[For Kaede, the quiet was a welcome break in the excitement and fussing and...and feeling. Besides the crunching underfoot, the snow seemed to muffle and soften all other noise. Like this was a soft edged world just for them.
But inevitably she was reminded of where her hand was; whenever she took a bigger step than usual to keep up, or stop her arm from swinging and dislodging Shinichi. Just to make sure, she held on a bit tighter each time she thought about it, which...was a lot. The Warm Thing had grown to an Excitable Thing that made her chest prickle and the cold seem far away; she didn't dare say anything yet, what if her voice trembled? Shinichi wouldn't mind, but--
Kaede was aware Shinichi said something, but it took her a moment to really listen, his words spending a moment in her mind before the gears in her head turned.]
--huh? Oh--yeah. I...do.
[She'd found some occasionally in a...newly vacated house, when she was younger. Kaede doesn't mention that part, though.]
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[For Kaede, the quiet was a welcome break in the excitement and fussing and...and feeling. Besides the crunching underfoot, the snow seemed to muffle and soften all other noise. Like this was a soft edged world just for them.
But inevitably she was reminded of where her hand was; whenever she took a bigger step than usual to keep up, or stop her arm from swinging and dislodging Shinichi. Just to make sure, she held on a bit tighter each time she thought about it, which...was a lot. The Warm Thing had grown to an Excitable Thing that made her chest prickle and the cold seem far away; she didn't dare say anything yet, what if her voice trembled? Shinichi wouldn't mind, but--
Kaede was aware Shinichi said something, but it took her a moment to really listen, his words spending a moment in her mind before the gears in her head turned.]
--huh? Oh--yeah. I...do.
[She'd found some occasionally in a...newly vacated house, when she was younger. Kaede doesn't mention that part, though.]