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Who: Chikusa Kakimoto and Minako Aino
What: Chikusa thinks his god's love life isn't as good as it could be. Clearly the solution is to plot out an entire blind date get together for the whole Far Shore with some far too energetic blonde he barely knows, right?
When: January 8
Where: The Far Shore's Park

It's been some days now, since Befana, and since the latest string of activity from the Heavens. That means it's enough time to have passed for Chikusa to have any inclination to go outside again. He has a lot of options: Heaven's Library, Hakkai's school, shrines.... but today he's chosen to go outside to a large park which dwells within the Far Shore.

It's a good place for a couple of reasons. For one thing, on the occasions that Ken tags along with him, the various spirit animals are guaranteed to keep his partner busy. For another, with the chill being what it is, that means he's not as likely to run into too many people unlike the always bustling library. The bench he's gotten, over the many wooden paths which wind over the creeks, is now utterly dominated by his usual bag, an open laptop, and small stacks of books all around him.

Lots of them, in fact. Which means there is a stunning around of pink, and red, and white... Mhm, they're all various flavors of shoujo manga, bodice rippers, and more indepth novels (which are notably a little less pink). The one that is in his hand, however, is a bit different in that it's not fiction. The one he has held up to his face, legs crossed on the bench, has a simple title: How To Help Your Single Father Find True Love.

It's a very apt name. Very on point. Chikusa appreciates it for that reason, honestly, although its advice is something he's struggling to match to his situation. The only reason he'd chosen it is because, well, "adult male figure who you live with" doesn't seem to be something that shows up on books a lot. Hakkai isn't his dad, his lover isn't dead (except he sort of is), he's not divorced (unless this would count?), and....

Sighing, he narrows his eyes at the book. "This is so troublesome..."

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"Then... I guess we're decided." Somehow, it's come to this point. Chikusa isn't entirely sure how he ended up blinding a bunch of blind-speed dates with an excitable blond, but here he is regardless.

His life is really way too bizarre sometimes.

Carefully shutting his laptop, he begins to gather the various books together. It's a good thing he has a sturdy bag for all of this. Or, well. Two, honestly. He hadn't wanted to be without any sources. "But then that means we're going to have to do research on what places to set all of this up at, right? The amusement park is easy..." There's only the one, after all. "But we'll have to pick a good aquarium and a restaurant..." Or wherever they end up hosting this.

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Minako grins, practically radiating confidence. It's almost as if she hadn't thought up this whole plan with him just now, even though no thought of it existed about half an hour ago.

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Yeah, it's just organizing a huge Far Shore-wide event, what could possibly go wrong, clearly nothing to worry about! But Minako waves it away like it's nothing.

"You're dealing with an expert here! I'll make sure to look up the most romantic places of them all! They'll pass a very, very strict selection process!"

At least she seems to be willing to put in some effort.. Even though it's in her typical ridiculous way.

"And once we got all the places lined up and it's a bit closer to the day it'll actually happen, we can announce it to everyone!"

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If she's acting so carefree, Chikusa sure hopes she can live up to the boasts. There's still some uncertainty as he eyes her from behind his hair. "If you say so..." Still, he keeps going as he clears the bench of all his things.

"Then does that mean you wanted to go on your own instead of me going with you...?" It certainly works out for him, if he can shove all that energy-wasting nonsense onto someone else with a seemingly neverending supply of it.

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Yeah, that working out thing he's thinking about is going about a mile or two over Minako's head. She doesn't even realise that this is an easy way for him to shove the workload onto her - if not just because she thinks it'll be genuinely fun to run around and check tons of places. She has too much energy to begin with.

"Well, it's not really that I necessarily want it.. I just thought you might be busy! I don't want to assume!" Minako is thoughtful when it matters, after all, despite how much of a social bulldozer she can be. "And I don't mind doing it by myself whatsoever."

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"I mean, it works out for me..." He has way too much to do and, while he hates that he has to do all of it, it's better that he gets it over with. Chikusa thinks over it for a moment longer, trying to remember just how much spare change Hakkai has stuffed in his cupboards still.

"Then I'll check out whatever choices you make afterwards... and we can make the arrangements necessary to rent out the spaces, or whatever else we need to do." It's not as if they're wanting for money.