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Warm rays of light heated the slightly cluttered living room of the small apartment, catching on various fabrics and findings and making them glimmer like fabulous treasures. A costume sat on a mannequin, half finished while waiting for a fitting, and three other various projects were in various states of finishing near by. Sakura had found her rhythm, it seemed, and found what she loved doing. She still worked at the Encore part time, though she seemed significantly less stressed now, often laughing with Noa about some ridiculous joke or bumping against her playfully. Life had really and truly come back into the once fiery woman. And then Akito happened.

The thing about leaving an entire lifetime behind, walking away from the person you used to be, was that you didn't expect your past to come knocking on your front door and declare it was your brother. But then again, nothing ever did seem to go as planned for Sakura. When Akito had found her and come into her life, she found herself experiencing a new sort of stress, torn between affection for a familiar face and wanting to strangle him half of the time. She had no recollection of if this was how it had always been, just having to trust his word and the few scattered memories she had when he saw her as Ako, but she swore to every god there was that they'd better grant her some patience.

This, however, left yet another small issue that she needed to address. Since her corruption, Sakura had thought of Aloy and Liam as her family, not having anyone else that fit the bill for that. But now, she had Akito as well, and he was nosey. Infinitely so. She had mentioned both men a few times, when Akito had asked how she had fared on this side of things, and he proceeded to badger her about meeting them. Finally, she gave in, deciding to introduce him to Liam first and let Aloy at least be braced for his nonsense by whatever Liam might tell him afterwards. Which was how she found herself sitting in her apartment with Akito practically vibrating with excitement as she worked on some hand stitching.

"Akito. If you don't hold still, I'm going to jam this needle into your shin. Calm down." She gave her brother a long suffering look before turning her attention back to her craft.

Liam was nervous, he figured he had good reason to be, he'd been invited by Sakura to come over and meet her brother. He was unsure how her brother had found her, he knew she'd lost her civilian memories, but apparently some impossible things happened. He figured when magic entered the picture the impossible was now just slightly less impossible...thus making it possible, just rare, so he'd agreed to meet and without his spouse. He figured it best to meet first and see how it went, depending on things he'd let Aloysius know, he didn't want to risk anything happening...such as Sakura being yanked away from Destiny City by her brother and thus yanked away from Chalcanthite's team. It was why he had not told his pouse, he didn't need him worrying potentially over nothing, he'd talk to him once things were assured and safe.

Deciding it best to be seen in the best possible way, he needed to make a good impression, he'd brought over a container of food which he'd made earlier in the day.

Approaching the front door he stood there a moment, taking a breath, before raising his hand to knock. He could have powered up, and had Dessire cover his signature, so he could just mirror walk on over but that wasn't safe really. Dessire was loyal to his partner and was his mauvian, he knew that, and she would mention him going over with food to see Sakura. While she wouldn't know why he was going over, to meet her brother, she would likely mention it to Aloysius and his husband would likely ask abotu things...and Liam was terrible with lying - he'd tell him.

As Sakura spoke, Akito sat up a bit straighter and listened intently. Vibrant aqua eyes looked Liam over, taking in every detail he could. When his sister finished speaking, he stood and held his hand out to Liam. "Akito Takahashi, it's a pleasure to meet someone who's so dear to my sister." He ignored the little brow twitch from his sister, putting on a smooth, formal air as he introduced himself. "While not biologically siblings, Sakura and I were raised together and is my sister in all of the ways that count." She might look different, might not remember everything, but it was still his sister at the end of the day. And his sister was his priority.

"I suppose I owe you a great deal of thanks, to be honest. She was...not in a good way before she left. So to see this much life back in her? I owe you and your husband a lot of gratitude." There had been days, back then, that he thought he would lose her in an entirely different way, that there simply would be a world without her in it at all, and it had scared him deeply. So for someone to have saved her, in any way at all, Akito could not even begin to put it into words how much it meant to him.

Akito grinned at Liam, deciding already that he rather liked the man. "I've got my apartment here in the city. And I'm pretty sure Sakura would actually commit murder if I tried to move in with her." He gave his sister a cheeky smile at that, enjoying the glare he got out of her for it. "And for what it's worth, I'm really glad she's had you as well. When she told me what she was planning, I was scared for her. Genuinely scared that she would be worse off than she already was. But seeing her now.... I'm glad you were there for her. She talks incredibly highly of you and your husband, and that's good enough for me." Because if Sakura has been left on her own back then, he was certain that she wouldn't still be here anymore.

Mischief lit up his eyes and he leaned in to stage whisper to Liam. "If you ever wanna see childhood photos or hear embarrassing stories, let me know.

"And if she did commit murder than I or my husband would hide the body." Or they'd find someone else to, with a frightening amount of ease, but the other didn't need to know just how easy such a thing would be for either of them..or anyone else they knew. "It can be a scary thing, it's a dramatic change in a persons life, and if the wrong person does it...well they have no safety net - nothing to get them on their feet again." She was lucky that his spouse was good about such things, made sure his team was well taken care of and safe. He thought and planned in accordance to what was needed to help his team best, because they mattered more then just bodies in a uniform.

"I'm not sure, Aloysius keeps me as far removed from thigns as he can." Not that it was far enough for the others liking, he wouldn't allow him that, but it meant he didn't know the make up of the various teams or who ran different teams. he knew his spouses team and he knew of Benitoite's, for obvious reasons, but whoever Fafnir was he didn't know.

"Trust me, you won't ever need to kill or die for us. We wouldn't want you to die for us...and I'm certain both of us can kill if need be." If he had to he could, and would, and he knew his spouse would as well...even if it wasn't his thing really. They'd do what was needed, they'd foudn that out over time, because they knew that this was infact a war and sometimes things you didn't want to do needed to be done.

"I think my spouse might like to see the pictures, I could see him enjoying them very much. If you ever want to bring them over I can give your our address." And let Aloysius know, of course, so he wouldn't be upset or panicked when a random stranger turned up at their door.

"Akito, you might not be on my spouses team but if you ever need help we are avalible. You're Sakura's brother and that counts for something with us. If you're out and need assistance you can call for Aloysius, or Dessire, and someone will answer." Who that might be...well...that depended on various things. He might even get a surprise and find a small blond general appearing, as he knew the blond now considered his spouse family due to Melody being with their elder cousin.