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2. The art of conversation
The kilometers passed slower than than he wished. He debated between abiding the speed limit and getting there after three long hours, or going over the speed limit and reaching them faster but risk his safety.
Thinking about having someone waiting for him made him feel warm and giddy. Deciding something on behalf of not disappointing those two that were expecting him created a stupidly wide, fang-showing smile on his face. For the first time in years, maybe for the first time in his life, he had something to look for to at the end of the day, at the end of the week. Whether it was Asahi's goodnight calls—with Kagome's sweet voice guiding their son—or the idea of expending the first weekend with them.
As car took another curve with ease, he remembered how hard it had been to say goodbye that night. It had been the most emotional day of his entire existence, and the end of it had not been different.
It was already dark outside when Kagome had mentioned that it was already late for Asahi's bath, bringing the concept of time back to his life, and also the dread of parting from them. Kagome never pressured him to leave, actually he was sure she had done everything possible to give thim as much time as she had. But he had asked to meet on a sunday and they needed to get ready for the next day.
When the announcement of his imminent departure was made, Kagome's reaction told him that she was expecting it, even as her half smile and nod told him nothing more. It contrasted immensely with Asahi's, which had passed for the five stages of grief in less than thirty minutes.
First, he had loudly announced that his father was not going anywhere and continued to search for the next movie to watch. As Kagome approached him, took his little hands in hers, and slowly pulled him closer and explained that dad needed to go back to his house. Asahi stood there trying to understand, and as Kagome only waited expectantly, without offering any kind if option he quickly moved to anger, blaming his mom for throwing his dad out.
Inuyasha hadn't seen his son angry and was surprised how much he could change. His little boy started to growl at Kagome in between his words and tried to pull his hands out of hers, but she held his as strongly as she could without hurting him. At first it was confusing for Inuyasha why she was so adamant on the subject, until between the accusations of how mom was being mean and an assbutt to his dad, Asahi declared he was not going to hit her if she let his hands go, that he promised it. Inuyasha's eyes were wide as, not for the first time that day he considered the difficulties she had to face as she raised their son alone. And, also not for the first time that day, he swore she wouldn't be alone anymore.
After being freed from Kagome's hold Asahi ran and hugged his father's waist. Crying and pleading with him to stay, and with that, breaking his heart a little more. Asahi promised his father he was going to be a good boy, that he would not be a bother, that he would always listen and follow directions, promising he would love him very much and never disappoint him.
Bewildered by his pleading, Inuyasha quietly screamed for help as he stared at Kagome with wide, teary, panicked eyes. Kagome was not far from him, holding herself with her arms around her and covering her lips as she tried to bite back a sob. She tried to calm herself and kneeled before him trying to dislodge Asahi from his waist and legs. With calm words she spoke into his little black ears, telling him that dad wasn't going away forever, that he was going to come back. And that didn't mean daddy didn't love him, that only meant that daddy's job was very far away to drive from their home.
Inuyasha took this as his cue to start talking, explaining how he didn't want to go but he had to work and how dangerous it was to drive that long very early in the morning if he stayed the night. Also promising to come back as soon as he could.
Which started the bargaining stage. Asahi told his father to come back the next afternoon, Inuyasha said he couldn't. Asahi proposed the day after tomorrow, Inuyasha said he also couldn't. The question was made for the third time, and still the answer didn't change. Asahi asked very seriously if it was a lie he was coming back. Four days were way too long for his newly-turned-8-year-old head to fathom. Inuyasha promised to come back the next friday afternoon, and after a few moments of consideration his son accepted it and told his father, very seriously, he was not going to forgive him if he lied. And Inuyasha made a silent vow to do everything possible to avoid disappointing his child.
Asahi said goodbye with teary eyes and gave him hugs with such strength his little arms trembled as he refused to let go for a long time.
A bittersweet smile appeared in his lips as he came back to the present, his mood ruined when his phone went off. It was from work. After a glance and a loud growl, he let it ring. He was not going to give anymore of his time to his asshole of a brother. He already gave him more than he deserved. Most likely the call was only meant to ruin his work. As the call went straight to voicemail Inuyasha remembered the only time he had seen his brother that week, hoping it was the last for a long time.
First thing Inuyasha did Monday morning was stomp his way to his brother's office with his only objective being to give the asshole a piece of his mind.
An uncontrollable snarl came out of him, scaring the driver of the car on the next lane as he remembered the pretentious stupid pompous idiot asshole of a brother he had, especially after asking him why he had withheld the information of his family.
Sesshomaru's reaction was limited to a sardonic raise of his thin eyebrow, a dignified scoff and the ironic questions: What family? You mean your whore and spawn?"
Inuyasha's body reacted on its own. One moment he was listening to the spurt of insults, and the next thing he knew he had his brother pinned to the wall, snarling in his stupid face.
Even as the half-demon threatened him with bodily harm, told him what a scum he was, and announced he would just walk away from the company, Sesshoumaru only looked at his brother like he was a little chihuahua barking, waiting for him to vent and get tired before shoving his younger brother away.
And with that, Inuyasha was the one being pinned to the wall as his brother hovered over him with an icy anger in his eyes. His monotonous voice delivering his message in a slow pace. "What makes you think you have the right to come here and behave like the half-breed you are?" The elder brother tightened the hold and raised his hand, making it difficult for inuyasha to breathe normally "I don't owe you anything, I did what I was required to do... 'help him to get a good education and a position in the company' was what father made me promise." A small smile that was only a display of teeth and fangs appeared on his face, showing cruel pleasure. "I did whatever was needed to secure those goals..."
Suddenly his brother's hand stopped holding him and Inuyasha slid to the floor, as he centered his attention on getting some oxygen back into his lungs. Sesshoumaru walked back to his desk and sat as if nothing had disturbed him.
"I already did everything that was required of me. Whatever you do with your life is no longer my problem... Just remember this company is mine and you are only my employee."
Inuyasha stood up and growled again, but made no effort to close the distance with his brother.
"This is the only time I will allow you to show this kind of behavior without consequences... but you are free to walk away... " Without looking back at Inuyasha, he did that hand gesture that meant he was dismissing everyone from his presence. It was a little sideways wave he made.
If it wasn't so clear about who had the upper hand in hand to hand combat, Inuyasha would go back there and do something.
But he had too many things to do this week to be busy getting his health back before Friday, and hiding his injuries from his family during their nightly video calls.
Swallowing his pride seemed to be the best option at the moment. He needed to be smart to deal with his brother, and right now wasn't the best time to do so.
His phone went off again, bringing Inuyasha back to the present. He scoffed when the name appeared on the screen. Even so, he answered, knowing it would not help to improve his mood, but he did it anyway,
"My friend! Are you already away from us?"
"If you are calling me instead of visiting me, you know the answer, moron."
"Aren't you supposed to be all happy and bubbly instead of your asshole self?" His friend said.
"Leave me alone, pervert". Inuyasha spat as he debated internally about ending the call right there, but he knew it was a better distraction than to come back to his memories of the week.
"Ass... I was just worrying about you." Miroku clicked his tongue a couple of times "Here I am, lying to my boss —your brother—saying I can't reach you to let you know he wants to see you tomorrow morning." his friend's voice sounded a bit too theatrical for Inuyasha, and he huffed. Making his friend lose that special note for a moment. "Putting my neck on the line for you... and this is how you repay me?"
"Fuck off, Miroku" Inuyasha said without any real bite, and his friend laughed at their pretend fight.
A feminine voice sounded on the back of the other side of the line, "How is he? Is he nervous? Stop messing with him, Miroku!" It was Sango, Miroku's pregnant wife.
Something muffled the sound, making it distorted but still understandable for the hanyou.
"He sounds just fine, Love. I'm just distracting him. Nothing harmful."
A soft "huff" sounded, indicating the wife did not believe that. "You always say that just before he bruises you..."
"You have to admit, bruising me through the phone would be a really difficult task"
Inuyasha smiled, thinking that maybe suffering the stupid comments and situations his friend was often immersed in, was not always a bad idea.
"Yo! My furry eared friend... are you close to arriving at Kagome's?"
Inuyasha made an exasperated sound in the back of his throat. "Nah... almost an hour to go yet"
Miroku whistled long and high pitched "Too bad my friend."
Before Inuyasha decided between answering in a civilized way or being an ass to have a little more fun, the phone notified him there was somebody calling. His eyes darted to the screen dreading to see it flash 'Lord. Assmaru'. Instead his heart skipped a beat as 'Kagome' was shown.
His head started to race, was he late? Golden eyes met the dashboard's clock. No, he wasn't. Mentally slapping himself for losing time and clearing his throat, he reached for the phone and answered.
"Um... Hello? Inuyasha?" Her voice sounded hesitant through the car speakers.
"Yeah, I'm here". Inuyasha tried to not sound too eager as he talked.
"Hi!" a timid chuckle sounded on the other side of the line. "I was wondering if you were already on your way here, or..."
"I am almost there..." He interrupted her, clearing his throat after the small silence that formed after his words made him uncomfortable. Was he being too impulsive? Had he scared her?
"Oh, good. I was wondering if you could go with me to pick up Asahi from school..." Kagome's voice became really small at the end giving the impression that she had more to say.
"I'll be there in forty minutes, don't worry." Inuyasha said with a more controlled tone and pace. Clearing his his throat again and thinking Kagome might have the impression he was sick, he added "Is something wrong?"
Kagome let out a bitter laugh "A couple of things actually, but it can wait. Um, I-I'll see you soon, thank you. Be careful!" She finished with an over excited and forced cheery tone and ended the call.
His brow furrowed, she had finished the call without letting him say good-bye.
After the conversation it only took him twenty minutes to get to Kagome's home. He had lost the internal fight between safety and time. The call had worried him too much to take the leisurely hour that was expected. But he needed to know what she wanted to tell him.
Her tone had been weird, it had some kind of undertone he could not understand. A growl came out as he parked the car. That was one of the reasons he hated phone calls. When the conversation was face to face, he could see the faces and at least try to read them, also the smell told him some other things that helped, but the voice calls, he only had that, the voice, and as he tried to understand what was happening, he didn't get much more.
Shaking his head at his own stupidity he walked to the door, not really prepared for something. After knocking, a few steps sounded from the other side and the door opened slowly.
The first clue that something wasn't really okay with Kagome, was her greeting him with a forced smile and a soft "Hi, Inuyasha. Come in." that was almost mumbled.
The second clue was the darkness inside the house. The last time he was there, every single one of windows were open, and the house had a sense of happiness. But this time they were closed and the only light came from the ambience light, soft for humans eyes.
The third and final clue, the one that solved the case was Kagome rubbing her temple as she closed her eyes. It finally dawned on him. Migraine. From time to time, when she was especially stressed she got one of those vicious, "head-splitting" pains. Back in high school the pain had sometimes made her stay home. She sometimes stayed barricaded in her room, and just like now, in the darkest environment possible.
"They still hit you hard, huh?" he said, attempting conversation.
Kagome blinked, once, twice and then her head tilted to the side with the cutest confused face he had seen. "Wha...?"
Inuyasha tried to hide his smile and pointed at his head "The migraines".
She nodded and instantly regretted the movement as it made a new wave of pain to wash over her.
"Yeah, it's been bothering me all day."
"Oh."
They stayed in silence for a moment, not knowing what to say next. Kagome didn't want to deal with the issue right away, but didn't have time to lose, it was almost time to go and pick up Asahi at school.
"Um, did-did you take your pills?" he asked, remembering she used to take something to make the pain bearable.
Kagome signaled her couch with an open hand, and Inuyasha sat down in the same place he did last sunday. Instead of sitting beside him Kagome started to walk to the kitchen slowly "Do you want something to drink?"
"Ah-A glass of water is fine..."
"Ok. And, yes I just did."
Inuyasha watched her back as she walked to the kitchen. It took him a moment to figure out what she was referring to. She came back with two glasses and gave him one, placing the other on the table in front of them as she took a seat beside him on the couch.
"You got off early from work..." he tried again, as she didn't seem to be in a talkative mood.
"Yeah, I asked to go home early, the children's noise was too much."
"Oh..."
Another awkward silence installed between them, Inuyasha's ears flickered constantly as he tried to keep the rest of his body from fidgeting after placing his empty glass on the table.
In a slow motion Kagome turned most of her body toward him, waiting for his golden eyes to set on her. "I wanted to talk to you about something..." she started.
"Is there something wrong?" Inuyasha asked tentatively.
Kagome massaged her temple again before answering. "Well, not bad-bad, but bad as in, things need to change..."
Inuyasha straightened his back as he watched her become more and more nervous. "What kind of changes?"
A long sigh came from Kagome as she pressed her left eye with the palm of her hand. "Asahi has been having problems at school, aggressive behavior." she gave him an apologetic look—or what looked like one—as she still had one eye covered with her hand. "And-and I think we have to talk about your involvement in his life..."
Kagome kept her eye on him as his face changed from curious, to shocked, to blank. If her head hadn't been pulsing as it was at the moment, she would have understood what it meant. Inuyasha was a man with big emotions, emotions that were mostly easy to read as his body language showed them clearly, but when he looked void of that emotion and energy, that was when he was feeling the most intense. When the emotion was threatening. When he felt vulnerable.
Inuyasha had been listening. For a moment he thought she wanted to talk about minor arrangements like scheduling activities, and things like that. But as she kept talking his fears became reality. By the time she was finished his heartbeat was in his ears and the only thing he could hear was his own inner voice telling him, in a panicked tone, that she wanted to get rid of him.
Kagome waited for his reaction, but there was none. The living room was silent, just the sound of his huffing breathing told her he was still beside her.
Slowly her brown eyes swiveled back to his face.
Her breath hitched in her throat when his glaring eyes made contact with hers. His face was contorted in a soundless snarl.
"You will not take my pup away from me..." were his only words, delivered with a slow, throaty, deep, rumbling tone, letting her know how much he struggled to utter every single sound.
Kagome gasped at his words, unconsciously moving slightly away from him.
"I will not let you do this to me, Kagome!"
His body jumped from the sofa and started to stomp his way back and forth as he shook his head.
Kagome's lips parted as she thought of something to say. She never thought of keeping him away from his son. The week had not been the usual for Asahi or her, but it was clear to her how much those two needed each other.
She had expected a reaction from him, maybe some grunting and a few "What the hell are you talking about, wench?" but not this kind of outburst.
She made a face as she try to remember what words she had used. Her head throbbed, and a chill ran down her back. Cursing internally she admitted, her words had been unintentionally harsh and he kind of had a reason believe that.
Being honest with herself, Kagome had to admit she had thought about that a few times over the weekend, but only in a self-pitying and pathetic, but never serious way. It was an abominable thing to do. Something only a heartless person could do: to ignore how much those two already love each other.
It didn't matter what kind of issues or problems they faced now, they needed to solve them together. And apparently, along with dealing with a emotionally insecure elementary schooler, they had to convince Inuyasha he was a permanent part of their... team.
She felt reluctant to use the word family yet, even in her mind.
Kagome was brought back from her musings when Inuyasha stood in front of her. She looked up, studying the man glaring in her general direction.
His hands were opening and closing in jerking motions. His whole body was tense, and as he kept glaring at her with anger mixed with other emotions she was not able to decipher, his lips opened and closed without making a sound. After trying a few times, an exasperated growl came out of him. His words came to her through clenched teeth.
"I don't care whachu thinking, I'm not leaving him!" Another grow came as he took air into his lungs "I am his father!"
Kagome saw his shoulders going down in defeat and his tone lost most of his bite "He is my son, Kagome..." the volume also became lower as his eyes stopped glaring "...my son."
Her heart ache as she saw the strong man in front of her, being hurt again, and again, because of her. Kagome stood up as Inuyasha kept his cautious golden eyes on her.
"Inuyasha, I didn't mean it like that" Kagome explained with a soft voice as she walked closer to the hanyou, knowing that the fastest way for her words to make it through his emotions was to make some kind of physical contact.
Her eyes scanned the tall man, from the pair of fuzzy ears drapped on his skull, to his closed and distrustful expression, his chest moving fast, down to his fisted hands. From experience she knew that touching his face was the most effective, but that still felt far too intimate for her. Kagome didn't want to bring another difficult element into the mix. With her mind set, Kagome closed the distance with two fast steps and her hands darted to his right clawed hand, covering it with both of hers and pulling it close to her chest.
"I didn't mean it like that!" She tried again, this time both his eyes and ears were on her, the sincerity in her eyes was calling to him. .
"I would never take him away from you!" A slight softening of his expression told her he was finally listening. "I would never do that to you, to us".
Silence was her only answer.
"Do you believe that at least?" Kagome tightened the hold on his hand,
Inuyasha gave her a dubitative nod and she sighed in relief before walking back a step. She noticed that even if she had eased the hold on his hand he had not. Before she could say something about it Inuyasha spoke, using a tone that was almost a whisper.
"What did you mean, then?"
He waited for her answer. "I meant that we need to set ground rules about Asahi... Being on the same page if something happens." She chuckled uncomfortably "You need to be part of the not-so-fun part of being a parent"
His shoulders finally relaxed, his ears went to the sides again. She wasn't throwing him away, she was trying to work with him, to make him act like a real parent.
His shoulders finally relaxed, his ears went to the sides again. She wasn't throwing him away, she was trying to work with him, to make him act like a real parent. Inuyasha looked at her and noticed he was still holding her hand, and with a sudden blushed face he let go at the same time he found an interesting spot on the wall.
Kagome took the used glasses from the table and walked to the kitchen, Inuyasha followed.
"You could have just said that! Ya know?" He said in a gruff tone, scaring her as she didn't know he was standing directly behind her.
"You scared me!" She turned her head as she washed the glasses. "I know I could've, but I didn't, and I wish I had, ok?" She pointed with her head to the kitchen bar "Sit, there while I clean this"
By "this" she meant what looked to be the dishes from breakfast. He followed her instructions, and to kill time as he waited, he took the bag of chips that were there and opened it, throwing a couple of them in his mouth.
Kagome looked at him and chuckled. His emotions were never a problem when it came to food. "Those are Asahi's so you will have to tell him you ate his after-lunch treat."
"He won't mind." He assured her as he popped another bunch of them into his mouth.
"Yeah, just like you wouldn't if he ate the last ramen cup"
Inuyasha stopped for a moment, pondering about the repercussions and the possibility of an angered Asahi. He looked at the bag, knowing he had ate most of them and shrugged. "I'll buy him ice cream".
Kagome smiled and didn't say another thing. It was fair for him to know his son firsthand.
"Then, whachu want me to know?" He asked as he tilted the bag and sticked out his tongue, trying to catch the little pieces left.
Kagome finished soon after and sat in front of him. "Well, for starters that you need to know how to say 'No' to him."
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow sardonically and huffed a laugh "I know how to say 'no', Kagome."
"I know, but after he nags, and begs..." she took a deep breath "..and pleads and whines—both figuratively and literally—and jumps and falls to the ground and tells you he is never going to stand up again. That you will be the parent of a kid that never gets up, and then tries to blackmail you with things like 'I will never eat again!' or 'I won't love you anymore... After all that, and possibly more things that will appear, you need to keep saying 'no', and even more when I've already said it."
Inuyasha laughed incredulously as he tried to picture his lovely son doing that, and thought Kagome was clearly exaggerating. His son was not like that, definitely not like that.
She gave him a half smile "You've only met his good side..."
"He can't be that bad!" He felt the need to defend him, his own mother was saying bad things about him.
Kagome raised a conciliating hand "He is not a bad boy, but he likes to do what he wants... like his parents".
Inuyasha couldn't help the smug smile that appeared on his lips "Well, you're right on that".
Kagome let him have his moment of pride before speaking with a serious voice "He is also very smart..." Inuyasha nodded again and crossed his arm as he reclined back on his chair, or as much as he could in a hard kitchen stool. "And he will try to twist your words, or pretend he understood something differently than what you said."
"Nah, you just want to scare me now..."
Now it was Kagome who huffed.
"Ok, like what?"
"Umm..."
"You were making things up, right?" He asked mockingly.
"No! I'm trying to remember something specific."
"Ok, I'll wait while you think of another lie."
"Inuyasha..."
He raised both hands in surrender and stayed quiet.
"Oh! There was a time when he asked for permission to watch t.v. in my room because there was some kind of marathon. I told him specifically 'You can, but I want you to go to bed early, we have things to do tomorrow', I fell asleep before 10pm, and woke up again at 3am and found him beside me still watching the show. He had turned the volume the lowest possible without making it mute to let me sleep and when I asked him why he was awake, he said 3am was still pretty early morning."
Inuyasha's smile slowly became a grin as she told the story, becoming more and more outraged at his answer, and when she finished he laughed, hard.
Kagome waited for him to calm down, and after the third time he said breathily "I'm done", and this time he did not erupt in new laughter.
She finally spoke again. "That brings us to a new topic: when you are disciplining him, or teaching him a lesson, you cannot laugh." She pointed a finger at him accusingly. "Even if what he says is funny, or cute, or downright hilarious. You are his father and he needs to understand you are serious about it."
He pushed her finger to the side. "I won't laugh."
"Even when he says something mean that makes too much sense and is funny. YOU CAN'T LAUGH, INUYASHA!"
He glared at her and mocked her tone "I. Won't. Laugh. Ka-go-me."
She stared at him for a while before nodding. "Ok. We'll see".
"Khe!"
"Also, when you are not sure about something, tell him we need to talk about it first, or that he needs to ask me first."
"So, I can't decide on my own?" His tone had lost the fun element.
"You can, but remember he lives with me... and he will understand that everything you say "yes" to, also means I agree with it too."
"Like what?" He was not entirely convinced by her explanation.
"For example, if you tell him he can have dessert before the meal. I'm sure he will say something like 'Daddy said I could have these chips before lunch.' So, please be careful with that."
Inuyasha nodded. "Anything else?"
Kagome looked at the clock before smiling "No for now, time to pick up Asahi".
They both stood up. "How is your migraine?"
Kagome took her purse and walked to the door putting her sunglasses on "A little better..."
They arrived at the school in no time. Kagome told him where to park, because he wanted to see the school. The kids were already waiting for their parents outside, but as he tried to remain calm as he watched the sea of kids around them. Some of them said 'hi' to Kagome as they walked by, a few even ran to her and hugged her. She hugged them back with the same excitement they showed before letting them go, she even twirled around with a small girl that had blue fins on her ears.
He didn't say anything, but Kagome could feel his eyes on her back. "They were my kids in the day care."
"Didn't ask..."
"I know, Just offering information."
Inuyasha caught up to her before asking "Now, where is Asahi's classroom?" with badly disguised curiosity.
Kagome pointed to a fairly close building as she looked around. "Over there... but he usually waits around here. Maybe he is still in his classroom".
They both walked to the building, looking around without finding him. Kagome felt more nervous with every step. Asahi always tried to come to her as soon as he could, as soon as he heard or smelled her, he darted to her side.
They reached the doors of the building and Kagome saw a known figured on the other side, with a phone to his ear.
As soon as she opened the door, he turned to her with a frown. "I've been calling you!"
She smiled at the irate man "Maybe a 'Hello' before, yelling at me?"
"Yeah, yeah. Come here!" She walked to him and hugged him, forgetting for a moment, who was with her.
"Nice to see you, Wolf."
"You too, Kitten".
A growl too low for the human to hear came from the ignored man behind her. Blue eyes stared at him for a moment, but guessing who it was and how being ignored was making him angry, he kept his attention on Kagome.
"Why were you calling me?" She asked more preoccupied than curious.
"Your kid and my cubs are in trouble... nothing new."
Kagome frowned, Asahi had been having problems at school. Inuyasha walked closer to her, to a degree that she could feel the heat radiating from his body. She cursed internally, she had forgotten something important.
"Oh, sorry. Didn't introduce you two..." her voice apologetic.
Her eyes went to Inuyasha, whose demeanor had changed. His body was tense, his ears standing and his brows knit together. She looked at Kouga, who was mirroring the other man's posture.
"This is Inuyasha, Asahi's father. Inuyasha, this is Kouga..."
Kouga smiled smugly before interrupting her "Kagome's ex-husband".
As a renewed growl exploded inside Inuyasha's chest. Kagome could feel her migraine coming back at full strength.
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A/N:
Thank you for reading this chapter!
This story was supposed to be a oneshot, but as the days came by and I couldn't stop thinking about it, I ended up with a few drabbles and the idea for a new chapter.
So here it is!
I know some of you are disappointed because Asahi doesn't appear in this chapter, but the parents need some time to work things out without the child (with really good ears) is around, hopefully the next chapter is ready soon and you can see more of him.
Thank you for reading and for the support, it's always a pleasure to know what you think with the messages or the likes and favorites. Thank you very much.
Also a big thank you to the readers that made the questions that prompted me to keep writing this AU.
Finally, thank you Britt, you deserve Hojo's love! All of it!
Love,
Nanna.
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