment, trying to think of what he had done that could cause the coldness he had been sensing from his fiancée lately. Then he decided not to worry about it, and concentrated on painting Kijou the best painting he had ever done.
Still, his treacherous thoughts kept interrupting, and Katsu almost wasn't sure he would be able to finish the painting. It was worse now that Kijou wasn't here, like she normally was. How could he be certain it would end up the best it could be if Kijou wasn't there to give him her normal advice? Katsu chewed on his lip, and wondered if maybe he shouldn't stop early and go see Kijou. His painting room was in the house, of course, but it was so big that he could be there, and Kijou in the bedroom, and it would feel like they were on separate sides of the city.
He sat there, not painting, not doing anything, and gave a start when he realized that he had gnawed his lip until he had drawn blood. Reaching up a hand to catch the few drops, Katsu made up his mind. He would go see Kijou.
The only thought on his mind as he cleaned out his brushes and packed up his paints was the hope that Kijou wouldn't be upset he had decided to stop painting earlier than he told her he would.
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