The package is left on Minato's bed to be discovered when he gets home. While Ken usually hands things to him in person, this was one thing he felt Minato should be allowed to react to in private, without worrying about putting up a facade for anyone who might be watching. It's still obvious who the gift is from -- even if it's placed in a blue bag instead of his signature orange, who else can let himself into the house and just to leave something for Minato? And his handwriting is unmistakeable too, the carefully but clumsily written 湊さん on a notecard placed on top of the wrapped gift.
Ken didn't go so crazy with the scrapbook like Jaime did. The photos he placed in the book (neatly with double sided tape to avoid glue messes) are framed with simple construction paper borders in varying shades of dark blue. He even picked out stickers to accent the pages with -- cherry blossoms for the pages covering their DC day, a lot of dog ones as chosen by Koromaru (some of them have dents that look suspiciously like dog teeth), and music symbols. The photos don't cover just the flower viewing from last week but also the road trip from last year as well as the other random gatherings they had over the past year. Anything Ken was able to document of Minato's time here, he placed them in.
At the very back is another notecard that he slipped in. It's not secured on, so it might fall out when the book is opened, but on it it says, "We know things aren't going to last. As long as we live there are going to be goodbyes and loss. All we have is 'now,' but 'now' is the one thing we do have no matter what. I hope for Minato-san, 'now' can be something you are happy to have."
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Delivery; March 10
Ken didn't go so crazy with the scrapbook like Jaime did. The photos he placed in the book (neatly with double sided tape to avoid glue messes) are framed with simple construction paper borders in varying shades of dark blue. He even picked out stickers to accent the pages with -- cherry blossoms for the pages covering their DC day, a lot of dog ones as chosen by Koromaru (some of them have dents that look suspiciously like dog teeth), and music symbols. The photos don't cover just the flower viewing from last week but also the road trip from last year as well as the other random gatherings they had over the past year. Anything Ken was able to document of Minato's time here, he placed them in.
At the very back is another notecard that he slipped in. It's not secured on, so it might fall out when the book is opened, but on it it says, "We know things aren't going to last. As long as we live there are going to be goodbyes and loss. All we have is 'now,' but 'now' is the one thing we do have no matter what. I hope for Minato-san, 'now' can be something you are happy to have."