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"Consider it payback for pointing out my own obvious display of emotions. But don't hesitate if my form changes again. I like knowing so I can fix myself."

The worst days were when people didn't point out he looked any different, only for him to get home and see he grew horns or his eyes changed color or who knows what. Sometimes it wasn't even his emotions that made him change. Sometimes, a quick thought of, "I'd look pretty like that," was enough.

"Sooo, want to talk about this someone, or is that a bit too much for a newly-met acquaintance? I can at least say, when I first came here, meeting my own someone made the whole newcomer experience better."
 

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"Fair fair. And I'll make sure I let you know if anything changes."

Did he want to talk about his someone? Well he couldn't get her out of his mind. That was fact. What could it hurt?

"I can definitely agree. It made it better."

It was true that meeting Zora had made his newcomer time here easier. Her able to show him around and tell him where things were helped immensely.

"Well my first day here we ran into each other...literally. Not my smoothest move.
 

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"What is this? A romance movie?" he replied jokingly. "Not everything can be suave all the time. Making a mistake can be cute. Charming. Anyway, go on."

Walking into someone and falling in love with them sounded adorable, honestly. Konpeitō flared pink for a moment as he thought about how lovely it would be to run into an attractive man, awkwardly flirt, then hang out afterward. It was so simple. So effective.
 

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Stefan chuckled at his joke as Konpeitō chided him about not being suave all the time.

"Son of the goddess of love and beauty here... things tend to be suave."

His smile was one of pure amusement as he thought about it. While he was very much like his mother, he differed from her in several ways. This happened to be one of them.

"Well, sheet helping her pick everything i knocked over up, introductions were exchanged, she said she'd show me around a bit and we grabbed lunch."

Stefan's own face began to flush while telling Kon the story. It wasn't from embarrassment, but from his heart rate picking up slightly as he talked about how him and Zora had met.
 

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Konpeitō held back a squeal. "Aaah! That's so cute! Most people don't get something so perfect like that."

He leaned back in his chair and sighed. "I need to keep track of love-aligned people for me to conveniently run into and suggest we go out for lunch together. My first romantic experience when I came to the island was winning a date with a god... who showed up late. And drunk. And someone chaperoning him to make sure he didn't embarrass himself."
 

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Stefan's smile was one of amusement when Kon spoke of his first romantic experience.

"Hey, that's still a great story to look back on."

And it was. It wasn't boring. Wasn't some cookie cutter hallmark movie encounter. A genuine good tale to look back and laugh upon.

"Well my chance encounter insisted lunch wasn't a first date. Merely her being nice. By the end of it...had the first date lined up."
 

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He let out a laugh. "You're right. And still, that's adorable. I'm happy to hear! It's a great way to learn about the island too. Did you come here with anyone or were you alone?"

After asking, he wondered if that was too sensitive. Honestly, talking to anyone on the island felt like navigating landmines. Ask the wrong question and you potentially bring up someone's trauma. His body tensed a little as he awaited Stefan's reaction.
 

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Not much bothered Stefan. He was laid back and easy going, but he picked up that Kon had tensed up a little. Thinking nothing of it he responded nonchalantly.

"Just me. Got tired of being under mom's shadow so I left home in Fólkvangr. Eventually made my way here."

There was more to the story, but Stefan didn't want to bore his host if he didn't want to hear all the details.
 

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Knowing he didn't make Stefan uncomfortable, he allowed himself to be bolder with his questions. "I'm still interested in hearing about your life before! It's still so wild that all this stuff my dad loved is actually real. And here I thought he was just a little bit too deep in his imagination. With all these afterlives being confirmed, I wonder where I would go if I died. I never aligned myself with a specific religion, but, ah, I'm Japanese, so I felt closest to Shintoism and Buddhism."

He shrugged as an end to his thoughts. For all he knew, where he was going to go after death got changed when he bought himself immortality. That could have screwed up the plans for whatever afterlife had a hold on him.
 

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It almost seemed as if Konpeitō had found a sudden relaxation around Stefan and opened the firehose of words. He didn't mind one bit. Purple being comfortable and able to be themselves around him was one thing Stefan strived to make happen.

"Well from what I've picked up around here, it almost seems like whatever you believe is where you'll go."

Stefan shrugged s little as well. He was used to a soul being able to go to multiple places, but even more options than he was raised with seemed to exist.
 
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