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[loveisanopendoor]

[Okay. For real this time. It's December 24th. The strawberry shortcake is done, and it doesn't look terrible, shockingly enough. She doesn't have to worry about gifts; that part's been settled, both with Kaori and with Lucina, so they have the whole rest of the day to themselves...

Christmas part 2, here we come. Anna knocks on Lucina's door, 314, cake in hand...

Absently, while she waits for her girlfriend to answer, she can't help but wonder when knocking on doors became such an easy thing for her, after so many years of it being so damn difficult. But she realizes it's probably because Lucina's assured her that it's always open for her...]

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[comeatme]

[Lucina takes a moment to peek out the door before opening it fully, with a smile, of course. And wearing the bit of clothing Anna had made for her. Yes, this is what Lucina does in her free time.]

...please, come in. No need to stand out here.

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[loveisanopendoor]

Oh, hey, nice sweater! Who made that for you?

[She giggles just a bit, but Anna's quick to come in, cake in hand.]

I hope you like strawberries..

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[comeatme]

You did, correct?

[She might care very much for Anna but....well, that doesn't make her any better at jokes.]

And yes, I do.

[loveisanopendoor]

I did! I'm just teasing you...

[ Oh gosh, this is awful... ]

But I made this for us. ...Happy Christmas Eve, Lucina. I hope it didn't come out too awful...

[comeatme]

It looks perfectly fine, don't worry.

[Yes, glossing over her own mistakes. Oops.]

Did you bring something to cut it?

[She supposes she could use her sword if there wasn't a knife but...yeah.]

[loveisanopendoor]

[ Anna wasn't going to bring them up if she wasn't, even if they were cute...she doesn't want to let Lucina feel bad or anything. ]

Here. You can do the honors, dear.

[ She says, handing off the utensils to her and holding the cake in place as if it were her birthday... ]

[comeatme]

Dear....

[That's a new one! And one she kind of likes, really. Thankfully, she's good with bladed objects so her embarrassment doesn't hinder her when it comes to slicing the cake into 8 nice slices.]

[loveisanopendoor]

[Anna just watches her cut up the cake and takes a big slice, ready to devour the first piece! After all, she worked so hard to make it..]

I figured we need a cute way of referring to each other! I mean, couples do that sort of thing, right? But I didn't know how you would feel about a couple of them, so I wanted to try some and see what would stick...

[She says, between forkfuls of cake..]

How do you feel about "darling"?

[comeatme]

Whatever you wish to call me...

[Though she turns, trying to hide her face. This type of discussion was hard! Even with cake right there.]

...as long as you do not mind me calling you Princess.

[loveisanopendoor]

You can call me whatever you'd like! I do like Princess a lot...but I don't know if Prince really rolls off the tongue, you know? I mean, it'd be cute to match, but...

[She'd have to give it some thought!]

[comeatme]

Whatever you wish to call me, I'll accept. That much would be appropriate.

[Enough so that she took a bite of cake just to stem her side of the discussion.]

[loveisanopendoor]

...Lucina, you are literally the cutest, just--

[Don't mind Anna, she's just putting her cake aside real quick to wrap her girlfriend up tight in a hug..]

Just, gosh!

[comeatme]

A-Anna!

[As much as she'd love to return that hug, she held her hands in the air, mostly to keep cake and icing off of Anna. Making her dirty wouldn't be appropriate but she did enjoy the closeness.]

[loveisanopendoor]

[O-oh, right, that probably was a little bit sudden..!]

S-sorry, sorry! I couldn't help myself! You're just way too much, really..!

[comeatme]

It's fine. How about I make it up to you once we're done eating?

[It was a promise! To return a proper hug...or the equivalent of it.]

[loveisanopendoor]

Yeah, please! I, um, have something I wanted to tell you when we're done, anyway..

[comeatme]

Then I will look forward to that in anticipation. Until then...

[Hold on, she's going to eat this slice of cake. Well, as politely as possible though don't mind her if a little icing sticks to her face.]

[loveisanopendoor]

[And don't mind Anna if she kisses it just to get it off..!]

I-I'm glad you like it! I've never made a shortcake before, but Kaori said that you have to have one on Christmas Eve, so...

But I guess I kinda had to learn at some point or another. Especially since I'm in charge of baking club now, so..

[comeatme]

Are you? That's quite the responsibility you've taken on. Unfortunately, I can't really give you any tips. All I know is how to work with survival rations and not much else.

[And there's a dumb joke there about survival rations but Lucina doesn't joke so it's moot.]

[loveisanopendoor]

It is, but I know I can do it! You should come join us, though. We're always taking new members, and I'd love to show you how to do all kinds of baking stuff. It's really fun, honestly, and I'm sure you'd be great at it!

[ She puts her hand on top of Lucina's encouragingly... ]

...Plus, you know. You get to spend more time with me, so...

[comeatme]

I happen to be in a couple clubs already but if it's you, I would not mind sparing the time...

[Yes, it's the last part that attracts her, not the baking. She's willing to make some sacrifices too!! Mostly to hold Anna's hand...right now.]

[loveisanopendoor]

Well, if it conflicts with something, don't worry about it too much, but...I'm just saying, I'd love to have you.

[ She'll take her hand in hers, too. Way too cute.. ]

Though of course I'll have to act in a purely professional manner during club activities...

[ ...But she'll probably find some way to embarrass her, let's be real. ]

[comeatme]

That is something I would expect. If you played favorites, I wouldn't be too happy.

[Being the fair person she is.]

I'll do what I can to join. How does that sound?

[loveisanopendoor]

Oh, trust me, I would never! I mean, I have to help run a country after all, I know all about the importance of being just and all..! ...Still, I'll obviously give you help, if you need it. That sounds like a wonderful deal to me.

[ And she leans up to kiss her cheek again.. ]