it wasn’t even that long before curren’s phone was in front of ayabe again - probably interrupting her scheduling once more.
“ayabe~san, look at this!”
photos of ayabe with different filters, cat ears, rabbit ears, dog ears and whiskers … all the kinds ayabe picked.
"Eh..?
..Weird, but.. alright."
Not like they can even thing of going away with Curren sitting right next to them, guess while they wait, it's a prime chance to keep working on that training schedule, phone slowly raised before Ayabe's eyes once more.
that seemed to satisfy curren. she gave another nod with a big smile.
“okay! just give me one minute ayabe-san. stay right here!”
as if ayabe was going somewhere in the first place. curren was tapping away on her phone …
"Ehh?-"
But.. but.. okay, the confusion was beginning to set in, brows furrowed, mind racing, as ears slightly flop, squinting eyes continuing to observe the images..
"I.. think the Golden Retriever..?"
mhm, mhm. a slow nod. and finally, she swiped to one last photo. two puppies, a golden retriever and a chocolate lab!
“now pick one of these two. you don’t need any context to it, just pick one!”
"Like Rice-san..?"
This is an interesting dynamic, one that sadly, Ayabe had no experience with, eyes shifting once more, clearly basing themselves off of physical attributes rather than any other aspect, hand upon their chin.
"..The brown bunny."
eyes narrowing .. an interesting answer. but she’ll keep it in mind. swiping to another photo, now there was a brown bunny and a white bunny.
“okay, now which one do you think is most like rice-chan? this is very important!”
"Uhh.."
..Eyes shifting back and forth between the fuzzy creatures, expression frowning a little.
..They look so fluffy, but, what does she mean by which is more Falcon..?
"I think.. the Orange Cat..?"
……. pouting …
“your schedule can wait, this is waaay more important! here, look at this!”
shoving her phone in ayabe’s face. there’s a small calico cat and a small orange cat on the screen.
“which one do you think is more ‘falcon-chan’?!”
( snatching a pigtail )
curren wasn’t done talking to you. you don’t leave until curren says we’re finished.
so falco-chan thinks she’s flexible, huh? is that what you were on about?
have you .. been doing anything fun? “
the motions of the brush were slow and deliberate in a way that curren taking the utmost care was quite obvious.
a cheerful nod at ayabe’s acceptance!
“ don’t worry, i’m sure with this and a bit of product your tail will have never felt as soft and fluffy! “
letting go of her roommate’s hands, she started to dig through her collection of different grooming products stuffed away
she lets out a quiet breath, one which she had no idea she was holding in. nodding lightly when she expressed that she loved the gift given.
when ayabe thinks about it, curren has done a lot for her in her life time —— greatly during her career. even more so after into her
another few steps would find the brown tail in curren’s hands. and gently, brush met strands.
“ so, ayabe-san, we haven’t really spent much time together recently. and here i thought it would be up to me to make sure you stayed out of trouble, eheh …