Even in his own world, Kaoru had a tendency to forget that not everyone could be as free with their money as he and his peers. He couldn't help it - it was a by product of his upbringing.

"What about an open house, then? People could just drop in as they wanted. I can supply some food!" In the Bastion, is wasn't so much that he had been saving his shards as that he just wasn't sure how to use them. He would need to be very careful, going forward, not to spend shards he might need later. But this was a special occasion, and really it was all for Seimei's cultural betterment in the end.


The blush was simply adorable. He really needed to fuel it a little more, but he was out of strawberries. Though there were still a couple more on the remains of the cake...