"I would, if you are willing to tell it."
>"It can wait." Keine growls menacingly, still looking rather perturbed.
>"Cool your jets, KK." Mokou counters, placing a hand lightly on her shoulder. "I wanna hear it, too." The sight of Mokou being the one to calm Keine is extremely odd. The blue clad teacher snorts like an irate bull, but nods. Rinnosuke gives Mokou a grateful look before returning his eyes to the ring.
>"About 30 years ago, a woman came into my store- my OLD store, I had to move locations 9 years ago- and she showed me this ring. Said she wanted to sell it to help her moving costs, as she was leaving the country. But she seemed very distraught, so I asked her what the problem was. She seemed very reluctant to part with the ring as well, so I asked her about it as well. And the next thing I know, the poor girl falls into my arms, crying like a child that just broke their bike."
>"After she'd calmed down, she told me that it was her engagement ring. Her girlfriend gave it to her before she went off to fight in the war. This was the second Lunar war, by the way, her fiancee was a solider, but before she went away, she proposed to the woman I met, promising to marry her when she returned from her tour of duty. And the young woman... Never came back. She died in the battle of Kamigawa island, like so many other poor souls."
>His voice catches before he continues. "The woman I met moved to Mayoiga after it was rebuilt after the war. Old Mayoiga had been her fiancee's home, she said moving here was her way of staying-" His voice catches again, and he sniffs loudly. "Excuse me." he whispers, producing a handkerchief and dabbing his eyes.
