AME Orphans: Fish Dinner Dreams - 5/1/15

==Participants==
Geikami Kazuki, Uzumaki Kazuko, Ryuu
==Title: Ame Orphans: Fish Dinner Dreams==
Guest_IlRyuu: *Ryuu continued walking behind Kazuki and Kazuko as they headed towards Kazuki’s apartment to, for as far as he knew, cook and eat the fish. He didn’t know Kazuki had an apartment until he had begun to follow the couple and he didn’t bother trying to act surprised about it either. He thought silently about what to do in Kazuki’s apartment; he didn’t know fully of what to do in other people’s homes since he himself didn’t own an apartment and he wasn’t sure of what Kazuki expected of him. Now that he thought about it, this would be the first time he’d actually be inside of a home for quite some time, he couldn’t fully remember when he had last been in an apartment, let alone a house for that matter; all he could remember were where some comfortable rooftop spots were located. His train of thought broke as he stopped himself before running into of the two in front of him as they stopped in front of a building which Ryuu guessed was Kazuki’s home, so he patiently waited for Kazuki to open the door.*
KazukiGeikami: -It didn’t take them long to make it back to the building that held Kazuki’s home. Like many other buildings in Amegakure it was tall and up of a purple metal. Kazuki’s apartment was on the second floor of this building so to actually get to his door he had to open the main door first.  Reached around his neck line and pulled up on a thin black rope necklace only to have a rather old looking skeleton key.  He leaned down slightly with the key still in his hand and placed it in the lock giving it a slight turn. The metal door creaked open to show a small hall way with multiple doors along the left side varying in colors of shades of blue and purple.  On the right side was a metal black stair case that led up to the second floor. Kazuki made his way through the door   before turning his head slight to the right side looking back to speak to Kazuko and Ryuu. – “This way...” – Kazuki made his way quickly up the steps to the second floor. At the top of the stairs along the left wall was a light purple door with a blue matt in front of it. Kazuki once again pulled out the small key and placed it in the lock of this door and turned unlocking the door. This door as well made a slight creaking noise as it swung open.  Kazuki leaned down and tugged off his right shoe followed by his left.  Placing his thumb and index finger on the inside of his right and left shoe he picked them back up and walked through his door. – “ Take off your shoes before you come in..” –Kazuki placed his shoes along the left side wall just next to the door, before he proceeded to take his black hoodie like top off  and place it on the banister that was right in front of the door which took no more than a couple of steps to reach. He then slipped off his metal bracers and Amegakure headband he had on his arm and made his way over to the little table that was next to his black couch. He set each of the items down before reaching up to take off his cloth like mask and re-breather, and just like the other objects set them down on the table.  He made his way over to the black couch and had a seat as they waited for the fish to arrive.- “ Make your selves at home…” 
UzumakiKazuko: -Kazuko sighed it had been a stressful day at the docks trying to catch fish and now they were headed back to Kazuki’s apartment to wait for the fish to be delivered. She felt like she smelled like dirty water and didn’t think it was a good smell but at least her underneath cloths were still dry and didn’t smell too bad. She fallowed Kazuki as he led the way to his apartment building and inside of it. She had been in apartment building like this and lived in a much smaller and older one herself. Kazuki led them to the second floor and stopped telling them to take of their shoes. She sighed thinking this would have been a good day to pack socks in her pouch but she hadn’t through about it before leaving the house. She paused just outside the door and crouched down unhooking the straps on her black ninja sandals and slipping them one by one off her feet. Her feet where super pale and skinny and she didn’t like them at all. She stood back up lifting her sandals with her right hand and fallowed Kazuki into the house. She blushed and turned away as she saw him pulling off his black hoodie not sure if he had anything underneath of it or not. She knew she had her long sleeved black crop top shirt underneath of her black and orange hoodie so she pulled of the damp hoodie revealing the black crop top undershirt she had worn before. She set her shoes down next to kazuki’s and then folded the hoodie neatly on top of her sandals before looking around and taking a seat on the black couch next to kazuki.-
Guest_IlRyuu: *Ryuu glanced at the inside of the apartment complex as Kazuki unlocked the door to his house making Ryuu snap back into reality as Kazuki told the two of them to take off their shoes before coming into his house. Ryuu nodded slightly before leaning over slightly and slipping off his right shoe which he placed beside him and then proceeded to take off his left shoe. After his shoes were taken off, he picked them up and followed Kazuko and Kazuki into the apartment, glancing around at the room before noticing that Kazuko and Kazuki were discarding some of their normal outside attire to which he felt was appropriate as well; their shirts were all damp from the rain anyways. He placed his shoes next to Kazuko’s along the wall before taking off his purple shirt to reveal his dark blue tank top that he was wearing underneath his shirt before folding his shirt and placing it on top of his shoes before glancing at the apartment for another few seconds. He heard Kazuki tell Kazuko and himself to make themselves at home, which kind of struck Ryuu as a bit of an odd statement given that he didn’t really have a home, but he didn’t need to bring that up right now. So he just opted for leaning himself against a wall as all three of them waited for the fish to be delivered to Kazuki’s apartment. As he was waiting with the two of them, he let his blue eyes wander around the home to see what Kazuki had in his home.*
KazukiGeikami: “I know that it’s not much but its home...” –   looked over to Kazuko who sat next to him then glanced over towards Ryuu who was leaning up against a wall. Taking his right hand Kazuki took a light grip of his black tank top that was now showing since he took his hoodie like top off and tugged on the bottom of the shirt slightly pulling it down.  Kazuki glanced over at Ryuu once more before speaking again. – “ Ya know you don’t have to stand there is another spot on the couch or  over there is a bench  built into the book shelf….” – A flash of lighting  shown through the down stairs window like a light house search light but of course not lasting as long as a search light would. The light was followed by the sound of muffled rolling thunder that slightly echoed through the tiny apartment. It wasn’t long after this a buzzing noise sounded from a speaker next to the door. Kazuki got up from the couch and walked over to the speaker and pressed a black button. His lips parted as he spoke slowly. –“Hello” - Kazuki released the button while he waited for a reply.  A gargled voice came over the small speaker almost instantly. – Delivery man:  “Hi, the fish you wanted prepared is ready.”  - Kazuki:  “One moment Kazuki “ – Kazuki turned and glanced towards Ryuu then Kazuko before speaking. – “would one of you two mind going down and getting the fish?...” 
UzumakiKazuko: -Kazuko giggled as she heard Kazuki tell Ryuu he didn’t have to stand that he could sit and not to long after that Kazuki got up and went to answer the buzzer. As he turned and asked if one of them would go get the fish she nodded and got to her feet. - “I will” –she said softly before heading over to where she set her shoes. She moved her hoodie off her sandals and picked them up before walking to the door and going through. Just outside the door she slipped on her sandals not bothering to strap them tight she went down the flight of stairs to the main door of the building and opened the door to where the delivery man was standing.- “Thank you for bringing the fish for us.” –she said to the man as she took the fish and handing him a ryu or two as she closed the door and went back up the stairs to the apartment. It wasn’t long that she had left Kazuki and Ryuu alone in the apartment but she was still worried the two would kill each other so she wanted to hurry back. She reached the outside of the door and slipped her sandals off holding the fish in one arm while she picked up her sandals with the other and went inside. She set her sandals back where they had been and looked at Kazuki.- “um.. where is the kitchen so I can start to cook the fish.” –she said softly looking down at the fish that was wrapped up in white paper.- 
Guest_IlRyuu*Ryuu blinked as Kazuki spoke to him about being able to sit down on the couch or on some sort of bench built into the bookshelf, to which Ryuu just chuckled quietly at.* “Uh..right.” *He said as he walked over towards the bookshelf and sat himself into a built in bench, just as Kazuki said there would be. He glanced over as Kazuki stood up and walked over to a button and spoke, only to hear a garbled voice respond to him about something. A moment later he heard Kazuki ask if one of the two of them would mind going to get the fish, but before he could respond, Kazuko was already on her way out of the door to go get the fish. He glanced over at Kazuki as he looked at his hands and remembered he was wearing his black fingerless gloves still. He lightly took hold of his right glove and took it off before doing the same to his left glove then placed the pair of fingerless gloves in his pocket as he didn’t want to try his luck with throwing them where his shoes were at. He glanced over at Kazuki and spoke to him while Kazuko was away getting the fish.* “Nice place you got Kazuki.” *He paused for a moment before smirking underneath his rebreather, deciding to mildly tease Kazuki a little.* “So, you gonna ask Kazuko to move in with ya?” *His smirk turned into a smile as he asked the question as he was half-joking, half-curious about the subject, but he didn’t think he’d get an answer; at least he was trying to make conversation. A moment after he’d asked the question and heard or didn’t hear Kazuki’s response, he saw Kazuko enter the apartment again and ask where the kitchen was so she could start cooking the fish. Ryuu turned his head towards Kazuki, waiting for him to answer her question.*
KazukiGeikami: -Kazuki was a little surprised that Kazuko was the first to volunteer to go down stairs and get the fish from the delivery person. He watched has she got her shoes on in what seemed to be a hurry.  Kazuki moved away from the door and started to make his way over towards the kitchen door. It was a solid black double door that he kept closed for the most part. Then he heard Ryuu speak telling him he had a nice place. Kazuki simply nodded and parted his lips slowly. – “ Thank you “ – The question that followed next caught Kazuki by surprise Ryuu asked if he was going to ask Kazuko to move in with him.  This was something he wasn’t even close to thinking about at this given time especially since they hadn’t been dating long. – “Umm…Well I think it’s a little too soon for that don’t you?...” – Soon after this Kazuko made her way back up into the apartment stating she had the fish and she had asked where the kitchen was. Kazuki noticed the fish she was carrying was all wrapped up in white paper he wondered if that was the normal way that fish came since he really didn’t go shopping for food like that. Kazuki pulled up the black double doors that lead to the kitchen. He didn’t have much of a kitchen, in fact he had an older stove, a refrigerator, a few pots and pans that sat on the old style stove itself, a low to the ground table purple and blue table which had a black tea pot already on it and at each place at the table sat a black class cup and saucer under a purple placemat. A candle flickering slightly in a black metal lantern type object place off to the side of the center of the table gave off a rather dim light that reflected off the purple walls of the kitchen slightly. Underneath the table was the utensil drawer which had a few sets of chop sticks, knifes, spoons and forks. Kazuki turned to Kazuko and spoke softly. - “ Right through here..” –Kazuki made his way through the double doors and into the kitchen. –
UzumakiKazuko: -Kazuko nodded and fallowed kazuki into the kitchen wondering if Ryuu would be right behind she hadn’t cooked fish in a while but she hoped the two boys would like the way she prepared the fish. Taking in the kitchen she didn’t know where to start but she figured she should set the fish down on the table so she headed over and set the fish in the white paper down on the table she then knelt down next to where she set the fish and began to unwrap the paper. The fish market people usually only wrapped the fish in white paper when it was already deboned and cleaned out she hoped that was the case because she really didn’t want to gut a fish today. When she finished unwrapping the paper she smiled and let out a sigh of relief the fish was already deboned and cleaned out of all the none eatable things. Even the eyes had been removed. She smiled as she looked around to see if she could find a knife after not seeing any visible drawers she looked at Kazuki.- “um where would the knives be?” –She asked softly.- 
Guest_IlRyuu: *Ryuu smirked at Kazuki’s response, he had meant it as a joke, but at the same time he didn’t know how fast their relationship was going or how slow it was either. When Kazuki got up to show Kazuko where the kitchen was, Ryuu stayed behind and just looked around the room; the apartment wasn’t over-crowded, but it wasn’t empty either. He glanced around the place and began wondering how much even an apartment like this would cost, but he didn’t make any plans in his own mind for getting a place anytime soon. He sighed quietly and stood up as his mind wandered for a few moments while Kazuko and Kazuki were in the kitchen. He also began thinking about how long it’d been since he ate anything that was home-cooked, to which his mind responded with a blank answer. He shrugged his shoulders slightly and smiled as he let his mind wander off once more.*
KaukiGeikami: -Kazuki Watched as Kazuko sat the fish down on the table,  his mind wandered slightly on how she was going to prepare the tuna fish. He wasn’t really skilled in the culinary sense but one could most likely tell just from how his kitchen was.  It wasn’t long after Kazuko set the fish down she asked where the knives would be. Kazuki’s lips slowly parted as he answered her question in a low tone sounding voice. – “ Um there should be some in the drawer underneath the table along with other things you might need…” –Kazuki turned his head towards the door and peered out it trying to catch a glimpse of Ryuu. Maybe Ryuu knew how to help in in kitchen well at least better than his self. – “ Hey Ryuu…ummm wanna come in here and  maybe help cause I have no clue…”
UzumakiKazuko: -Kazuko nodded and looked under the table she found the drawer he was talking about and opened it slowly and carefully. Once the drawer was open she would look inside there indeed was a few knives, a spatula or two and a few spoons for cooking as well as normal table wear. Kazuko selected a medium sized knife and a spatula made out of metal before setting them both on the table and closing the drawer. She then picked up the knife and began cutting the fish. She decided to fist cute off the extra blubber that could be used to cook the fish in instead of using oil or butter and set it off to the side before starting to cute the fish itself into bite size cubes. The cubes where not all the same size nor were they by any means all shaped like squares but they would do. As she was cutting she heard Kazuki call Ryuu into the Kitchen to help and smiled softly She could use one of them to start melting the blubber down in a skillet so that she could fry the fish she was done cutting it.- “Um Ryuu if you could help Its not a hard task just put the blubber I set off to the side into the skillet on the stove and use the spatula to stir it so it melts in the pan.” –She said this loud enough that he could hear in the other room since he had not yet entered the kitchen.- 
Guest_IlRyuu: *Ryuu’s thoughts were shaken from his mind as he heard Kazuki call for him to come into the kitchen to help him and Kazuko, which he found a little confusing, but he walked in there with them all the same. As he entered the kitchen, he glanced around briefly and looked over at Kazuko, who had just given him instructions. He blinked twice before his feet began moving around the kitchen and to the counter where he saw the pots and pans, but he didn’t exactly know what a skillet looked like, but he figured it wasn’t a big pot that he was seeing. His blue eyes shot over to a black pan with a semi-long handle and with slanted sides, to which he looked at for a few seconds confusingly. He glanced over at Kazuki and shrugged his shoulders for a second before smiling underneath his rebreather as he realized that he must look kind of funny but he laughed it off as he walked off to the other side of Kazuko and placed the blubber into the pan he’d collected and placed it on the stove. He glanced at the stove and tilted his head slightly and smirked as he had absolutely no clue on how to turn on a stove, but he was going to at least try and figure it out. He looked down and four turn dials on them, each with small pictures of which one affected where on the stove. He placed his hand on the turn dial on the one that showed the bottom right before turning it slightly to see a small flame pop out of the stove, which made Ryuu nervous and quickly shut it off. He sighed and chuckled at himself before turning it back on and placing the skillet on the stove, letting the skillet pan rest on top of the ignited flame underneath it. After placing the skillet or what he believed was the skillet, onto the stove he grabbed the spatula and began to stir it around, as Kazuko had asked him to do. After a few moments of stirring the blubber around in the pan, he noticed the blubber begin to melt in the pan.* “Think it’s done melting Kazuko.” *Ryuu spoke to Kazuko as he waited to see if she wanted him to do anything else or to move off to the side.*
KazukiGeikami: -Kazuki stood off to the side and watched Kazuko cut up the tuna into squares.  His amber eyes darted over towards Ryuu as Kazuko asked him to start by melting the blubber. He watched as Ryuu made his way over to one of the black pans he had and back over to the blubber placing it in the pan.  He watched carefully as Ryuu placed the pan on the stove and turned the nobs to light the burner underneath. The fire flared up under the pan only to be shut off as quickly as it started. It had seemed Ryuu was a bit nervous about trying to use the stove which made Kazuki wonder if Ryuu had ever used a stove in the first place. But after only a few moments it seemed like Ryuu was getting the hand of it since he turned the flame back on and started to move the blubber about with a spatula. Not long after this he heard Ryuu state that he thought the blubber was dine melting. Kazuki looked over towards Kazuko and looked her dead in the eyes before speaking to her. – “ Like I said before I don’t really cook so I really don’t know what I am doing so if you want me to do something you are going to have to explain it to me before I will be able to do so..”  - Kazuki normally just bought his food already made yes it got costly at times and probably didn’t give him the variety  of foods that one would get if they made it their self but kazuki never took the time to learn how to cook and was never shown how. -
UzumakiKazuko: -Kazuko had just finished cutting up the tuna when she heard Ryuu say he thought the blubber or fat from the fish was melted. She gathered up the tuna squares in the center of the white paper and used the paper to carry them all over to the stove with her head she motioned for Ryuu to move out of the way for a moment. After her did she would dump the tuna squares into the melted fish fat and begin to stir it with the spatula. She thought for a moment what she could have the two boys do.- “um…well Kazuki you could fill this pan up about half way with water and Ryuu could scoop rice into it so we can cook it if that is possible then place it on the burner and I will finish it up.” –She said as she kept stirring the fish cubes so they didn’t burn.-
Guest_IlRyuu: *Ryuu stepped to the side as Kazuko motioned for him to move before standing next to Kazuki as Kazuko gave both of them orders on what to do next; Kazuki was to fill the pan halfway with water while he was to find rice. ‘Right..rice.’ He thought to himself as he looked around the kitchen and moved away from Kazuki as he began to look for the rice; for some reason he decided to try and look for it himself as opposed to asking Kazuki first. He bypassed the fridge completely before trying to look for the rice; he didn’t know much about cooking, but he knew that wasn’t where the rice would normally be located. Ryuu glanced around the kitchen once more before shrugging his shoulders and deciding to check by the pots and pans; Kazuki’s apartment didn’t seem to have any cupboards so maybe he left it there. He glanced around the collection of pots and pans before lifting up a pan and seeing a small bag of rice hidden underneath it.* “How did you get under here?” *He murmured quietly to himself as he carefully reached in and pulled out the small bag of rice. After pulling out the bag of rice, a pan came out with it and began to fall on the ground and landed on Ryuu’s foot, causing him to yell out and back away from the pan on the ground and place the bag of rice on the table. He shook his foot to try and get rid of the slightly stinging pain in his foot for a few seconds before walking over to the fallen pan on the ground and bending down to pick it up. As Ryuu took a knee to pick up the pan, a pot came loose from atop of the collection of pots and pans and slowly fell from the group, landing on Ryuu’s head. Ryuu’s vision suddenly went dark as something fell over his head and he felt a dull bump hit the top of his head before he brought his hand up and took the pot off of his head and brought it to his face, examining what fell on him before laughing slightly. ‘Yep, that’s my luck.’ He thought as he shook his head and picked up the stray pan and placed the pot and pan on the counter, making a separate stack to not increase the likeliness of something else falling. He walked back over to the table and grabbed the small bag of rice. During all of this hopefully Kazuki would have filled up the pan with water, but if not Ryuu would wait until he had done so. Once Kazuki was finished with his task, Ryuu would pour some rice into the pan that Kazuki held for a few seconds before stopping and rolling the bag to where the rice wouldn’t spill out before carefully putting it by the pots and pans. After doing that, all he had to do was wait for Kazuki to put the pan on the stove and wait to see what else was needed.*
-Kazuki listened carefully to Kazuko about filling up the pan that she was near. Kazuki started to make his way over towards the pot taking his right and left hands he took hold of the black metal pot’s handles and began to carry it towards the sink. Kazuki very carefully sat the pot in the sing just under the faucet.  With his right hand he reached over towards the cold water nob and began to turn it. Out of the corner of his eye he watched Ryuu look for the rice. Only if he would have asked it would have been a lot easier to locate but Kazuki wasn’t even sure himself where he had placed it last or for that matter he last time he even tried to cook anything. He watched as Ryuu tried to pull the bag of rice out from under one of the pots only to have one come along with the bag and fall on to his foot. Kazuki couldn’t help but chuckle slightly at the sight of this. If Ryuu would have been more careful and took the pots off of the bag instead of trying to just pull it out from underneath it this wouldn’t have happened.  He shook his head only to hear Ryuu shout out in what he assumed pain. - “You really should be more careful Ryuu..” – Kazuki’s eyes returned to the pot that had been filling up with water as it reached half way he once again reached over with his right hand and turned the cold water nob this time into the off position having his back turned to the other two at this time. In the matter of a few seconds that it took him to do this Kazuki heard a loud clang which brought his attention over back to Ryuu it had seemed some pots came lose and knocked him on the head as he went to pick up the bag of rice. Kazuki placed his right hand over top of his face and shook his head. – “ You would think dropping one of your foot would  make you be more careful…” – Kazuki uncovered his face and took hold of the pot of water with both hands and lifted it up and began to carry it over to the table  stopping before he made it to the table only to have Ryuu place the rice into the pot. After Ryuu was done pouring the rice into the pot Kazuki carried the pot over to the stove and placed it on one of the free burners.-
UzumakiKazuko: -Kazuko watched the fish as it slowly cooked in the fish fat that had melted as the boys went about their task. It wasn’t long after the boys had went on their way that she heard a crash. She spun around to see where it had come from when she spotted Ryuu with pots on his head and foot. She sighed softly thinking what a mess had been made but she spoke. - “Are you ok Ryuu?”- She asked seeing him get up and move about made her think he was ok before she turned back to the stove. They boys eventually placed the pot with rice in it on the stove. Kazuko then lit the burner for the rice and began cooking the rice as well as the fish. It didn’t take long and after about eight minutes both the fish and the Rice where done and she carefully shut off the stove and carried the pans one by one to the table. She then moved about the kitchen and located three bowls and placed them on the table and then knelt down to where the drawer was under the table grabbing out three pairs of chop sticks and placing them next to each bowl before she knelt down at the table and waited for the boys to join her and get their food before she would even think about getting her own.- 
Guest_IlRyuu: *Ryuu watched Kazuko cook the fish for another few minutes as he leaned against the sink and let his mind wander for the next few minutes as he waited for the fish to be done. He glanced over as Kazuko carried the pans over to the table one by one before she moved around the kitchen and pulled out three bowls and three pairs of chopsticks for the three of them before sitting herself down at the table. Ryuu looked over at Kazuki and began to move towards the table before sitting on Kazuko’s left as he waited for Kazuki to sit down and join them before he thought about grabbing food. Once Kazuki joined them at the table, he’d smirk underneath his mask and glance over at Kazuko to speak.* “I think the expression is “Ladies first” Kazuko.” *He chuckled as he motioned at the food with a small head nod before glancing over to Kazuki.* “Unless the house owner has different rules?” *He asked jokingly at Kazuki.*
-The smell of the fish and the rice seemed to have filled the tiny kitchen Kazuki was getting hungry by the moment. It was a good thing that the fish and rice was done cooking. Kazuki watched as Kazulo set the table by locating three bowls and placing chop sticks by each bowl then watched as she knelt down and took her place at the table only to have Ryuu take the spot to Kazuko’s left. Kazuki took the place to her right, and knelt down on the blue pillow. He looked around the table as Ryuu made his remark about saying ladies first. Kazuki waited a few more moments before shrugging his shoulders slightly and glancing over towards the food watching the steam rise off the fish and rice.- “ I really don’t have rules here..so..it’s up to her who starts first…” – Kazuki eyes darted from the food and locked onto Kazuko’s emerald green eyes.- “ After all she did most of the work we just kind of helped…” 
UzumakiKazuko: -Kazuko would sigh as she looked at Ryuu who spoke about ladies first. She had no knowledge of this custom she had grown up in the orphanage being taught that it was a female’s job to serve the men food at the table before taking any for herself. She wondered how to explain this to Ryuu since he didn’t seem to know about the culture and proper ways to eat and for a shinobi that was not good.- “Ryuu…Its customary for a female to serve the men at the table before getting any food for herself.” –she said this in a soft spoken tone not meaning any disrespect.- She waited for Kazuki to sit down at the table as well before beginning kneeling forward and spooning out rice into each of their bowls and then placing fish on top of the rice in each of their bowls before putting some in her own bowl. She then bowed her head and waited for them to eat once then started eating she would pick up her own chopsticks and begin to eat.- 
Guest_IlRyuu: *Ryuu cocked his head to the side a bit as Kazuko told him about what was ‘customary’ for shinobi on how to eat; he didn’t fully understand on the customary tradition on how food was served in these circumstances, but he didn’t feel like arguing with her on their views on it. He quietly sighed as she began filling their bowls with food first and then her own; he almost stopped her, but he didn’t feel like having a debate with Kazuko.* “Thanks Kazuko.” *He spoke before he placed his hands together for a few seconds and muttered something underneath his breath before moving his hands away from each other and picking up his pair of chopsticks and breaking them apart from one another. After doing so, he’d pick up a piece of the fish with his chopsticks and took off his rebreather with his free hand, placing it next to him and placed the food in his mouth where he silently chewed. The fish tasted delicious and it was still relatively hot, but it didn’t really bother Ryuu; he was just happy that he was eating something home-cooked. After swallowing a piece of his food, he glanced over at Kazuki and quickly at Kazuko as he picked up another piece of fish.* “So, how’d you two meet?” *He asked as he brought the fish up to his mouth and began to chew.*
-Kazuki listened to the debate the two were having and shook his head and watched as Kazuko filled their bowls with food. Kazuki thought to his self * Sometimes it’s just better not to argue with one of the female gender not only better but a lot wiser.* - Kazuki picked up his chops sticks and broke them in half  making a slight crackling noise as the wooden sticks split apart from each other. – “everything looks really good Kazuko Thank you...” – Kazuki brought his chops sticks down to his food taking hold of a piece of fish and some rice all in one go, he raised the food slowly to his mouth taking in all of it in his mouth at once then he began to chew quietly. This wasn’t something Kazuki was used to, the fact that he was eating with others for a second time was defiantly a rare occasion. Kazuki carefully swallowed his food and brought his chops down for a second bite looking around the table.  This was a strange feeling yet it somehow felt right. He was starting to enjoy the company of others or at least the company of the two that were in his home. Kazuki took the second chop stick full of fish and rice into his mouth once again taking it all in at once and chewing quickly. Kazuki glanced over to Ryuu as he began to speak asking Kazuki and Kazuko how they met. Kazuki quickly swallowed his food and let his hand drop slowly towards his bowl once more before speaking. – “Well you see it was on a mission, to gather ingredients…”
UzumakiKazuko: -Kazuko nodded as both of the boys began to eat. She then lowered her own black scarf unraveling it so that her face was fully uncovered and spoke.- “I am glad you both enjoy it.” –she said as she picked up her own chopsticks and broke them in half. She then took them in hand and took a chopstick full of fish and rice and placed into her mouth chewing slowly. After she finally swallowed she had to agree with the boys the food was good and she was glad for it. She listened as Ryuu asked how they had met and she could have laughed but instead she just smiled. She took a second bite just as Kazuki began to explain but then he stopped. When she had finished chewing she looked up and spoke.- “I had taken the mission and not wanting to do it alone I looked for someone to do it with me. I remembered seeing Kazuki around before and asked him to come with me into the forest and thankfully I did because there was a bear and well let’s just say it was not to happy we were there.”-she said stopping herself before she rambled on too long and took another bite of her food.-
Guest_IlRyuu: *Ryuu continued to eat his food as he listened to Kazuki begin the story of how the two of them had met, but somehow Kazuko had finished the story for the both of them, which caused him to smile as he chewed his food and swallowed the piece of fish in his mouth.* “Well, I guess it’s a good thing you went with each other then; had each other to watch your backs in case something like that happened. Though I think the bear met you two a lot less awkwardly than I did.” *He laughed slightly as he picked up a piece of rice with his chopsticks and placed it in his mouth. He continued to pick at some pieces of rice and ate them as he waited for either one of them to speak or to let the silence continue over them. Ryuu found it was kind of funny that even if they had met under rather odd circumstances that they were still hanging out today; ironically the reason he’d met them was by accident and was because he wanted to see if there was someplace good to eat around Ame where he spotted the two of them and now here they were, all hanging out and eating in Kazuki’s apartment.*
-Kazuki looked around the table noticing for the first time all three of them had been gathered together that each one of them was without something covering their face. This little show was a rare thing indeed. Kazuki began to swiftly pick pieces of rice and fish out of his bowl placing them in his mouth one after another still chewing and swallowing quietly but just at a more rapid pace than before. Kazuki took a break for a moment seeing as his bowl was nearly empty at this point to make a comment. – “I find it funny it seems that eating food is what brings us together back then and now today…” – Kazuki made a half assed smirk then a light chuckle  as his eyes darted back and forth between Ryuu and Kazuko. -  “Only time will tell what we have to face together in the future….excuse me for a moment..” – Kazuki got up from the table and took the tea post with him that was setting on the table. He might not know how to cook but he knew how to brew a mean cup of tea. Kazuki made his way over towards the sink and quickly filled up the tea post with water and placed it on the stove. It didn’t take the water long to bowl the key indicator to this was the tea pot whistling. Kazuki took the tea pot off the stove and walked it back over to the table placing the tea pot with now boiling hot water back in its place. – “One more thing…” - Kazuki made his way over to the one cabinet he did have in the kitchen and pulled out a small box of tea bags and placed it on the table before taking his place back at the table. Kazuki pulled out three tea bags and placed one in each of the three cups that were in front of each of them. Kazuki poured the hot water in each cup. Taking the spoon off of the tea try he placed it in his cup and began to stir it around making sure the water got the full flavor of the tea. Kazuki took hold of the tea bag by its string and pulled it upwards out of the cup taking the spoon he placed the bag in the center and wrapped the string around the bag to squeeze the last bit of the tea out of the bag. He placed the spoon back on the tray before taking a sip of his tea. –
UzumakiKazuko: -Kazuko made a smile as she listened to what Kazuki had to say about food bringing them together and that only time would tell what they will face together. This was true at this point in time they didn’t know if they would end up being on the same ninja squad or not or even if they would live or die in the near future life was unpredictable. She herself didn’t know what to expect with each day that passed. She was just happy for the now. She took another bite of her food as Kazuki excused himself she wondered what he was up to but then seeing him grab the tea pot and fill it up she felt silly. She had made the meal but forgotten the tea. She looked down and sighed softy she had forgotten a major part of the meal. She stayed silent as Kazuki made each of them a glass of tea and then she spoke in a soft tone.- “Thank You” –she said as she laid her chop sticks sideways a crossed her bowl and then picked the spoon from the tray and stirred her tea for a few moments. When she was happy with the tea she would place the spoon back on the tray and pick up her glass of tea before taking small sip and setting it back down. She continued to eat her meal and after ever few bites she would take a sip of tea until both her bowl and glass of tea were empty.-
Guest_IlRyuu: *Ryuu smirked slightly at Kazuki’s comment about how food always brought them together, even if this one was by pure coincidence of being on the same mission together. He nodded at Kazuki’s comment of not knowing what they’d face together; who knew if they’d ever be placed on a team together or if the trio would ever meet up again. He smiled briefly as the sad thought tried to cloud his mind, but one positive thing had him smile through the thought; if he died, at least he had made friends before so. He glanced over at Kazuki as he excused himself and nodded slightly before continuing to eat his meal. After a moment, he saw Kazuki come back with glasses of tea and he took his cup from Kazuki.* “Thanks Kazuki.” *Ryuu stated as he waited for Kazuki and Kazuko to be done stirring their tea before he took the spoon and began stirring his tea for a bit. Once he felt that it was well enough, he placed the spoon back on the tray and took a sip of his tea and continued to eat with an occasional sip from his tea.*
KazukiGeikami: -Kazuki’s lips parted slowly just after hearing both Ryuu and Kazuko thank him for the tea. – You’re most welcome...” – Kazuki went back to eating his food taking bite after bite till it was all finished as well as he did with his cup of tea  till it was all finished. The food and the tea hit the spot and the long day was getting even longer it seemed that time passed rather quickly and it was already late at night.- “ Well seeing as it is getting late…. If you two would like you two could stay the night here…I have an extra roll out futon that Ryuu could use, Kazuko could have my bed up stairs and I could take the couch if both of you decided that you wanted to stay instead of heading back out…tonight..” – Kazuki glanced back and forth between the two as he waited for an answer. He was very unsure if either one of them would take him up on his offer but it was just that an offer one he didn’t make really at all seeing as he normally kept to his self.- 
UzumakiKazuko: -Kazuko sat with her hands folded as the boys finished their food. She didn’t know what to do and didn’t want to just get up and leave especially since there were dishes to be done after they finished the meal. So she waited finally hearing Kazuki speak up she looked down not knowing what to say to that either. She had never really stayed the night anywhere other than the orphanage and now her own apartment that she had gotten with what she had saved up doing mission with the two of them. She didn’t say anything she just looked down at the table and waited to see if Ryuu answered the question waiting the choices in her head. If he said no and she had already answered yes then she would be alone with Kazuki for the night. If she said no and Ryuu said yes she would leave the two boys alone for the night and though they were getting along now there was no telling what the two of them would do to each other during the night so she waited in silence for Ryuu to answer.- 
Guest_IlRyuu: *Ryuu finished his meal and sighed contentedly afterwards; it’d been a while since he’d had a home cooked meal and that was delicious. His eyes shot to Kazuki as he offered for the both of them to bunk with him tonight, which somewhat surprised Ryuu. He was just offered a chance for him to sleep in an actual bed and not on some rooftop through Amegakure. He figured Kazuko would answer ‘yes’ almost immediately, but her lack of response caused his eyes to slightly shift over at her only to see her looking down at the table. He only kept his eyes on her for a second before thinking about why she wasn’t answering before him; either she was weighing her options as well or she was waiting on him to answer. He thought about it for a moment before making his decision. The only reason the trio met up today is because Ryuu wanted to do a mission and just so happened to see the two of them hanging out already today, but at the time he didn’t question why they were hanging out. Now he figured they were probably just wanting to hang out with each other, by themselves and Ryuu had accidentally turned their hangout into a...well, to him a very interesting and entertaining day, but smirked slightly as he looked up at Kazuki.* “I’ll take you up on that offer maybe one day if it’s still open Kazuki, but I think I’m good tonight. Kazuko, you can stay and hang out with Kazuki.” *He offered as he shot a smile at her, not one of mimicking or having any hidden meaning beneath his words, but just a smile as he waited for her to respond to Kazuki’s question.*
KazukiGeikami: -Kauzki shrugged his shoulders slightly hearing Ryuu’s response to his offer.- “ just thought it would be easier is all…after all it was getting late….and didn’t want you two having to make  it to where ever you were staying for the night at such a late hour….hmmm….come to think of it do you even have a place to stay Ryuu?..” –Kazuki paused for a moment his eyes shot Kazuko a look  since he was still waiting for her to answer, the likely hood of her wanting to stay  here with him alone was highly unlikely at least that is what he was thinking at the moment even with the suggested sleeping arraignments. – “Ryuu.. you never said anything about having a place but then again one shouldn’t just assume one has a place to stay without asking and I do apologize if what I am asking is something you wish not to speak of…I know Kazuko has a place of her own and has told me of such but I have yet to visit her there..”  - Kazuki began to stand up and started to collect the bowls they used for their dinner. He walked over to the sink and placed the bowls in the one part of the two sectioned sink while he began to run water in the other part. –
UzumakiKazuko: -Kazuko was still thinking of what to say as she heard Ryuu answer that he would have to take him up on the offer another time and she watched as Kazuki gave his response and then changed the subject. As Kazuki got to his feet and gathered the bowls she would collect the skillet, spatula and pot they used to cook the food in and carry them over to the sink placing them off to the side. She waited a few moments for Ryuu to answer Kazuki’s question before she finally answered Kazuki.- “My apartment is all the way on the other side of the village and it is getting late I guess I could stay the night” –she said softly in a voice that was almost scared to speak. She then spoke up once more in a little bit of a louder voice.- “I could also help with the dishes if you would like” –she said offering to help him and also looking at Ryuu to see what he was thinking.- 
Guest_IlRyuu: *Ryuu was about to respond to Kazuki’s suggestion before he asked if Ryuu had a place to sleep tonight, which caught Ryuu slightly off guard at the question. He smiled and chuckled nervously after Kazuki finished his sentence, debating on whether to tell them where he usually slept. If he wanted to, a place was already saved for him…on some rooftop of some building somewhere in Amegakure, but he decided to just tell them anyways; it wouldn’t kill him to let them know.* “No, no Kazuki, you’re fine for asking. Um..heh, actually I usually just sleep on the rooftops around Amegakure.” *He smiled as he slowly stood up, taking his rebreather in his hands with him after Kazuki took his bowl and Kazuko had followed suit of helping him put away the dishes before scratching the back of his head slightly. He just today figured out that Kazuki had an apartment, but he figured that Kazuko probably had one as well. He wasn’t sure how the two of them would take the news of his normal sleeping arrangements, but it was out there now.*
KazukiGeikami: -Kazuki shook his head slightly as  the water filled up in the second part of the sink, quickly he turned the nobs to the off position as he gather a sponge up and placed soap on it while he started to wash up the bowls.- “ Well..then I can’t take no for an answer now can I?..” –Kazuki Knew how it was to struggle and not have a place to call his own seeing as he was living on the streets till he was able to do enough missions to save up enough ryo to afford a place to live. – “I know how it is to be homeless I’ve been there and done that…So you are staying the night here as well and I will not take no for an answer…” –Kazuki smiles slight because soon after He finished talking to Ryuu about staying here for the night Kazuko said that she guessed she could stay the night as well. - “ Well if you two would like to keep washing one can wash and the other can dry while I put things away..”
UzumakiKazuko: -Kazuko nodded she had to agree with Kazuki about Ryuu also staying the night. She had nearly found herself homeless when she reached the age of 12 and the orphanage decided she was old enough to fend for herself lucky she had saved enough from mission to keep herself out of the homelessness and got the apartment she lived in now. As she listened to Kazuki speak about one of them washing and the other drying she quickly took the sponge from Kazuki and started washing the dishes each one by one and rising them then placing them into the rack to dry or till Ryuu got a towel and started drying them. It wouldn’t take long to wash all three bowls, the two pans, the spatula, as well as the tea cups and spoon that were used for the meal in not time all the dishes were washed and Kazuko dries her hands on her scarf that was hanging around her neck as she stepped backwards and smiled at the two boys. –
Guest_IlRyuu: *Ryuu scratched the back of his head slightly at Kazuki’s response, smirking slightly at the offer/demand of Kazuki.* “Thanks Kazuki.” He said before he placed his rebreather back on the table as he grabbed the tea cups from around the table carefully as well as the spoon they had used before placing them in the sink for Kazuko before he looked around and found a towel on the edge of the sink before grabbing it and drying the dishes that Kazuko had just washed one by one. After he finished drying each dish, he placed it off to the side of the sink where there was room so Kazuki could pick them up and put them away. After a few moments of the same pattern, he placed the towel down near the sink before smirking and stepping back towards the table where he picked up his rebreather and held onto it; it wasn’t that he wanted to wear it all the time, but it was better that he had at least a relative idea of where it was at instead of losing it. He glanced around the kitchen to see if there were any more dishes to be cleaned before speaking to Kazuki.* “So, off to bed then huh?” *He glanced over at Kazuki before reaching his hand up and scratching the side of his nose for a second.*
KazukiGeikami:  -Kazuki simply nodded to Ryuu as he thanked him for making him stay for the night after all Kazuki might not like to be around a lot of people but he wasn’t going to send someone to go sleep on a roof top.- “ You’re welcome Ryuu. “ At the pace that Kazuko and Ryuu were washing and drying the dishes the dishes were done in no time. Kazuki quickly returned the bowls to the cabinet as well a placing the pots and pans they used back on the stove. Kazuki gathered up all the utensils and placed them back into the drawer underneath the table. –“Well if you two would follow me I will show you were you will be sleeping tonight..” – Kazuki started to make his way out of the kitchen making sure the other two were behind him glancing backwards at them. With his right hand he pointed out a roll of bedding that had a mat like bed a pillow and a blanket all tucked together and only needed unrolled. The pillow was made up of a black cloth, the blanket was a purple color and the mat like bed was a blue color. - “Ryuu you can move it and unroll it and place it elsewhere if you wish but there should be enough room over here by the window… as for me I will take the black couch Kazuko and I were sitting on earlier…” –Kazuki waved towards Kazuko to follow him up the stairs as he made has way up the black metal stair case. – “And here is where you will; be sleeping Kazuko you should be comfortable enough here…” - Kazuki Turned to his clothes cupboard that had a little bench off to the side with a fish tank below it and opened up the one door pulling out an extra set of blankets and pillows for him to take down to the couch ones that matched the color of the ones already on his bed. The next part he said loud enough for Ryuu and Kazuko to both hear.– “ the bathroom is right down  these steps and has a full working shower as well just need to slide the purple siding door to gain access to it… if either of you need to use it  or even get a shower  go right ahead.. “ –Kazuki began to make his way back down the metal stair case stopping just before the bathroom’s door.-
UzumakiKazuko: -Once the dishes were done and Kazuki had put them away and lead them from the room she listened as he spoke to Ryuu about the futon and where he would be sleeping. He then spoke and motioned for Kazuko to fallow him she nodded and fallowed Kazuki up the staircase. It wasn’t hard to see the big bed and she nodded knowing she would be comfortable even if she would have had to sleep on the couch herself. She watched as he gathered the blankets and said about where the bathroom and shower were and made his way back down the stairs. Kazuko was tired it had been a long day and she didn’t know what else to do so she crawled into the bed and snuggled into the blankets and pillows. They smelled familiar and safe to her and it wasn’t long before she was sound asleep.- 
Guest_IlRyuu: *Ryuu followed Kazuki to where he would be sleeping tonight to which he nodded at Kazuki before moving towards the materials.* “Thanks Kazuki.” *He picked up the materials before moving them over to the window where Kazuki suggested before placing his rebreather on the windowsill and glancing back to see Kazuki escorting Kazuko to where she would sleep tonight. A part of him wanted to joke about this, but he shook his head and ignored it as he unrolled the blanket and placed the pillow down. As he began to lay down, he heard Kazuki come back down and tell them where the bathroom and shower was to which he smiled at, but his body was kind of exhausted and he was kind of wanting to sleep first; he’d shower and get rid of the smell of fish off of him tomorrow in the morning, whenever that was. He lay his head down on the pillow and pulled the blanket over himself before staring up at the ceiling for a little while, reflecting on what happened today and what was going on right now, which brought a smile to his face before he turned on his side and closed his blue eyes before calling out to the other two to where they could hear him.* “Night Kazuki, night Kazuko.” *He didn’t know if either of them would respond, but he said it anyways. After a few moments of closing his eyes, Ryuu’s breathing became steady as he fell asleep.*
KazukiGeikami: -Kazuki waited till Ryuu got his stuff situated before turning out the main light of his apartment making the darkness consume the tiny apartment. – “Good night to you as well Ryuu and Kazuko...” – Kazuki continued to walk over to the couch placing his pillow on the end that was nearest to the kitchen. He began to unfold the spare blanket and places it on the couch flipping the top over so he could climb into it.  Kazuki slipped underneath the blanket and slowly rested his head on the pillow before turning to face the inner part of the couch with his back facing outwards as he lay on his side.  Kazuki pulled the blanket up over his shoulders and closed his eyes and started to listen to the familiar sounds of the rain pitter pat on the glass windows and metal building. The events of today ran through his head in one big blur as he began to slip out of consciousness and to the realm of dreams which was only the matter of seconds before he was sound asleep. -
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Kazuki, Kazuko, and Ryuu had some bonding time over a fish dinner