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      Angry? Why would she think he was angry? Kouen was a little confused – though his expression remained unchanged as he held out the gift. Perhaps it was a misunderstanding, and it should sort itself out rather quickly if he wasn’t too hasty about it. However, when she realizes what he’s holding for her, he simply nods. The EMPEROR of FLAMES wasn’t the best at gift giving – in fact? He was rather bad at these “little things” that people seemed to have as common place occurrences.

      However, he’d realized the holiday had been coming up and realized that it might mean more to those in his employ then it did to himself. So? He’d gone out of his way to make some preparations. Getting chocolates for the hard-working princess who had been helping him out during this time.

      “Yes. It is. Though, I wasn’t sure what type you enjoyed… so, it is a mixture of things.” In fact, he wasn’t someone who ate sweets a whole lot himself, so? He had barely been aware of the fact that there were so many varieties of chocolate. And that there was a percentage of cocoa that made it darker or more bitter. . .

      He was about to say as such, however, the golden-haired princess began to cry, and? In his confusion, his eyes widened a little. Had he done something ( w r o n g ) perhaps? Misunderstood the holiday? He opened his mouth for a moment to talk – but stopped when she spoke. Frowning a little, he just reaches out his hand… ruffling her hair ever-so-slightly, before shaking his head. “… of course I appreciate you.” He wouldn’t make her tears worse by joking at her expense for now. He’d apparently already left that mark – if she was now going to use his own comment about herself. “You’ve worked very hard for me since the moment you arrived. I apologize if I’ve made it seem as though your work has been unnoticed. I will be more mindful in the future.” He wasn’t good at comforting others – however? As an ELDER BROTHER, he wasn’t entirely sure how to handle tears. Was reassurance a good method? Or was the fact that he had a practically unchanging expression too much in a situation like this?

      He may not look it, but he’s panicking a little right now.