post palace takeout! [week 5]

[beathollow]

( at some point a bedraggled lot in yukatas manage to make their way to the dorm, shower and patch themselves up. and then mafuyu makes a very earnest request that they all go out for dinner, and, well, apparently many struggle to refuse her.

this is how they find themselves in something akin to a denny's or an ihop at like, midnight.




as one does. )

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[beathollow]

Alright...

( she yawns.

and then she immediately pours herself a small cup of coffee and downs it like a shot, unfazed. )

You should use your proper bed tonight, to get a good night's sleep.

[goei]

[HELP MAFUYU NO]

... You sure ya don't mind? You don't gotta sacrifice yer comfort on my account.

[beathollow]

I don't mind. Besides, you've made it very clear that you wouldn't do anything to me.

[goei]

'Course. And people here don't seem like the type ta gossip about it either, I suppose.

[Hmmm. Like, he could just move to one of the spare rooms, but it's less lonely to share a room.]

Plus no one'll dare lay a finger on you with a bodyguard like me in yer room.
[HEH.]

[beathollow]

( mafuyu giggles- she's been doing that a lot lately. it feels. weird? but nice. )

No, they won't, will they?

[goei]

[Oh now that's a real good smile. He's gotta keep it going.]

Course not! Y'know, this one time when I was workin' guarding Katsu sensei, these three guys jumped us, right? I cut one guy down real fast, then shouted at the other two ta come at me if they dared!

And y'know what they did?

[beathollow]

Did they run away?

[goei]

Sure did! Realized they were way outta their depth, I bet.

[beathollow]

I can imagine! You had me worried in that mindscape.

( enough so that she came up with a terrible ambush, even. )

[goei]

[Ah right. he was threatening all of them.]

Ah. Hopefully didn't scare ya too bad?

[beathollow]

... A little. At one point you made me mute. That was... probably the worst of it.

Mostly I was upset on your behalf, I think. And when you tried to deny it, I wanted to smack you.

[goei]

[All of this he's like... yeah, fair.]

Sorry. I wasn't-
[No, no excuses.]

I mean, you were right. But I didn't wanna admit it yet.

[beathollow]

You weren't in your right mind, Izou. It's okay. I got my bonk in, anyway.

... I shouldn't have pushed it so hard, anyway. I should know better.

[goei]

Well, I'm just glad I muted ya. If you'd kept talkin' I think I woulda lost it on ya.

[beathollow]

Yes, most likely. I was twisting the knife in the worst way.

...


Despite that, though... I'm not sorry.

[goei]

[He laughs.]

It was somethin' I needed ta hear, probably. But now ya definitely owe me a home cooked meal.

[beathollow]

You're right. I still need to do that... ... I don't get to cook often, since Mom prefers cooking, but- I know the basics at least.

[goei]

I'll eat pretty much anything as long as it pairs well with alcohol!

[IZOU DON'T SAY IT LIKE THAT!?]

[beathollow]

...


Yeah, I wouldn't know anything about that.

[goei]

Next time I get some sake you can try some if ya want.

[He knows about the modern concept of drinking ages because Fujimaru refuses to drink underage but he is still going to try.]

[beathollow]

... Maybe a little...

( granted. she's pretty sure her mother will manifest in this world and kill her on the spot. but that's a risk she's willing to take. )

[goei]

[Mafuyumama just TRY and show up here. See what happens.]

That's the spirit!! You gotta break at least a few rules when yer still young, y'know?

[beathollow]

I've never done that sort of thing before.

( that's probably very obvious, though. )

[goei]

I can help ya break more if ya want.

[Nyehehehe]

Me and Ryouma got into plenty of trouble before we went off tryna change the country.

[beathollow]

(




genuinely thinking about it. )

I feel like. My mother would manifest and kill me before I could.