2020 - Winter edition

[gentlemancambrioleur]

► SEES

Aigis
athenashand

minako arisato
foolaround

minato arisato
afoolshope

yukari takeba
intoxication

► INVESTIGATION TEAM

kanji tatsumi
topgun-textiles

naoto shirogane
pishirogone

rise kujikawa
betheirstrength

souji seta
wildlinks

yosuke hanamura
dj-jiraiya

► PHANTOM THIEVES

futaba sakura
i-will-live

goro akechi
foolishjustice

haru okumura
gracile

hifumi togo
asaqueenshould

ren amamiya
chainlinks

yusuke kitagawa
wantsnudes

© SUNSARI

Comments

[foolaround]

[ that response gets a little laugh, and she loops her arms loosely around aigis's back. ]

It's not my fault Yukari made so many. She did this to me. [ it comes out in an airy tone, harmlessly. ]

[athenashand]

[After a moment, Aigis leans carefully into Minako's embrace.]

Yukari-san did not force you to do anything. She cannot be at fault for this. [she was probably also telling minako not to eat so many...]

[foolaround]

It's all part of her plan—! [ minako can't get through whatever this bit was supposed to be without laughing, and she relaxes against her. one of her hands goes up to play with aigis's hair, fingers slipping through the ends. ]

... You're way too good to me, you know.

[athenashand]

[She registers movement near her head, but the motion of her hair as Minako's hand travels through it is too gentle to register as much more than that.

She doesn't understand this statement. It doesn't logically follow from the last. Or, in fact, anything else Aigis is observing here. She blinks, considering it as the exact pressure of Minako's lean against her is registered somewhere in her mind.] ...I don't understand. What do you mean?

[How do you even begin to quantify goodness enough to say something is too good?]

[foolaround]

[ that was... meant to be less worrying than it sounded. damn. minako shakes her head and smiles, pressing her lips to aigis's forehead. her fingers keep playing with her hair. yukari being so affectionate because of iris has rubbed off on her a bit. ]

That came out wrong. I just mean that you're wonderful.

[athenashand]

[She's...so soft. So warm. Aigis's dermal covering warms at her cheeks, though there's no accompanying flush.] I-I see.

[Something about the first draft of that statement still sticks in Aigis's mind. But it's logged away for now.

She smiles, her gaze fixed bashfully on a lower point away from Minako.] Thank you. But I did not do anything wonderful.

[foolaround]

We can agree to disagree there, dear. [ she thinks pretty much everything aigis does is wonderful, okay. it's gross. also she doesn't know what pet name would be good. but god, that look on her face—minako giggles a little. ]

You're so cute, Aigis. Every time I see a new expression on your face... I never want to forget it.

[athenashand]

[that's REAL gay, minako.

A few blinks of surprise. She considers this statement. This...series of statements. Dear.

Her cooling fans whir faintly as she processes all that. Still:] ...I understand. I feel the same way, seeing new things about you.

[Even moreso now, with this time they've somehow managed to steal from fate.]

[foolaround]

[ hell yeah it's gay, aigis. minako's smile widens. ]

I just... when I see these signs that you're growing, changing... I feel really proud of you. Happy for you.

[ she takes one of aigis's hands in her free one, twining their fingers together and pulling her a bit closer.

aigis has been... constantly becoming, minako thinks. she's a machine, yes, but it's not that simple. it never has been. ]