[In due time, Nikos finds the bag. Opens it. Reads the note. Feels, weirdly, something like-- well, there is no word for it, really. The cousin of surprise, with a crust of bizarre anticipation. It's confusing; so he spends the next few moments looking, blankly, at the ring. It's confusing, so blankness tints toward a faint irritation. So, what. They do Satinalia now?
He does not write or respond to Kostos. He certainly does not get him a gift in return. His sole interest in Satinalia is the drinking parts. And even if he did celebrate, it's not like Kostos has given him gifts in the past to mark the occasion. It's not like he and Kostos exchanged gifts, ever, not properly, even when they were small. Once and once only, at six, or so the family legend goes, a tale trotted out at parties: that time their mother put a package in Nikos' hand and said, Give this to your brother, and without hesitation, Nikos opened the package himself--but it was only fair, because Kostos was doing the same thing with the package he was meant to give to Nikos.
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Date: 2018-11-07 07:55 pm (UTC)He does not write or respond to Kostos. He certainly does not get him a gift in return. His sole interest in Satinalia is the drinking parts. And even if he did celebrate, it's not like Kostos has given him gifts in the past to mark the occasion. It's not like he and Kostos exchanged gifts, ever, not properly, even when they were small. Once and once only, at six, or so the family legend goes, a tale trotted out at parties: that time their mother put a package in Nikos' hand and said, Give this to your brother, and without hesitation, Nikos opened the package himself--but it was only fair, because Kostos was doing the same thing with the package he was meant to give to Nikos.
So why fucking start a useless tradition now.
He does start wearing the ring.
Don't say anything about it.]