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[areyoulovers]

It's Papa's birthday today! It's rude to talk about a lady's age, but since he's a man it's all right, so he's turning 56! I ended up getting him a new set of tools and a proper magnetized case for them, since as it is he's lost three plasma cutter heads this year already by dropping them into hard-to-reach places in the hangar. It's the sort of thing Papa does, even though he's chief engineer!

He's been spending most of the day with Mama, too, which I think is wonderful! Even though they've been married thirteen years, they still enjoy spending time together. I think that's definitely the sort of romance that I want when I get a little older!

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[hands4healing.livejournal.com]

That's so sweet, Mileina.

[areyoulovers]

It is? It's just what I was thinking, that's all!

[hands4healing.livejournal.com]

It's really nice that they're doing that for her birthday.

[areyoulovers]

Oh, I should have been much clearer! Mama's spending time with Papa for his birthday, not the other way around. She's much younger than 56!

[hands4healing.livejournal.com]

Oops! That's my confusion! I'm sorry, Mileina!

[areyoulovers]

Oh, no, it's perfectly all right!

[hands4healing.livejournal.com]

It's still very nice they're spending the day together, though.

[Not that she and Ed didn't do the same for Ed's birthday, but that's different, since they're just recently, ah, together that way.]

[areyoulovers]

Yes, it is! Do you and your boyfriend have days like that as well?

[hands4healing.livejournal.com]

Ah...well, we went out for his birthday earlier this month.

[areyoulovers]

Oh, that's very good to hear! Did you go somewhere very romantic?

[hands4healing.livejournal.com]

Just to a restaurant Naoto recommended. [Isn't going to say they spent the night in a hotel, even if they just went to sleep.]

[areyoulovers]

That sounds like a lovely date!

[hands4healing.livejournal.com]

It was. We had a good time.

[nick-4-maya.livejournal.com]

That's really sweet that your parents love each other so much! You're so lucky, Mileina.

If your father loses tools like that all the time, that must mean that there must be a really big collection of lost tools lying around...

[areyoulovers]

Papa says that it was love at first sight for them!

Do you think so? Maybe they're all gathering in the same place! The gravity isn't always constant here, so I'm not entirely sure where they end up...

[nick-4-maya.livejournal.com]

Really? That's almost like something out of a fairy tale!

They have to end up somewhere, right? They can't just vanish into thin air, after all! Maybe one day someone will find a huge pile of old tools just lying around in a really strange place.

[areyoulovers]

Yes, I think so too! Mama says that he didn't say anything for the longest time, because she was very young, so in the end, she had to be the one to confess her love first!

Perhaps I can send out a Haro search team! They can fit into very small spaces, and know the layout better than anybody!

[nick-4-maya.livejournal.com]

That was very gentlemanly of your father to feel that he had to wait because of her age, though! Oh, but I'm still glad that your mother told him so that it ended happily! They've always seemed so perfect for each other from everything that you've told me.

That sounds like a great idea! I bet they'd find a lot of them in no time at all.

[areyoulovers]

Mama says that they were married as soon as she was eighteen, but whenever she says that Papa comes in and says that I shouldn't get married until I'm thirty! They really are wonderful, though, they met while they were working so they have a lot of things in common, and they both love me very much! I hope that you can come visit and meet them someday.

The next time Papa doesn't need them for work, I'll organize a Haro expedition!

[nick-4-maya.livejournal.com]

I hope so too! I'd really like to meet them after hearing so much about them both!

Right! Tell me how it goes, okay?

[solidork.livejournal.com]

That is certainly very romantic.

[areyoulovers]

Is something wrong, Mr. Larsa?

[imperializing.livejournal.com]

No, nothing at all. Why do you ask?

[areyoulovers]

Oh, no reason! You just looked a little down, that's all.

[imperializing.livejournal.com]

Fear not, all is as it should be. You should be off to celebrate your father's birthday.

[areyoulovers]

Don't worry, Mr. Larsa, I'm not missing anything! Most of the celebrations were earlier in the day.

[solidork.livejournal.com]

Oh, good. I would not want to keep you from them.