It was a box.
A silver-colored box whose contents sent his heart into a palpitating frenzy; it was a telescope, one that you had to assemble personally and perfectly or else it wouldn't work at all. "It's an Astronomical Telescope," you simply divulged, handing over the item to him so he could hold it within his own two hands - you then witnessed as his eyebrows furrowed together in a mixture of emotions as he scrutinized the box for himself.
At first you thought he didn't like it, perhaps he wasn't interested in staring up at the celestial gatherings strung high into the sky together with you, but as a subtle trace of captivation bounced in his orbs, you knew it wasn't a downright horrible idea and maybe he wouldn't mind stargazing with you for a while. "Where did you get something like this?" Matatagi inquired, bringing up his stare and fully directing it back onto you.
"Hmm," you mused aloud while tapping a finger against your chin in a thoughtful expression. "Oh, right! I got it back at my old town. I've had it for a while, though..." you mumbled out the last tidbit, words sinking into a lower tone because thinking about it brought up nothing but insipid memories - you've had the telescope since young childhood, and you had vowed to yourself only to play with it until you found someone you cared deeply about...Matatagi was most suited for that role in your eyes.
Matatagi could effortlessly pick up on that change in demeanor from you, your aura flickered with an intensity that surely wasn't good, and yet he never found it in him to further question you on the subject since he honestly wasn't on to pry into your backstory - he didn't want you invading his own, so he won't infiltrate your own. "I see. Come on; let's go upstairs where Yuuta and Shun are," he enjoined to you while standing up from his seat, box tightly in one hand and his other one outstretched to you to hold onto so he could haul you up on your own two feet.
Beaming, you grabbed his hand.
"Yuuta, Shun! Look what [Last Name] brought," the sprinter hollered as he entered within the somewhat tightly packed room - you assumed it was the bedroom, given the messy splayed out futon residing in the corner of the room (Did all three of them...share it?) and the desk on the opposite side of the room. You entered in hastily after Matatagi, his brothers once again coming in contact with the two of you.
"What is it?" Yuuta questioned, eyes already curiously darting to the silver box with anticipation. "Yeah, what is it?" Shun piped in, his own fellow brown eyes heatedly staring at the item while his head did a slight tilt to empathize that inquisitiveness. The two boys stepped back away from their older brother as he firmly held the box up in front of him, and both Yuuta and Shun gleamed with excitement once they realized what it was.
"It's a telescope!" you chimed gleefully, lips split into a wide and equally bright smile; you seemed to be radiating right now, and the brothers cringed under that excessive light of jubilee pooling from your entity. "We can all build it together!" you swiftly added in, plopping down on the ground and eagerly patting the spots around for to signal them down to your level.
They all did follow suit, sitting down in respective places, and Matatagi fatedly tore open the lid of the box to spill out of the glistening parts of this telescope. His brothers were happy to build it along with him, but no matter how much joyous enthusiasm went on around him, he couldn't be truly be untroubled. Matatagi was having deja vu, not the good kind either, and he found his fingers trembling as he screwed in loose caps and such.
Were you just like him...? That old friend who once betrayed him.
He shook those grating thoughts from his head, pinning them down with sharp arrows at the back of his mind; he can't let bad recollections ruin the time in front of him - although he knows that's impossible to forget, and he shouldn't discard how distrustful humans are for this weak minute of seemingly true bliss. "Hayatonii-chan? Are you okay? You put that part together wrong!" Shun's voice cut his thoughts from him, and brought him back to the reality of the task at hand.
"Huh? Oh, yeah..!"
a/n; A Romantic (literally romantic) Astronomical Telescope is one of the items needed to recruit Matatagi in the Galaxy game, so I thought it'd be a cool attachment to add into the story. I might include the other ones too, but we'll see!
SO ANYWAY I accidentally closed my document while I was working on this, and lost half of it, so it's not quite what I expected...?! I couldn't get my exact thoughts down the second time, but I'm still satisfied. Thank you so much everyone for all your support, and reviews! They mean the world to me~
EDIT: Thank you, Lotus for pointing out my mistake with the name calling~ I've fixed it!
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