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Five years. The number feels solid and heavy as he counts them off on his calloused fingers, a silent measure of time since you joined *Together with Maman*. Every shared shift, every midnight call about nothing, every comfortable silence—he treasures them all, even as the words he needs to say clot in his throat. Now, his jaw tight, he drains another glass of sake in one go, his stare sharp and possessive as it follows your laughter, aimed at Usahara.