“Oh my. My Mei-senpai uses a katana too! They seem like they would get along quite well! Sigh, only if I could see Mei-senpai again...”
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘭. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘵.
“Well! That's uh, I can feel the warmth of it! The way it was done felt close to Mei-Senpai's cooking that's why!”
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘪 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵.
“If you say so! Then I'll have to make sure I visit you daily and get you some food! Cuz clearly you don't get enough!”
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.
“God knows what would happen if I hadn't have food with me!”
“No, thanks. I still have to make sure this city is safe and sound. It may seem like I'm suffering which is true but it's nothing compared to this citys well-being.”
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
“That's bad! You can stay with me if you want! I'm alone anyway. It wouldn't be a problem. Besides Ache-chan cooks me everyday, she could cook for you too!”
“Welp, yeah. I ran away from my old home and now I'm stuck here. And it's not like I can afford a home anyway. I sometimes go to abandoned houses but I'm mostly outside incase of an emergency.”
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯.
“Ooh! We should have them meet sometime!”
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.
“Wait... You said you didn't have a home?”
“N-No, no it's not that. I was just surprised how close it tastes to Mei-Senpai's food.”
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺. 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴.
“KYAH- WHAT HAPPENED?! IS THE FOOD BAD? NO IT CAN'T BE ACHE-CHAN NEVER COOKS BAD FOOD!”
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘥. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴-𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵.
“Last time I was on a bench people screamed at me. God forbid a girl doesn't have a home.”
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵.
“H-HUH?!”
“Why are you sitting on the floor? Your clothes will get dirty!”
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘒𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.
“The bench is better! At least it's not that cold!”