#stupi d bitch at lEAST YOU GOT A GIFT DAMN

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@starsdescent said:

Many hours were spent pondering and considering, leaning forward with her chin propped up upon the heels of her palms at her desk, all with the question of 'What is a valentine even meant to do?' at the forefront of the astrologist's mind. She's never been a valentine, though she is quite aware of the obvious, that goes without saying. She needn't be reminded of the countless activities that take place on this particular day, the superfluous appearances of flowers and sweeties and and dinners and so-called romantic trips just to name a few.

Many an hour did her brow furrow in thought, more hours than she dare think about, nor admit to. Ever.

In the end, Mona decides upon the noble endeavor of making chocolates, trial and error of the process reminding her the skill required of it. In all their time together, she has not noticed Tetsuya reach for or favor anything particularly sweet. Thus, the goal was not too sweet, not to bitter. Why, she even took her time creating the box the chocolates were going into, a bright red ribbon wrapped around it as a finishing touch.

Hah! How's that for her first try? Not too shabby.

Of course, all that remained afterward was the task of gifting it to her valentine. Mona clears her throat to announce her presence, bring out the heart shaped box from behind her to extend it out towards him. ❝ Happy Valentine's. ❞ That's what she's meant to say, correct? Drat, why are her cheeks so warm? ❝ Ahem, for you: chocolate. ❞

Truth be told he wasn't expecting her to do much considering the lengths she made him go through to simply get her to say yes... which now that he looks back on it was actually quite ridiculous, but her stubbornness and pride aren't things he took all too kindly. It reminds him too much of him and he does not like a dose of his own medicine. After all, he can't stand himself.

She's made a mess of the kitchen and quite frankly he's surprised that she can manage such a thing as homemade chocolates. She... doesn't really make any efforts to cook herself aside from concocting her usual salads. Though perhaps making chocolates does not by default mean that she can cook, she merely made some treats and by the looks of her appearance it was definitely a trial and error. The box also looks... personalized in some way. He can tell she made it, there's obvious tell signs of her hand in its doing. So she's also well versed in arts and crafts then? Fancy that. Whatever war took place in that kitchen, he catches a whiff of its remains, becoming privy of the sort of chocolate she made him. Is it too late to tell her that he does not fancy sweets? Though the sweet smell is not of the overwhelming kind... he can still catch a good whiff of it and it already tells him that the chocolates she clearly worked so hard on making for him aren't going to be of his taste. That is most unfortunate, after all the trouble he went through. If he has to take any sweets he prefers the richness of dark chocolate. It's bitter enough for him.

He waits for her to offer to him the box of sweets according to the customs of doing so and when she does he stares down at the custom box she also troubled herself with making to wrap up her gift to him in some semblance of a cohesive finished product. "I can already tell this is going to be too sweet for my liking." Is the first thing that leaves his mouth, taking the box of sweets from her. He'll try one either way... eventually... maybe, he's not decided yet. Maybe he'll feed them to the little animals outside and keep the box. He likes the box, it's quite the handywork. "This box is salvageable." For what it's worth. He tucks his gift away, satisfied with his final conclusion in the matter.

"You don't do this very often, do you?" He crosses his arms over his chest, the answer to that question coming from her state of appearance and the messy kitchen behind her. "Heh, it's good experience for you Megistus, you're welcome." As if he had just gifted her something worth her while. "I'm not cleaning that kitchen, however," he didn't make that mess, "make sure it's clean before dinner time." Since the one in charge of making dinner here is him.