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"There's a great deal you don't know about me," she replied evasively, returning his shrug with her own. "After all, this is only our second time dining together, isn't it?"[break][break]

That was true for her, at least.[break][break]

The waiter then leaned in, questioning in a low tone what her preferred spiciness level was, and Elisabeth met Matias's gaze with a slight frown. "Whatever your usual spiciness level is, I'm sure is fine," she replied back, though she had no idea what that might be. How spicy was spicy?[break][break]

The truth was that Elisabeth Fiorelli had never eaten curry before. However, she intended to double down on this deceit the same way he apparently intended to double down on his.[break][break]

"I guess we're both full of surprises today," she replied mildly, taking a sip of her drink.

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with Elisabeth Fiorelli doubling down on her deceit, matias concedes, not pushing for the truth that he has a suspicion would come out eventually with the arrival of her order of curry.[break][break]

"only good surprises tonight, i hope."[break][break]

after placing his order of stew and a charcuterie board of meats and cheeses to snack on, he leans back, sighing before taking a sip of his drink.[break][break]

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from his pocket, he pulls out a flower that almost seems to bloom in the palm of his hand. it's a gracidea, one small but not fragile.[break][break]

"i found it in area zero. it made me think of you."

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"A Gracidea?"[break][break]

She blinked, taken aback by the gesture as he placed the dainty pink flower in her hands.[break][break]

A tiny fear overtook her for a moment that the blossom might wither at her touch, and she hesitated before she looked down, only to realize it hadn't shriveled up at all.[break][break]

Instead, the hibiscus's petals seemed oddly vibrant in the palm of her hand -- radiant with the glow of early springtime.[break][break]

"They're supposed to only bloom when you're grateful for something," she said, averting his gaze as she studied the mythical blossom. She tucked it finally behind her ear, brushing back her golden hair with the motion. There was something peculiarly vulnerable in the gesture, but she couldn't place her finger on why.[break][break]

This moment echoed another distant memory, though she couldn't quite place that feeling either, not so many years later.[break][break]

"Are you?" she asked, her eyes flitting up to meet his, wavering with slight uncertainty. "Grateful, I mean."

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naturally, he knows nothing of the gracidea apart from what is presented before him. he knows it's a flower, and that it blooms quite rarely, so he appreciates Elisabeth Fiorelli sharing more about it.[break][break]

"of course i'm grateful."[break][break]

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"i told you, elisa, i'm a simple man. it shouldn't be that difficult to understand me because i'll always tell you what i want, and right now, what i want is your company."[break][break]

which he has; which he is so grateful for.

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She struggled to believe him, sometimes. What puzzled her the most was how earnest he was -- how simple, as he put it.[break][break]

Why should he, or anyone else, enjoy her company? Time spent with her was never worth much.[break][break]

Her hand drifted from the flower to toy with a loose curl of hair, winding it around a finger as a nervous laugh fluttered out of her.[break][break]

"I don't think I've done much to be grateful for," she deflected, attempting to feign a more playful tone with him than she felt. "But it's been a pleasant evening so far, hasn't it?"[break][break]

Unbeknownst to her, the hibiscus she wore shyly curled ever-so-slightly in on itself.

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"so far."[break][break]

he parrots Elisabeth Fiorelli with a chuckle, knowing that things could easily take a turn for the worse as that's simply in their nature. whether they care to admit so or not, they both incite conflict, but in his case, he seeks it out.[break][break]

it shows in the subtle wiltering of the hibiscus. he notices but doesn't comment on it.[break][break]

"tell me something you're grateful for."

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It wasn't a wilting, exactly. This was more a winding back into time, a flower retreating back into that moment before full-bloom.[break][break]

"I'm not the best at assessing myself," she admitted. Her hand quietly worried at her skirt, trying to distract herself from how awkward this conversation had unexpectedly become. "I don't even know how to say what it is I'm grateful for, exactly?"[break][break]

To have some of her mind returned to her again. To feel a bit more human again.[break][break]

Suddenly her hand ceased in its restless moveents, and she felt what she wanted to say come back to her with slow-dawning clarity.[break][break]

"Would you believe me if I said I'm grateful that I can feel gratitude at all again?"

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"oh i know."[break][break]

he finds a moment between Elisabeth Fiorelli's sentences to poke fun at her admittance, doing so with a soft chuckle that lacks the usual venom. he hasn't needed it so far, and he doubts he will this evening.[break][break]

his finger idly traces the curve of the glass as he listens to her.[break][break]

"i would, yes, and i'm glad that you can feel it again."[break][break]

he smiles warmly.[break][break]

"you've been through so much and yet here you are. you've survived. that's something to be grateful for, isn't it?"

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Despite everything, his sentiments disarmed her. He'd see the raw heat rise up to her face, flustered by this strange litany of compliments and painfully unsure how to respond to them.[break][break]

A powerful desire to hide and run somewhere -- anywhere at all but here -- took over her for an instant, only to be smothered by an equally powerful sense of pride and dignity.[break][break]

"You've survived plenty yourself," she diverted, visibly embarrassed as a hand strayed to her neck. "You lived through Kanto. I'm sure you're grateful to be here, too."[break][break]

Mercifully, the charcuterie board arrived, saving her from this exercise in enduring humiliation.

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"no, no, this isn't about me. this is about you, elisa."[break][break]

he is quick to pick up on Elisabeth Fiorelli's diversion, and so he wills the conversation back to where he wants it to be; where he thinks it needs to be should he want their relationship to grow and evolve and flourish.[break][break]

ignoring the charcuterie board, he continues.[break][break]

"i want to hear you say you're grateful. doesn't even have to be about me. it should be about you."

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"What good will that do?" she blurted out, utterly perplexed by his vehemence on this subject. "I don't need... that is..."[break][break]

Why was he looking at her like this? She shrank before his gaze, like being caught in the full beams of a searchlight.[break][break]

She didn't feel like someone who deserved gratitude, most of the time. She survived despite all the reasons she shouldn't. She existed despite all the unhappiness that came with existing. She remained powerful despite the unthinkable costs of what made her powerful.[break][break]

Finally she closed her eyes, inhaling deeply in an attempt to silence her inner discomfort.[break][break]

"Why does it matter so much to you?"

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"because you matter to me."[break][break]

from being his florist to whatever this is, why does Elisabeth Fiorelli have such a hard time believing him? his reputation may haunt him but has he not done enough to shed free?[break][break]

after a sip, he continues.[break][break]

"because you refuse to believe that you are deserving of good things, that you can and should feel gratitude and joy and love and all of that shit. that makes me sad."

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Elisabeth let the sea distract her from the puzzle of him, studying the way the rays of moonlight glimmered on blue-black glass instead. Her expression softened as a whirling, salt-kissed breeze teased out ringlets of her hair.[break][break]

She brushed a few of the loose strands out of her eyes, and she bit her lip.[break][break]

"My father used to say something. That you could always find light in the darkest of places, if you knew where to look."[break][break]

The stars overhead twinkled faintly, sleepily blinking into view as night hung the heaviness of its dark curtain around them both. Above them, a misty cloud draped across the light of a full moon.[break][break]

"Sometimes I've gotten tired of looking for that light. Sometimes it's easier to simply get attuned to feeling your way through the darkness."[break][break]

A peacefulness settled over her features then, and she turned back to him, the Gracidea subtly brightening as she did so.[break][break]

"But yes. I am grateful for what light I've found, I think. Whether or not it lasts for very long."[break][break]

It never did. Perhaps that was what made it so valuable, in the end.

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the way the gracidea subtly brightens is not missed. he has seen the oppposite happen, not just tonight but before, remembering how she had blighted the vegetation with such ease. so the brightening gracidea is a welcome sight, one he spends a moment appreciating with a smile.[break][break]

"you know that light needs to be nurtured, too. maybe that's why it's never lasted for long."[break][break]

he says, mirroring the peacefulness on Elisabeth Fiorelli's features.[break][break]

"i'll be sure to put effort in from my side."

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