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[ourtomorrow]

My name is Ken. I need a job and a roommate.

[ ...that's it, right? Those were the first steps recommended to him, and they make sense. If this world can only be saved by people touching, then first Ken has to find people he's comfortable enough around to touch. He needs to form relationships.

He has no idea how. But he has to.

The world depends on him. ]

Thank you.

[ ....incidentally, anyone walking by Ainea's temple might notice a kid sitting outside of it, absently yet intently people-watching. ]

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[ourtomorrow]

Ah....

[ Two windows. Dare he. Is that imposing. Oh, this is a tough decision.

Ken is stuck in this bedroom staring out at the city beyond it, in the throes of his inner conflict. ]

[breathoflove]

[In the midst of her rambling, Mitsuri peeks in to check on Ken and notices that he's kind of frozen. She giggles.]

Do you like this room? You can have it if you want~

[Poor kid seems to not like making anything difficult for anyone else. :c]

[ourtomorrow]

[ He doesn't want to cause problems! So many of those are his fault already.

But the encouragement does its work, and Ken turns with a somewhat breathless smile. It's okay? It's really okay? ] Then - thanks. I'll take this one.

[ Wow this feels weirdly good. He got to pick a place. This is a place that's just his. Even at home, he's staying in a room he used to share with Osamu-niisan, deliberately kept the way his brother had left it to honor him.

But this is a room just for Ken. A room Ken has been granted. Where it's okay for him to stay.

He looks around it and his smile widens. Wow. ]

[breathoflove]

[Mitsuri can't help but watch him for a moment. He looks so happy and it makes her chest feel tight. What had happened to this poor boy to make him so uncertain of himself? She takes a deep breath and pushes the thought away for the moment.]

You can move things around however you want~ I'm going to get some rice cooking, so you can come to the kitchen for some when you're hungry, okay?

[She wants to give him some time to acclimate himself if he wants it.]

[ourtomorrow]

Okay. Thanks.

[ He can do whatever he wants with this room. And he can take his time. Right now, it's enough that it's a space someone wanted him to have. It's enough that this is a welcoming place. ]

This is a good world, isn't it.