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They're fine now! [She blushes bright red at the worry, ducking her head down as she takes a bite of the cake to hide her embarrassment. ]

I tested them out before I put them in the bags. [The card was homemade too, something simple and almost generic except for a small bit of writing that Holly added to just his, saying how thankful she was to know him. Signing it that he was her third brother.]

If you don't want to eat them it's okay!

[ He is going to treasure that card forever, especially that third brother part. ~~golly~~

He shakes his head, laughing and trying to sound reassuring! ] No, no no no! I want them. [ To demonstrate, he takes one out, studies it for a moment (... it's very pretty, at least!), then takes a big bite out of it, chewing thoughtfully.

... And smiles before swallowing. ] Well, if I turn green and get sick, at least I'll be happy about it.

[She laughs, taking a sip of her hot chocolate now before smiling and shaking her head.]

I hope you don't get sick. I'd feel really bad, but if you do I promise I'll play nurse for you. With chicken noodle soup and heart band-aids, even.

Chicken noodle soup would work, but what would the band-aids do? Make me feel prettier? [ He eats the rest of the chocolate in his hand, then checks inside the bag, counting how many he has left. ] I'm not gonna get sick, anyway. No worries.

[There should be ten, well nine now that he's eaten one. All different shapes and some even dusted with colored sugar. She wanted to try to go all out this year!]

Prettier and they're cute. Ari would love them.

[ They are really fancy, whew. Skyler wraps them back up again. ]

She would. Speaking of, was she at school today? She had the flu yesterday... [ and... he has no idea if she got better in time to go to school. SHE IN FACT DID NOT! ]

[With a shake of her head, she takes another bite of the cake. Can't let it go to waste after he bought it for her.]

No she didn't come today. And where have you been Mr. Hot-shot that you don't know that?

[ -- Ah. He... scratches the back of his head. Ahem. ] Slept through it. Didn't wake up until noon.

But what about school? You're going to get into trouble. [You are making her frown in worry Skyler.]

Nah. [ He reaches over and ruffles her bangs for a moment. ] Senioritis. The entire system is made to let seniors do whatever they want for their last semester as long as they make it to half their classes.

If you say so. [She smiles at the ruffle, her head tilting forward with a laugh. Offering him some cake, she reaches up to fix some of her hair.]

Are you okay, otherwise? Is Cenabell doing okay?

Cena's all right. [ ... He should probably let Cena out for a run when he gets back home. A night in the closet is only for emergencies, after all. ] He's probably gonna love Valentines. He's really got a sweet tooth.

He does? Aw, I wish I'd known, I'd have made him a bag too. [She assumed since he kind of looked like a dog that anything chocolate would be off limits but- guess not!]

[ It's a fair assumption to make. Skyler actually made the same assumption until he caught Cenabell in Ari's Halloween candy last year and Cenabell didn't even seem remotely sick afterward. ]

I'll split mine with him, don't worry. The grocery stores are gonna discount chocolate like crazy tomorrow too, so I can pick up a ton then.

If you're sure. When I try making some again, I'll make him a special batch. Would dog bones be too cheesy?

[ A very serious look. ] Yes. Cena is going to care so much and he will never see you the same way again.

[She tosses a napkin at him.] I'm being serious! I'd hate to hurt his feelings! Oh, I learned the other me's name. [Skyler's one of the few constants that she tells these things to.]

[ He ducks, trying to bat it away with a hand. He misses and it bounces off his head. It settles on the floor, and he goes after it to pick it up. ] He'll love it no matter what.

[ ?? ] Huh. What is it?

[She switched subjects quickly but it's because she literally just thought of it.]

It was Sakura. Pretty right? [She smiles at it, she still thinks it's pretty, definitely not something her parents would have named her but pretty.]

Sakura... [ He crumples up the napkin, his face shifting a little in thought. That's Japanese, isn't it? It seems to be a theme... ] Just Sakura? No last name?

Just Sakura. I got a memory of being in a classroom and someone was calling that name. I got it after someone on the network said it. He knew me- her. [Though she's still not sure how they knew each other.]

You met someone she knew... [ He leans back in his chair, thinking. ] Is he ok? [ Absolutely no one from his universe seems like they were at all ok. Except that one girl a really long time ago, but she's loooong gone. ]

[She nods.] Two in fact. Ethan, he goes to my school, we knew each other in the past too.. I have memories of him. Well one so far.

But Fay, he has the one of me but I haven't had any for him. [Tilting her head, she still wonders on that but answers his question.] They're both really nice. Ethan's saved me a few times.

That's good. [ And if he ever meets them, he will refrain from destroying them completely. ] Kinda weird how some people have memories of people that don't remember them. That's definitely happened to me once.

I think it's kind of weird too. I'd never met him before I saw him on the network, but nothing. I've heard of some people getting them from just seeing people for the first time.

[Maybe she had seen him around town and she just didn't know? Resting her chin on her palms, she shrugged.]

I don't know. They're nice, that's all that matters.

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