Cafes and tanuki? [Tags Kai]

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Strolling around the city alone, Suishoku yawned and took a second look at a folded scrap piece of paper. On it she scribbled down what looked to be notes of things the building seemed to be running low on fast. Mostly juices and teas but there were things she wanted to try making from scratch that turned out to all be noodle dishes. Staring at her little list, Suishoku sighed and laughed a bit to herself with a small plastic bag in hand of seasoning packets. Weird that, for whatever the reason, she took it upon herself to make breakfast nearly each morning while dinner is a mix of every man for themselves given their separate natures and times they all return to the building. "Just what exactly am I doing?" She paused and stood in the middle of one of the many side streets in Osaka of surrounding malls and small businesses. It's on a weekend so a shirt and some thigh long leggings seemed appropriate for the weather and a sunflower shirt was all she wore but these hours on hours of walking made her exhausted. "Man I need a drink. Should be a cafe somewhere....god those things are everywhere." She mused and honestly, it felt like it was just that. From leaving the house to where ever she is now, Suishoku must have passed 20 little cafes. Both being indoor and outdoor styled.

Raising her head up, there was indeed one just a few ways down the lane. Marking that as her break, she trudged through the ground to plop herself down at the first empty seat she could find and taking a seat. Promptly, a waiter from the cafe gave her a menu and she made her order right away. One iced coffee and a served of their shaved ice dessert, green tea flavored with sweet red beans added. After her order, she leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes to listen to the crowds walking by. Figuring out where in the city of Osaka she was can come later.

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Kai walked into the bar in his csauly clothes his headphones wrapped around his neck he wore a tight sweatshirt and a neon t shirt under it with a samurai design on it he skinny jeans were black and he smiles happy to get out of the heat. Kyujuro poked his head out and stared over at Suishoku and bark tail wagging and Kai turn his head. He blushed and blinked at her and he waves at her and he walks over to her. " Oh Suishoku do you mind if I join you?" He asks as kyujuro stared at her with his cute eyes but there was a hint of mistrust and maybe jealousy for taking his masters attention away from him.

He sits down at her table and the waiter bring him a menu as well and he smiles at her. "Allow me to cover the tab today after all I am the one intruding its the least I could do...but..if I may ask what brings you down town?" He asks her smiling at her comfortable with her to show true emotion.

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"Mm?" Opening her eyes, she turned her head first to the tanuki than instantly made her bolt upright with wary and surprise before turning her head up to Kai, its owner. "Ah, sure. Free seats." Her answer tried to be generous but with the tanuki, she was more on edge it'll be a furball of evil with its beady little eyes and claws...and those teeth. On the inside, she hoped its owner had good control over it to behave properly.

"Allow me to cover the tab today after all I am the one intruding its the least I could do...but..if I may ask what brings you down town?"

Suishoku sat rigid with her hands in her lap, worried and making sure his pet did not leave her line of vision. "If..that's what you want to do. Just out shopping, I guess." It was all she could come up with despite the lack of shopping bags in her possession. "I'd ask you the same thing. Is your building around here or something?" Cautiously turned her eyes to the tanuki with him. Even while Kai is being very nice for the day, it's clear his tanuki thought the opposite. "Didn't know those were allowed as pets."

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He looks at Kyujuro and back to her and he pets the little furryball and he looks him dead in the eye. "Hey Suishoku is a very nice girl don't give her mean looks." He says ina commanding tone. the tanuki looks her up and down and makes a sort of sigh and nods his eyes changing to kinder and cute as he looks at her now curious of the new girl.

Kai turned to her to asnwer here question. "Oh I was traveling aaround town to research and plot all the locations on my map for future use I'm currently checking if there is any hot springs near by but I got thirsty and decided to stop here and now I ran into you...and shopping what could you be looking for? can I assist you?" He asks eager to spend time more time with her and he orders some cold tea for himself and tells the waiter he'll cover what ever she orders. The tanuki's tail wagged fast as he watches head turn to sniff at different smells. "Oh and as for him Meet Kyujuro he was my little sisters pet before I was sent off to school she gave him to me as a going away gift." He explains and Kyujuro let out a cheerful. "Kyu~!"

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Inwardly, it was already too late. Those cute little eyes are not going to fool her! That mean look was already super effective. "Bath houses, sure. Hot springs, maybe not in cities but...good luck?" A map is nice but does he really need one? What exactly is he plotting on that map anyway to be walking around looking for hot springs. Maybe he's just old fashioned. Several students do live some old fashioned life styles.

Turning to the waiter, she shook her head with nothing additional to add to her original request till her attention was brought to formally meet Kyujuro. "Ah, I see. Hello, Suishoku Yuubae.[/b] She bowed her head a little from his cheerful greeting. After their exchange of greetings did his tea and her own iced coffee and shaved ice dessert arrived. Taking the long spoon that came with it, she ate a bit of the sweet ice and red beans to help with the paranoid feelings. "So Kyujuro was originally your sister's. Did that cause any problems with Akarui and Kamui? I'm genuinely surprised you and Akarui can live under the same roof as him."

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Kai sips his tea and he nods at her question. "Yes and now that you mention it Akarui nor Kamui have met Kyujuro yet I don't think Akarui saw him during that class..." He looks at her lushing somthing in her eyes had him feeling embarrassed was it cause he mentioned hot springs he had only asked because back home he used to sneak out and go to the hot springs after a stressful day. He tries to shrug of the feeling and he slides the map back into his bag which kyujuro hopped into moment later.

"Suishoku you also never answer my question about what you were out buying..and my offer still stand..if you want some company or help I'll be..glad to come along." He was slightly worried the odd feeling he got was her getting annoyed with him. He looks at her hopefully a small blush in his cheeks. Kyujuro looked at Suishoku with a stern look that said 'Don;t you think about hurting him..he's been through a lot'.

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"Ah, since you survived being with them so far, Kyujuro should be okay. Don't remember the housing having rules against pets." Taking another bite, she looked at him and raised a brow at his blush. Maybe the heats getting to him or something. "You going to drink your tea? You look like you're going to have a heat stroke."

"Suishoku you also never answer my question about what you were out buying..and my offer still stand..if you want some company or help I'll be..glad to come along."

"Hmm?" She eat a large helping of the ice and clamped her mouth shut on the spoon, shivering from the sharp brain freeze it brought but the amazing sugar and sweetness made the pain worth it. Chewing on the spoon, she took it out just to be met with Kyujuro's mean look again. Just what is this tanuki going on about? Agh, Fang never liked her either so no reason for this to keep switching back and forth to being evil then happy. That little cute 'kyu' is not going to win her over that easy. "Ah, just things for the building. Um, tofu or mochi or something. I figure we should have a bit more to eat and I can't keep relying on the pancake box. Maybe something more traditional." She said while picking up her small plastic bag and took out one of the seasoning packets for miso soup and set the bag back down. "I am kind curious on where your building is. I forget to ask Akarui since we just meet and go. Maybe after picking up some things, mind showing me?"

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Kai takes out his map and points to it. "It's only about 3 blocks away so not far." He looks at her as he puts the map away, the tanuki's eyes never left her. He was wary of her his master seemed to considered her a friend. Kai hadn't had any friends or real friends except his little sister and Kyujuro had become very protective of Kai. Kai looks up at her and he looks down at his tea in his worries he had forgotten about it and he blushes more noticing she noticed him blushing and he drinks the tea slowly not noticing a taste.

"N..No I'm alright just..ummm.." He didn;t know what to say but resorted to drinking tea again. S...So umm I'd be glad to help you shop...and show you to our building if you wanted to Suishoku."

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"Seriously?" She leaned over the table to look at the map. From where the cafe is, she was surprised it was only a short distance away. To think that if she wandered around a bit longer....she would have passed the building anyway without notice. The house buildings are in residential areas and don't look out of the ordinary to the next one over. The map was placed away before she could point out where her building was but that didn't seem to matter anymore. Eating more of her dessert, the tanuki's stare resumed to be glued on her. Why does he look so angry? Maybe he's just hungry or something? Taking the spoon to stir her iced coffee, she scooped out an amount of the sweet condensed milk and sweet bean and set it on the middle of the table for Kyujuro.

Returning her attention to Kai, she nodded slowly to his answer. "Alright," she responded with little thought till he continued. Hearing the part of agreeing to show her the building, she smiled. "Great. I guess that means I'll be shopping around for a visiting gift before we arrive there. Don't mind me using you to cheat a little, I don't want to bring something odd no one would want."

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Kai smiles softly at Suishoku and he nods. He was happy to help her and get to know her better. He set his empty cup down and he shes Kyujuro judging her and he looks up at her. "I don't have many friends Suishoku-chan Kyujuro and my little sister were all I had...Due to that kyujuro has become very protective of me please don't take it the wrong way. He's just trying to decide if he can trust you with me." He explains Kyujuro had already approved of his room mates. "Kyu...kyuuuu..kyu.." Kyujuro says walking over to the food and he eats it slowly before looking up at her for a while.


"mmmm...Kyu!" He licks Suishoku's hand and he lays down next to her tail swaying back and fourth. "Congratulation he approves of you." He chuckles at her and claps softly at her happiness in his voice and he loosk at her and he here about gifts and he shakes his head. "No no no you don't have to Suishoku-Chan! I dont wanna trouble you you don't have to spend any money on me!"

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"So food does win animals over," Suishoku tilted her head form one side to the over, not 100% comfortable with the tanuki yet but as long as it wasn't going to bite her, it'll improve slowly. Turning back to Kai, she nodded to some degree but while she is an only child, it was fairly obvious his wasn't a very happy childhood if a tanuki is your number one companion. As a mental note, she made sure to avoid any family discussions with him while her hand was licked in maybe thanks for feeding the raccoon dog.

"You sure?" She asked and shook her head. "Oh come now. Unless you can think up something better than herbal bath soaps or a fruit basket, that's what you guys are going to get." Looking up a moment, the waiter returned and handed them their bill to pay later when their meals are finished. Taking up the bill, she looked at it once over then slide it over to Kai as she continued to finish up her dessert then down her ice coffee. "I believe you were taking care of this, correct?"