[ He simply nods. Transcribing the name onto the paper in his precise hand and then placing a mark in a box labeled ‘single’. ]
It should be fine. The papers ask for your present state of affairs so, as it has not happened yet, we’ll leave it as Houjou. The gods are very good at interrupting plans, it seems. [ Although, there was something in her words, in the slight pause. ] You say you had been asked…Were you taken before you could accept his hand? Or was it an arrangement?
Also, do you have any dependents? Ah—and what is your current income? An average number is all I need.
[ It’s beginning to get a bit difficult to ignore her administrations. The process revived the prickling pain that ran across his shoulders. It didn’t help that the knots in his back from all the stress of his work had started to join in with a chorus of twinges.
His shifts slightly beneath her hands, unconsciously shaking his head.
no subject
It should be fine. The papers ask for your present state of affairs so, as it has not happened yet, we’ll leave it as Houjou. The gods are very good at interrupting plans, it seems. [ Although, there was something in her words, in the slight pause. ] You say you had been asked…Were you taken before you could accept his hand? Or was it an arrangement?
Also, do you have any dependents? Ah—and what is your current income? An average number is all I need.
[ It’s beginning to get a bit difficult to ignore her administrations. The process revived the prickling pain that ran across his shoulders. It didn’t help that the knots in his back from all the stress of his work had started to join in with a chorus of twinges.
His shifts slightly beneath her hands, unconsciously shaking his head.
Stop it, Ja’far. You need to stay still. ]