Let's celebration!

[maiderer.livejournal.com]

Characters: All residents of the Tohno mansion!
Date: Sunday.
Summary: Kohaku's taken over the kitchen in order to prepare something delicious. The mansion is bustling with people (who aren't vampires or freeloaders), and it doesn't feel so empty. No reason to celebrate? Who needs a reason? Meet us in the dining room!
Warnings: I dunno, swearing if people who jump in the log swear?

[The layout of food is fairly luxurious. Since Akiha and Hisui have been here longer than Kohaku has, she feels like she hasn't cooked for them in a long time (even when it's just been a few days, in her time.) The orchard provided amazing ingredients, and while eclectic, western and eastern dishes sit next to each other side by side all across the table. It seems she couldn't pick a theme with her cooking, and went with 'whatever is delicious!' Don't be mad, Akiha-sama! She'll clean the kitchen later-- wait.

She calls into the mansion, loud enough for everyone to hear.]

Dinner is ready! Please don't skip out on it, there's something for everyone!

[Then she realized it probably would have been more maidlike to go door to door.

Oops.]

Comments

[middaysdream.livejournal.com]

*She responds in a whisper. Hisui would try to question dodge but this is Akiha we're talking about.*

Akiha-sama, I cannot do such a thing.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

Hisui... Sometimes we have to do things we don't want to for the betterment of this family. I haven't seriously talked to her yet because I'm allowing you, as her sister, to be the first to inform her to the state of things.

I do know she's not... she's not familiar with the outcome as I know it. I think it's best for you and her to talk about everything... Nii-san, me...

[middaysdream.livejournal.com]

Akiha-sama, may I ask something of you? If you are able, please look at Nee-san and tell me what you see.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

[Akiha looks over at Kohaku bustling about with dishes, laughing and talking candidly with the other guests. It made her smile just a little in that way few ever see of Akiha, but then it immediately made her frown.]

What I see and what I know are two different things. You ask me something that has no truthful answer.

[middaysdream.livejournal.com]

This happiness of Nii-san's is better than no happiness at all. I will not allow this to be taken away from her.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

And I will not allow you to destroy yourself in the process. You will ruin everything you've built here if you continue like this.

I keep on typing nii-san instead of nee-san bah

[middaysdream.livejournal.com]

What else can I do? There is only so much I can achieve.

*pat pat*

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

You need to talk to her.

[Akiha turns her gaze onto Hisui.]

I'm not going to order you to do it, but you need to. I once told Kohaku that I knew about her despising me and that I don't hold it against her. The bottom line is I like her and as long as she doesn't harm that which is most important to me, I didn't care what she did.

And that still holds true now. I still like her and I still don't care. And here... she can't harm that which I treasure the most. Though her continued facade is starting to harm one of what here is most precious to me. And that is a problem.

[middaysdream.livejournal.com]

... There is nothing I can say to make it easier for her.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

[Akiha puts her free hand on Hisui's arm.]

I know. But if you don't take that step, someone else will. And I don't mean me. There are many people here, our idiot magician for example, that will one day ask Kohaku why you are like this when she's around.

[middaysdream.livejournal.com]

But... I don't want her to lose her smile.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

And I don't want you to lose yours.

...we need to find a middle ground for you two.

[middaysdream.livejournal.com]

I do not know if one exists.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

[Her eyes move back to watching Kohaku and she takes another drink of the blood before responding.]

Neither do I, but you know how I feel about just letting troublesome things be...

[middaysdream.livejournal.com]

I will speak to her. But, if Nee-san falters, I will resume my previous role.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

She will at first. But you will have to give her time to adjust. And I will help with that. It's only right that I do given who I am and... [she trails off]

[middaysdream.livejournal.com]

Akiha-sama... you are not at fault for any of this.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

I know, but if I had known what my father had been doing sooner... And-- [sigh]

[middaysdream.livejournal.com]

Only Makihisa-sama can take responsibility for his own actions.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

And he can't because he's dead. I'm the one to bear this family's sins now.

[middaysdream.livejournal.com]

You also saved Nee-san.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

Not all of her...

[middaysdream.livejournal.com]

You did what you could.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

Perhaps I can do more here. [She then hums as if pondering something.]

[middaysdream.livejournal.com]

Is something the matter, Akiha-sama?