Last night I came home, planning to stay awake until I was too exhausted to dream. My nightmares came back recently. At any rate, I'd checked out a pretty big book from the library to read, and I also killed some time just watching a movie with Tsuzuki.
When I went back to my room, I found a box on my pillow.
Tsuzuki bought me a promise ring.
Not that I'd ever admit this to anyone, but I cried when I opened the box. It was just...I know how tight money is, and I know how much he loves sweets, and the fact that he went out--for no particular reason really--and bought this for me and had it engraved just...really made me feel good.
I went to thank him, and he told me that it was to keep my nightmares away. He's more perceptive than I'd thought. Apparently he'd noticed that I hadn't really been sleeping well, plus he realised the reason for it.
The feelings attached to the ring are comforting. It's hard to explain without making the gift sound somehow trivial, but it would have been just as comforting if he'd given me something he's owned for a while. Something that's had time to become attuned to him. The feeling on the ring may fade eventually, not because it isn't strong, but because he didn't have it long enough for his energy to really permeate it.
I really do like it. It's something I can keep with me always. Even if the emotional traces do fade, it's still physical proof that he loves me.
It's hard to explain.
I think I'm smiling, sitting here typing this. Maybe I should go find him. He likes it when I smile.
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