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[spacialeyes]

Right! Uh... I want... Flowers! Please!

[dereban]

Why flowers? I thought you'd be sick of them after the whole hanahaki thing.

[spacialeyes]

It's the first thing that came to mind, sorry... But I'd be curious to know what kind of flowers you like...

[dereban]

Fine. But only if you win.

[spacialeyes]

Okay… Then let’s start. Deal!

[dereban]

[ Well, she's definitely going to shuffle the deck once again before starting to deal the cards. After a few rounds the winner is finally made to be-- ]

Looks like I win.

[spacialeyes]

[Yuuto hates himself. He keeps looking at her hands and her lips and losing count… By the time he’s been thoroughly beat, he’s red in the face.]

… Auuuu. Um. You… win, yeah. What do you want?

[dereban]

... it's something simple. But you're only allowed to say it once, okay?

[spacialeyes]

Eh? Are you going to make me swear?

[dereban]

Nothing like that. You're just allowed to say it once and then never again. Okay?

[spacialeyes]

R-Right. What do you want for me to say?

[dereban]

. . . [ Deep breath. ] 'Himeko'.

Just that.

[spacialeyes]

Himeko..? Is that really all?

[dereban]

[ And her face burns scarlet. ]

You're only allowed to say it one more time, alright...?!

[spacialeyes]

[He doesn’t get it… But it seems to make her happy. Maybe she has princess fantasies???

But on the repeat, Yuuto quiets his voice shyly.]

… Himeko?

[dereban]

Aaah, it's too embarrassing, you can stop now!

[spacialeyes]

[It clicks.]

… Is that your name?

[dereban]

It- yes. But it doesn't suit me.

[spacialeyes]

I think it’s a lovely name for you… Regal, but cute.

[dereban]

Don't tell anyone else, alright? It really... it's embarrassing...

[spacialeyes]

… Alright.

Ah. In exchange… Here. [He traces the hiragana for his name on the table for her, with the ‘u,’ and then the unusual Kanji.]

This is mine.

[dereban]

It's a nice name.

[ She's kind of appreciative of her seeing that. ]

You should be lucky that I can read that, you know. Not all worlds or places use those kinds of characters.

[spacialeyes]

I am. I’m lucky that these characters have had the same meaning in every world that I have been in. It’s all that I have.

[dereban]

A world like this one is especially particular about things, because there are bunch of people from various worlds that may have a different language... it was like that in the last world I was in, after all. There were people that didn't know Japanese. But it was fine since everyone was fine tuned to speak and understand English.

You're the only one who knows my first name here, by the way- I haven't told anyone else.

[spacialeyes]

You know a lot about these things, huh? I’m sorry…

But thank you for telling me. [He traces the hiragana for her name on the table in the place of saying it.]