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“Um. Excuse you? I love painting my nails. It makes me type way faster.”

What she really meant was that it made her feel cooler to type with painted nails, but this is one of the rare occasions where she’s willing to blend fact and opinion.

Although, she does admit, “It’s just been a while since I’ve done my nails. And I usually scratch all the paint off pretty quickly.”

With a bustling sound, Katie drops his hand and squints Shiro down, “Look, are you really going to talk yourself out of a free pedicure? Because I don’t give out family discounts.”

     “ no, no, i’ll take the manicure offer. i know how high your rates are. ”

  he can’t help but to laugh affectionately at katie’s words as he runs with the joke. it’s a laugh he doesn’t get to use often enough these days, but this... this conversation about something MUNDANE as painting nails and the kidding around... it feels a lot like things used to be, and it’s nice.

     “ why don’t you go grab your supplies, and i’ll wait here for you. set up a space for us to do all this. sound good? ”