zenitsu

[soba]

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[swordflash]

Then I'll give you these.

[ he lowers the chopsticks, reaches into the handbag tied around his waist, and procures a pair of gloves. ]

I don't know what they do, though.

[soba]

Gloves...?

[ huh ]

Are they yours?

[swordflash]

Anya left them behind in our room.

[soba]

Shouldn't you be keeping them then...?

[swordflash]

You gave yours to Mr. Thymos and Mr. Kim.

It's fine. I'm giving them to you, so just take them.

[soba]

[ he hesitates ]

... fine. But after I find out what they're for, if I decide to give them back to you, take them.

[swordflash]

[ what is this, a game of hot potato?

but he nods, then picks the chopsticks up again. ]

Fine. Just don't give them back before then.

[soba]

I won't, don't worry.

[ eat your damn soba ]

[swordflash]

[ he does, and the taste is such that he looks down at the bowl with a look of surprise after the first mouthful. ]

It's good!

[soba]

You don't have to look so shocked...

[ bitch ]

[swordflash]

[ it's a compliment, stupid. ]

The plaque said your skill is eating cucumbers, not cooking.

[ and that toi's occupation is kappa. these plaques say a lot of things. ]

I can't remember the last time I had soba that tasted this good.

[soba]

[ no one ever asks about the kappa thing ]

My family runs a shop. So you just kind of... pick up on these things.

[swordflash]

[ kappa whomst ]

Your family?

[ his tone suggests that he's curious, if faint. ]

[soba]

[ ... he just nods ]

It was my parents, but my aunt and uncle run it now.

[swordflash]

[ that sounds like a loaded answer! zenitsu falls quiet. ]

Hey, I've been wondering . . . Why does it list kappa as your occupation?

[soba]

[ ... ]

It's a side job.

[ what ]

[swordflash]

A side job? Being a kappa?

That's not how that works, is it?

[soba]

It's how it worked here.

Sometimes you have work to do, but you're also a kappa.

[swordflash]

What? That doesn't make sense.

You're just trying to trick me, aren't you? You don't even have a dish on your head!

[soba]

I said it was a side job, didn't I?

[ he's a part-time kappa :/ ]

[swordflash]

Is that why you like eating cucumbers? And soba?

Wait! If that's true, they say that kappa sometimes feeds on human flesh. You're not planning on eating me, are you? Are you? Are you even human?

[soba]

I just goddamn told you my family runs a soba shop! Stupid!!

And why would I want to eat you?! You'd probably taste terrible! Don't say dumb things.

[swordflash]

You're right! I taste terrible! So don't even imagine how I'd taste and just eat your soba, all right? Finish it already!

[ as he slurps the noodles up himself. hurry. get full and don't hunger for human flesh. ]

[soba]

I don't want to eat people! I'm going to smack you!

[ instead, he eats his soba

bitch. ]

[swordflash]

My apologies! These are good noodles!

[ and so they finish their soba together with no punches or kicks thrown. ]