[subaru kicks his feet a little, leaning on the table as he watches the other with a growing smile. he thinks of traveling around japan with trickstar, how coming home had been so nice and relaxing, eating a homecooked meal for the first time in months-- how he would have done the same this time, if he'd lived to see the end if it, and then times that by ten.

...]

You know, this is my second Christmas ever that I've spent with friends. Not 'cause of traveling or anything like that... Well, sorta, but not like you.

[not to far off places, experiencing new things and learning different languages. subaru'll lay his head on his arms. comfy.]

Mom and I moved around a lot when I was a kid, so I never really got the chance to make friends to do things with or for~. That's why I'm happy with anything at all -- you could've given me a coin and I would've shot through the roof, 'cause it was a gift from someone important to me.

[pathetic. pathetic but true, a boy who was happy with a fake gemstone from someone just because it was a friend who gave it to him.]