February Catchall; Open and Closed

[foulhussy]

Who: Kainé and YOU
What: Catchall
When: February
Where: Out and About

Content Warnings: TBD

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[foulhussy]

[ She gives a lopsided little smile. She's getting there. They both are. More similar than they'd thought, maybe. For Kainé it had never been about making herself small or not imposing though. It had been a lack of trust, built on years of pain.

But they want the same thing. ]

Some people do. They should probably say it more often. Sometimes they say it by doing shit for you.

[tealeafs]

Like what sort of things..?

[ It seems like Kainé is relatively okay with this line of questioning, so Chizuru is okay in turn with proceeding with it a little bit - though she's still being a little careful and polite.

It's just in her nature.

At least she bothers to clarify as she slowly speaks on. ]

For example-- Um, I have some friends here who do things for me sometimes.. But I wouldn't want to misunderstand them by thinking their actions mean that, when it could just be them being nice to other people in general, you know..? I don't-- I wouldn't want to assume I'm special somehow.

[foulhussy]

[ That's really hard to answer. What ways do people show her these things? She's so divorced from what could be called normal. ]

Asking how you are. Making food for you. Kicking a fuss if you're hurt or you're gone long. Remembering what you like and what you hate. That kind of shit.

[ Like Grandma would. Like her friends would. Like Anna would. ]

Be greedy for it. Nobody will do it for you.

[tealeafs]

[ The first half of what Kainé says is pretty easy to take in, at least.

But then comes the second part, and Chizuru looks like the other just told her to start flying on the spot - something that's on the same level of impossible in Chizuru's mind as the thing Kainé is actually telling her to do. ]

What? But..

[ She starts her protest, but then it trails off. It's not like she wants to be rude in the face of Kainé helping her so much - something that feels like a sign of care, especially in the row of things the other is listing here. ]

Is it really alright to be greedy though? I mean, I-- It's not like I did anything to deserve being allowed to be greedy.

[ And yet she doesn't seem to be judging Kainé for thinking being greedy is a good thing. Different measures for people who aren't Chizuru herself, okay. ]