[OPEN] Cheers!
Characters: Elizaveta, Jean, Lee, Gaara, and [OPEN], so anyone else who might like to join in!
Content: Eliza wants to cheer Lee up a little after he got turned down, so she's bringing him to the kitchen to have some sweets and maybe a drink or two.
Setting: The kitchen of the Convoy.
Time: Shortly after this.
Warnings: FREE BOOZE, and Drunken!Lee ( Read more... )
Content: Eliza wants to cheer Lee up a little after he got turned down, so she's bringing him to the kitchen to have some sweets and maybe a drink or two.
Setting: The kitchen of the Convoy.
Time: Shortly after this.
Warnings: FREE BOOZE, and Drunken!Lee ( Read more... )
Humming happily, he came around the corner holding his still-steaming and ever present tea pot. "Elizaveta," he smiled warmly. "What a lovely surprise! And who is your..." he paused, noting the tear-stained face of the rather gloomy-looking young man, "...friend?"
In his mind, Iroh was already beginning to plan his tea-metaphors. He was always perfectly willing to give advice, whether asked to or not.
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"I-I am Rock Lee," he said, his voice hoarse. He cleared his throat, flushing lightly and dropping his gaze. "It is a pleasure to meet you, anou..." He trailed off, looking up at the man in question.
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She turned to her poor friend, giving him an encouraging grin.
"Lee, have a word with this fellow. He's wise, you'll surely benefit from it." She said, making her way to the counter to set her things down.
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No... he looked a bit closer. It was indeed the same boy. "We have met before," Iroh said simply. "But you were in a much different mood then, I think. Perhaps I can offer you some floral tea?"
He smiled, warmly but concerned, at Elizaveta. "I do indeed. I am the one and only strategist at the moment.... The position of head tea-maker was unfortunately not available." He chuckled at his tiny joke.
And then entered one of the people actually supposed to be in the kitchen... carrying a very large fish and followed shortly thereafter by the silver-haired quartermaster.
"Hello," he said pleasantly, bowing to each in turn, and then looked up at Jean. "...Do you need any help with that?" No reason he couldn't help more than one person at a time... and it was never a bad idea to endear oneself to the cooks.
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Elizaveta was one thing, he knew her very well and thought they were good friends. He did not mind the old man--and how rude of him to forget! He could remember that delicious tea, all too well--and, if the old man had advice to give, Lee would gladly accept it. But before he could even apologize or thank the old man for his kind offer, another person had entered, followed shortly by another person! Lee felt his face warm, wiping at his still teary eyes, hoping to hide his feelings from the new arrivals.
Lee smiled very slightly at the woman with the food in her arms, he quickly added his own offer to help after Iroh's. "I-I can help as well!"
He moved forward, looking back at the other arrival. "A-anou, hello."
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"If either of you would like any, help yourself." She then tapped her lip, wondering if she could find any cups around here. Bingo! In walked a cook!
She smiled at Jean. "Not at all, I hope we wont be in the way here in the kitchen? Everything will be kept in good order, but do you know if perhaps you could spare a few cups?" She'd have offered to help with the food as well, but it seemed the others had already seen to it. She cast a bit of a worried glance towards Lee, hoping he was all right despite all this commotion. "You okay, Lee?"
And then in walked that guy she'd hit with a frying pan that one time. She cringed a little at the thought, feeling bad.
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Jean made a point of making a wide path around the small crowd that had formed in the kitchen. Not to avoid them, of course. Just to avoid hitting anyone with a fish, because that was the last thing anyone needed today. She carried it over to the kitchen's icebox, a giant container where all their meat, fish and poultry was stored, and put the large fish inside and covered it with a small layer of ice to ensure it would all stay fresh ( ... )
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Iroh was relieved that Jean seemed more than able to haul the fish around herself. And really, who would impose on a poor old man and make them lift heavy things anyway? He smiled a bit, and turned his attention back to Rock and Elizaveta. He grinned at Elizaveta and her cookies. "Why thank you." He took one and munched it, and then took a sip from his own tea cup as Jean offered the others. He heated the teapot a bit with his hand, reading it for pouring as soon as the two youngsters had their cups. Now happy from tea and cookies, his helpful advice-giving mode was fully engaged.
"Young man," he said kindly to Lee. "Everything, even people, exists in a delicate balance. It is good to offer your help to others, but at this moment it is you who needs to be helped. Sit. Have some tea. When you are finished, tell us what is wrong."
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"Ahah, thank you." The bottles of palinka were left unprotected in the bag on the counter, though, lest anyone get curious enough to get into it. "Jean, was it?" Oh man, the stuffed pepper cook. She liked this one.
"Lee is a very passionate person." She noted solemnly after he spoke. It was an obvious fact, but she was trying to ease him into further explanation. "He rushed in a little."
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Crowding Lee wasn't going to help anything, so she kept back a bit, by the counter. She had made no sign of noticing the bottles whatsoever.
"I see..." she remarked under her breath. Heartbreak. That explained it. Immediately, she was curious just who this 'most important person' was, and what exactly had happened. But this didn't seem like a good time to go fishing for gossip. The boy would speak at his own pace.
For the time being, she listened. She had her own advice to share, but there were wiser ones than herself in this room, and they probably didn't need her prompting.
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He looked pensive for a moment. That really wasn't a lot of information to go on. He, like Gintoki, was even really sure what the 'most important person' meant. "You are most certainly a very passionate young man," he said after a moment, nodding his agreement with Elizaveta. "And rejection is never an easy thing for the heart, even a young heart such as yours. Tell us more of what has happened. And then we will be better able to assist you with your troubles."
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