001 // a very bear-y christmas

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Xiaolang Li shared a photo. 12/15 near Birch Hills

A general question: has anyone ever received something from Retrospec that was intended for somebody else? Or something you were certain WASN'T yours, even if the ticket said otherwise? Because I do have memories of a bear, but it definitely was not THIS one.

((pretend this bear is 100% handmade and doesn't have the Stieff logo or the name on it's foot, okay--))

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Eh? Me? I wasn't meaning that. But it is cute. If you are sure you don't want it, I mean.

[If he was offering. She wasn't going to deny that the bear was adorable. Sakura just hadn't anticipated him doing so. But if he didn't want to keep it for some reason, she herself had said it could make a cute gift.]

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I know you didn't, but-- I'm sure you'd make better use out of it than I would. I don't really care much for stuffed toys, and you seem to be a bigger fan of them than I am, anyway. [... Xiaolang, you're going to regret saying that SO BADLY once you remember what this bear actually means.]

... I have a feeling it's supposed to be yours, anyway. Our memories are similar, so they could have had a mix up and sent it my way instead.

[keystaff]

You think it's mine? I'm not sure if Retrospec did that before with others but we could ask?

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Well, that's what I'm doing right now.... did you not read the whole post? [Sakura, pls-- even with how much he's softening towards her, he can't help but chide her a little on that. Of course she'd get distracted by the cute thing and not notice anything else.]

It's just a feeling. It looks a lot more like a 'Sunny' to me, anyway.

[keystaff]

I guess I was distracted by the bear picture. Sorry.

I think it'd be more sunny if it was yellow. But ah, you mean me. Right.

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You can't let yourself get too swept away by things like that. You never know if someone has some vital information about something. Maybe not so much for this, but for other posts that may be like this, or situations. So pay more attention next time, alright? [It sounds harsher than he actually intends it to be, although he mostly says it out of concern-- he just wants her to be more mindful, that's all.]

But-- yeah. You. [Someday soon he'll graduate to saying Sakura!! JUST NOT NOW.] Maybe because it's pink like cherry blossoms, I guess.

But... you do want it, right? When should I pass it along to you, then?

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Right! I know. I'll be careful. Especially with the posts from the Retrospec staff.

Like cherry blossoms. You're right. It is that same sort of paler pink colour. But as for when,
maybe sometime around Christmas or New Year? I'm not sure what our plans are exactly, or yours,
but. We can message each other closer to the time?

[She really doesn't mean to be so distracted. So naive that she doesn't notice certain things. Least of all, that he has yet to actually call her by name.]

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Exactly. I don't trust a lot of what they say, and they've been cryptic about many things, but that just means we need to pay extra attention to them.

But, well. There is the Winter Festival? I'm only going with Leon to see if either of us won anything from those charity projects we worked on, but I can bring along the bear in case I run into you.

Um... if you're going to it, anyway. I can think of another time if you're not.

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Oh! Yes, the Festival. That'd be perfect! I can bring your present then too! I can see you there and we can exchange presents then!

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Present?

[And here he was, arguing with other people on this post that there was no way she would ever give him one, in this life or the next. THANKS FOR BLOWING HOLES IN THAT THEORY SAKURA??]

You got me a present?

[keystaff]

Well um. I got the material to make it. But yes!