[ The pressure around her finger increases and then falls away, in the closest gesture he can manage to a nod.
Carefully, the weight of Sakura's box slips upward out of Kirigiri's hands. Like it's trying to sneak away from her. It pulls upward and then lays itself down on a surface. The bow unfurls. The ribbon sets itself aside. Something slices through the tape very precisely, leaving the paper untouched. It's a methodical process but each step is quick and it continues until the box is unadorned and open, revealing a set of chocolate discs decorated with lavender flowers. Seiko's box opens itself next. Colourful macarons. Delicately, each item removes itself from the two boxes to line themselves up like soldiers.
The boxes are divided into four parts now. Paper, contents, unadorned boxes and ribbons. They set themselves out a small distance from each other so any individual part can be avoided. Ribbons and treats in the middle. The former can be ruled out as the problem element, given the one in her hair. The latter can be ruled out based on her use of chocolate earlier, even if the macarons are more suspect.
The paper begins to fold itself away into flat squares. ]
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Carefully, the weight of Sakura's box slips upward out of Kirigiri's hands. Like it's trying to sneak away from her. It pulls upward and then lays itself down on a surface. The bow unfurls. The ribbon sets itself aside. Something slices through the tape very precisely, leaving the paper untouched. It's a methodical process but each step is quick and it continues until the box is unadorned and open, revealing a set of chocolate discs decorated with lavender flowers. Seiko's box opens itself next. Colourful macarons. Delicately, each item removes itself from the two boxes to line themselves up like soldiers.
The boxes are divided into four parts now. Paper, contents, unadorned boxes and ribbons. They set themselves out a small distance from each other so any individual part can be avoided. Ribbons and treats in the middle. The former can be ruled out as the problem element, given the one in her hair. The latter can be ruled out based on her use of chocolate earlier, even if the macarons are more suspect.
The paper begins to fold itself away into flat squares. ]