IN THE FOREST OF THE LOST

[beathollow]

it's all too perfect.

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[cirquedesang]

[With the queen utterly decimated (for the first time...), and with Mafuyu's heart returned, and her slowly but surely coming back to herself...

Celeste goes to sit on the ground next to her, next to Izou as well.

And he's winding the music box for her, this time, letting it play once it can't be wound any further.]

She won't hurt you any more, Mafuyu.

[Ever.]

[beathollow]

( mafuyu gasps softly, before closing her eyes and listening. )

... Kanade wrote this... its the first song... that made me smile.

[cirquedesang]

The first of many.

[He'll set the music box down on the floor next to himself while it plays - best to have his hands and arms free for bunny hugs and cuddles, if she wants them, but every time the tune starts to slow even a little bit he'll rewind it so it can keep playing.]

[beathollow]

...

( of course she wants cuddles. she leans against him, exhausted but affectionate. )

You came.

[cirquedesang]

[And he'll wrap his arms around her, gentle as he was on that first day they all arrived.]

Of course I did. Of course we did. We couldn't just leave you.

[beathollow]

I know. I...

...

( not yet. not while she's still... )

[cirquedesang]

[...And probably not with an audience, either.

So he won't press her for that thought, but will nuzzle gently into the top of her head. Soft affection...!]