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[loadme]

Hi Mom ♥

What do you think?

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[beariot]

Wait, you didn't tell me you needed glasses? I could have helped you get some earlier!

[ just... missing the point entirely to fret. ]

[loadme]

Don't worry! The lenses are fake and my eyes are just fine. I just wanted to see how I'd look in them.

There's a certain aesthetic to wearing glasses, you know!

[No, Monika. She doesn't know.

Not at all.]

So what did you think?

[beariot]

[ ... Oh. How embarrassing. ]

Well. You look very cute, Monika.

[loadme]

I'm glad you think so ♥

But I don't think I'll keep wearing them. It would get inconvenient telling everyone that they're fake.

[beariot]

Oh it'd probably be fine! Most people honestly never ask, anyways.

[ just... speaking from experience. ]

[loadme]

I just wanted to wear them because, well...

I guess I just wanted to be more like you. You're not just my mom, but basically my role-model, too.

[beariot]

Well being a role-model doesn't mean you have to take after me appearance.

[loadme]

It doesn't have to, but I want to. At least just a little bit.

I know I already took your last name, and I really like that. But I don't have that many opportunities to actually use it, you know? At least this way it's a little more, um...

Sorry, I don't know how to best describe it.

[beariot]

I think I understand.

Still, I think you look fine as you are, Monika. But I support whatever decision you make, on this.

[loadme]

Are you sure you're okay with this?

Your support is important, but I don't want to make you uncomfortable.

That's the last thing I ever want to do.

[beariot]

It's fine, Monika. I'm fine. Really.

I want you to find what works for you, more than anything. This is your life to make of what you wish. I'd never tell you otherwise.

a few moments later

[loadme]

I found something!

Are you busy right now? I really want to show you in person.

Re: a few moments later

[beariot]

Oh, sure!

I just need to clean up a little [ a lot ] first!

[loadme]

[Hope you've had enough time, Chariot, 'cause Monika is knocking on your front door and she is just...

Beaming with excitement.]

[beariot]

[ Chariot answers it and immediately notices something...

Ah. That sat a lot more comfortably. ]

Oh now that's cute! [ A choker was a perfectly fine enough means of imitation. She still had some apprehension, but at least the choker wasn't something rooted her insecurities... ]

[loadme]

Do you... think so?

[Monika brought up a hand to her neck, fingers feeling the choker she was now keenly aware of.]

It always looks so good on you, I wanted to try it myself. I kinda like it!

[beariot]

Super cute. [ Chariot enthusiastically nodded. ]

Have you shown it off to Natsuru yet? I'm sure she's going to like it.

[loadme]

[She nodded in return.]

I showed her just before I stopped by. She really likes it, too.

Do you think we could go shopping for more styles sometime?

[Though usually confident in herself, Monika's unusually fidgety and her hands stay busy. Though it's a simple fashion accessory, it's a pretty big moment for her.]

[beariot]

[ Chariot, to her credit, understood that, reaching to give Monika's hand an assuring squeeze. ]

I'd love nothing more, Monika...