[Being officially engaged was apparently busying work because for the last week Nariko hasn't been the easiest to reach. Sure, she had the occasional need for privacy but with Boxer it was often enough to be together without really doing anything together. He could go work or cook or watch something and she'd just exist around him, content as the fish in his tank. But she hasn't seen his apartment, let alone the man himself in four full days. It's a strangely long time for two people who hadn't separated since the day they met.
But on the fifth she turns up after texting to make sure he wasn't working, and she has all sorts of gifts (new shirts, Junction Jan's Sea Monster, cheesecake, etc) and apologies that are only gently tinted with both exhaustion and guilt. More than anything she's incredibly grateful to be near him again and it shows. For having spent so much time apart Nariko can't seem to let go of him once she's walked in the door.
It's probably only right to say that she spends a good handful of hours exuberantly making up for her absence. After that comes a shower, and all is well - or should be. Her phone keeps going off, alternating between an endless series of vibrations and her ringtone. When the screen lights up the numbers tell all: 26 missed calls and 68 new texts.
Someone is really trying to get a hold of her, but she can't hear it right now.
Maybe just ignore it, Boxer? That's what she's tried to do.]
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But on the fifth she turns up after texting to make sure he wasn't working, and she has all sorts of gifts (new shirts, Junction Jan's Sea Monster, cheesecake, etc) and apologies that are only gently tinted with both exhaustion and guilt. More than anything she's incredibly grateful to be near him again and it shows. For having spent so much time apart Nariko can't seem to let go of him once she's walked in the door.
It's probably only right to say that she spends a good handful of hours exuberantly making up for her absence. After that comes a shower, and all is well - or should be. Her phone keeps going off, alternating between an endless series of vibrations and her ringtone. When the screen lights up the numbers tell all: 26 missed calls and 68 new texts.
Someone is really trying to get a hold of her, but she can't hear it right now.
Maybe just ignore it, Boxer? That's what she's tried to do.]