Birthday present
Tatsumi actually got me a birthday present.
A little glass bird, all in blue and red and green and yellow. Hand-blown. It looks rather like a kingfisher. He brought it back with him from Italy, said he found it in Venice, on his last day there.
It's beautiful. I got Tatsumi to help me hang it in the middle of the corner window. It casts colored shadows- and I swear there was a second when he didn't think I was looking, Tatsumi just wanted to play with them!
He seemed relieved I liked it- said he was sorry it was late, especially since he'd 'contributed so strongly to the disruption of my birthday'. Told him I'd had a good day anyway- he made a very nice pillow. Could have kissed the man when he blushed.
I'm glad he's back.