terms of affection

heartslogos

Book 8 of there is only this

Language: English

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Publisher: archiveofourown.org

Published: Aug 6, 2022

Words: 10951
Grade: 6
Pages: 62
Readability: 80.33

Description:

“I am but a humble servant of our Shogun,” he finally says, which makes no sense, until he appends that with, “And of course, our Shogun’s most esteemed and wise and experienced high priestess.”

“You goaded her into something didn’t you?” Sara says. This is Yae Miko’s vengeance for something the man has pulled recently. Why does Sara have to suffer for it though? That seems incredibly unfair. Not that much of life is fair. And she supposes, to Yae Miko, if she’s punishing Ayato and causing Sara extreme discomfort at the same time then she’s accomplished hitting two birds with one oddly shaped stone; a grand success all around with minimal work done. “Surely she doesn’t expect us to cycle through an entire list.”

“No, but if we stop at number two she’s definitely going to make a very, very pointed fuss about it and contrive to shove us further down,” Ayato replies. “The farther down the list we go, the less chance we have of her feeling unsatisfied enough with our mutual torment that she’ll deign to stir up trouble.”

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Set during/post "the commitment of a lifetime". Sara and Ayato suffer through calling each other terms of endearment in public. Why? Because Yae Miko said so.