Day 42, Noon: The Twin Pine Restaurant

[thatdamnedninja]

Yuffie took the long way around, practically making it a tour of the entire town. She collared--not literally, since the nurses would've thrown fits--a few random citizens along the way, asked as many inconspicuous sounding questions as possible, and then moved on. Wash, rinse, repeat. Sneaking a few covert glimpses into stores and windows

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[dawn_rune]

Of the two places they could choose to get food, this was the one Frey suspected he would prefer. He had never actually gotten around to getting lunch the previous week, so he couldn't say for sure what the other place was like, but the smell around it had been of grease and fried things. This place seemed much nicer, though still well outside Frey's experiences. "What do you think, Takaya?"

[for Takaya]

[forgot_my_life]

Takaya looked around, then shrugged and nodded. "Looks a hell of a lot better than the other place." Not that Takaya didn't like burgers, but he usually ate them with his friends and with the other Kanshousha and he didn't want to think about them now.

Besides, this place seemed to appeal to Kagetora, so there was less of a chance of an outburst. ... he hoped.

"Let's grab a place to sit."

[dawn_rune]

Frey wasn't sure what the brief, strange look on Takaya's face meant, and he didn't think he should ask. Prying only ever made Takaya clam up all the more. So instead, Frey just nodded in return and looked for somewhere for them to sit. The place wasn't very big, and was filling up a bit, but there were still tables where two people could sit. Finding a table set against one wall--no corner tables were left, so it was the best he could do--Frey gestured to it, trying to draw Takaya's attention. "There?" It wasn't in the middle of the room, at least, where every passing person would come within arm's reach of Takaya.

[forgot_my_life]

Takaya looked down Frey's line of sight and nodded. Looked like a good enough place to him. He headed in that direction, never straying too far from Frey's side as they walked.

At one point, an older man got a bit too close for his liking and Takaya tensed up, moving to the side, and brushed his hand against Frey. He didn't flinch or react at the touch, but he was careful to not get too close to anyone else until they got to their table.

[dawn_rune]

Frey startled a bit when Takaya brushed against him, but when nothing more happened--when Takaya failed to jerk away or tense further--he smiled a little bit. That was the second time, now, that Takaya had touched him accidentally and been okay with it, or at least okay enough not to notice. But he'd moved away from the stranger... did that mean it was just Frey? Somehow, that made Frey feel even better about the idea, which was terribly selfish of him. But it was nice, to feel special in a way that had nothing to do with an accident of birth.

[forgot_my_life]

(Backthreading?)

Takaya all but dove for his seat by the time they got to the table, and a waitress hurried over to give them water and menus before leaving them alone. With all the business, most of the staff seemed pretty busy.

"Sorry," he muttered, looked down at the menu. "For running into you." Why was he okay with that? No flashbacks, nothing. But even almost being touched by that guy on the floor had freaked him out plenty. Was it because he spent so much time with Frey?

[dawn_rune]

[might as well continue in the afternoon post, instead of double-threading, since they're spending the day together. ^^]