[ but maybe it's because megumi had a teenager-turned-adult minding him and tsumiki for the better part of eleven years that he thinks his actual father would be so far ahead in age.
of course he's in his thirties. most couples start their families in their mid-twenties, sometimes earlier, sometimes later. ]
with gojo-sensei. tsumiki. on days we can, we'd go somewhere like a park or a zoo. went to an observatory a few times, but that's usually for his birthday and not mine.
went to a gojo cabin up north once. tried to teach me how to fish with my hands. didn't take.
[ looking back on it all hurts, megumi is realising. ]
you? what were your birthdays like, after you left?
[ Maybe he's taking a few notes, maybe he's trying to understand and learn, but it's hard to know if it's that in the silence that he makes or the fact he is having trouble writing what he says next: ]
i never celebrated them after your mother's passing
just like i never celebrated them before i met her
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don't expect a family discount either
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i want to find the old apartment, or the street it was on. the one with tsumiki.
i don't remember where it is.
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alright
that's fine
[ He is curious as to why, but he isn't going to pry for now. ]
might be tricky
this city is so much different than our tokyo
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i know. if it was easy i'd do it myself, but it's my birthday on the 7th and i don't have time to go looking.
how much?
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there a reason you want to find it before your birthday?
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you can come if you want.
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picked the flowers out yet?
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i was thinking i'd do it closer to the day. you're coming?
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yea
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[ 😭 ]
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what about your birthday? i don't remember how old you are.
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[ hello??? surely there's a reason why?? ]
i'll be 37 whenever it is
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december 31
pretend i remembered megumi's birthday right the first time
[ but maybe it's because megumi had a teenager-turned-adult minding him and tsumiki for the better part of eleven years that he thinks his actual father would be so far ahead in age.
of course he's in his thirties. most couples start their families in their mid-twenties, sometimes earlier, sometimes later. ]
my birthday's ten days before yours.
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Anyway, Toji is going to pretend he didn't forget Megumi's birthdate. ]
how have you celebrated it in the past?
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went to a gojo cabin up north once. tried to teach me how to fish with my hands. didn't take.
[ looking back on it all hurts, megumi is realising. ]
you? what were your birthdays like, after you left?
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i never celebrated them after your mother's passing
just like i never celebrated them before i met her
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[ it seems monumentally stupid to ask, given what megumi knows and doesn't know, but— ]
what was she like?