[Waking up alone has been par for the course this week, but this is the first morning since it started that Chris reached out automatically for a body and warmth that wasn't there and felt a fierce ache when his hand only found cold sheets.
A good sign, he decided once he'd taken a quick shower, if he's missing having Kaito curled up against him. A good sign that maybe it's over (does he really want it to be?) and he can get on with trying to not to feel too guilty.
So the little black box is the first thing he comes across, once he's clean and more awake, and he's glad Kaito isn't around to see his reaction, to either the box or what's inside it. In fact, he has to close the box and go do something else for a moment (like get dressed or go looking for the other note maybe). It's just that there's really only one thing that could be in a box like that and that is indeed what's in there and it's edging on overwhelming just now, when he still vividly remembers and almost misses what he felt for Ryoga and considering the little blue box sitting in the back of his side of the closet.
Top drawer of his desk...and there's a second present sitting on his desk, he'll have to open that first--
(It's with a somewhat exasperated, somewhat embarrassed smile that Chris pulls the dress--maid outfit--out of the box to look it over. Well, at least Kaito had got him one in his colors. And it would probably be flattering if Kaito wanted to see his legs...)
--and then he's digging though the drawer to find the last note. (This is kind of fun, actually, being lead around the room for each little thing.) Once he's found it, he decides to go sit on the bed to actually read it--judging by the note that had been left with the ring, this is undoubtedly a note that requires sitting.
And it is, but it's also horribly tempting to get up and wait to read the rest after the first paragraph. His fingers trace over the words more than once as he's reading through the rest of it (they were so alike, weren't they, though his reasons were undoubtedly more selfish), at least until he reaches the end and they trace over those words instead, which must have been so difficult for Kaito to write. He did so hate admitting his weakness in any way.
Once he's read over it a couple more times, Chris finally sets the paper aside and picks up the little box again, turning it over in his hands. He could put it on and go find Kaito wearing it, that would send a clear message--but before he's even opened the box halfway, he has better idea. So instead he goes and quickly gets dressed in something nice--still Christmas-y, it is Christmas after all, but nice and flattering--grabs the little blue box for Kaito and tucks it away in a pocket, and heads out to find Kaito with his own present in hand.
And thank god he's somewhere a little more secluded than the living room, because as soon as Chris finds him, he strides over and swoops down for a crushing kiss.]
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A good sign, he decided once he'd taken a quick shower, if he's missing having Kaito curled up against him. A good sign that maybe it's over (does he really want it to be?) and he can get on with trying to not to feel too guilty.
So the little black box is the first thing he comes across, once he's clean and more awake, and he's glad Kaito isn't around to see his reaction, to either the box or what's inside it. In fact, he has to close the box and go do something else for a moment (like get dressed or go looking for the other note maybe). It's just that there's really only one thing that could be in a box like that and that is indeed what's in there and it's edging on overwhelming just now, when he still vividly remembers and almost misses what he felt for Ryoga and considering the little blue box sitting in the back of his side of the closet.
Top drawer of his desk...and there's a second present sitting on his desk, he'll have to open that first--
(It's with a somewhat exasperated, somewhat embarrassed smile that Chris pulls the dress--maid outfit--out of the box to look it over. Well, at least Kaito had got him one in his colors. And it would probably be flattering if Kaito wanted to see his legs...)
--and then he's digging though the drawer to find the last note. (This is kind of fun, actually, being lead around the room for each little thing.) Once he's found it, he decides to go sit on the bed to actually read it--judging by the note that had been left with the ring, this is undoubtedly a note that requires sitting.
And it is, but it's also horribly tempting to get up and wait to read the rest after the first paragraph. His fingers trace over the words more than once as he's reading through the rest of it (they were so alike, weren't they, though his reasons were undoubtedly more selfish), at least until he reaches the end and they trace over those words instead, which must have been so difficult for Kaito to write. He did so hate admitting his weakness in any way.
Once he's read over it a couple more times, Chris finally sets the paper aside and picks up the little box again, turning it over in his hands. He could put it on and go find Kaito wearing it, that would send a clear message--but before he's even opened the box halfway, he has better idea. So instead he goes and quickly gets dressed in something nice--still Christmas-y, it is Christmas after all, but nice and flattering--grabs the little blue box for Kaito and tucks it away in a pocket, and heads out to find Kaito with his own present in hand.
And thank god he's somewhere a little more secluded than the living room, because as soon as Chris finds him, he strides over and swoops down for a crushing kiss.]