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[x_onceremoved_x]

It had taken weeks longer than he meant for it to, but Yuu finally found a gap of time after school where he wouldn't have to explain his absence to his parents. The tutor for his cram school had fallen ill (a nasty bit of food poisoning, according to the hastily scribbled note on the front of the classroom door) and had to cancel the session. It

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[dream_departed]

When Aya notices her cousin enter she drops the change she was giving to the man in the business suite. She quickly helps pick up the change with a hastily murmured apology.

She runs to Yuu with open arms.

"You came!"

She turns to Kakyou, "Take over for me, please."

Kakyou looks between Aya and Yuu and nods. There is a moment of stillness in the air, such as when predators sense weakened prey, while the fan girls note that Kakyou will soon be by himself.

Aya tries to drag her cousin out of the shop by the arm before her friend has the chance to change his mind.

((I've been given permission by the mun to NPC Kakyou while the mun is otherwise occupied.))

[x_onceremoved_x]

"Heh, I said I would, didn't I?" He assumes the open arms mean that Aya wants for it to be huge tiem now and obliges before being dragged out. He waves over his shoulder at Kakyou as they hurry out the door.

"Thanks, guy!"

He waits until they're seated on a bench set into the sidewalk before continuing to talk with Aya. "So, how've you been? And... I take it that it's been a rough day at work so far since you we're talking here instead of there?" Yuu had picked up on the tense, predatory stillness but hadn't known how to interpret it, not knowing anything of the shops clientelle.

((Aw, hooray for Kakyou-mun. ^_^))

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Aya takes her apron off and straightens her hair.

"You said you would," she agrees with a smile. "Work has been fine, but I didn't think you were ready to get molested yet. The girls seem to think any pretty piece of man-flesh in the shop is fair game.

"Let me buy you lunch? There is a great burger place just down the street."

Aya never had fast food before coming to the Nexus. She isn't sure if Yuu has.

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Yuu quirks a brow and looks back at the shop with a mixture of amusement and incredulity. He's not sure if Aya is being hyperbolic or not.

"I appreciate the warning. I'll have to make it a point to be on my guard in there."

"I wouldn't mind a burger I haven't had one since our school trip last year. Are you sure you want to pay, though? I can handle it..." The underlying tone says that he has parents that give him an allowance that is purely expendable income and Aya... doesn't anymore. Taking her money feels a bit wrong and awkward.

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Aya makes a playful little growl and reaches down to tug her cousin off the bench.

"I'm not going to play the poor relation. My invitation, my treat."

She will try to sling her arm around Yuu as she leads the way to the burger joint.

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Yuu laughs as he's pulled along by his arm. "Yes ma'am! My only request, then, is that you please leave my arm in its socket. I kind of like it there."

The arm slinging is very much allowed and soon they arrive at the burger place. It is a rather western affair in all senses of the word. The cowboy theme toes the line between rustic and hokey. The girl at the counter is wearing short pigtails, a cowboy hat, and a bored expression.

"Can I help you?"

Yuu squints at the hanging menu behind her for a while before answering. "Ah, yeah, I think I'll have one of the basic burgers, no cheese, extra mustard, and a cola."

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Aya orders a ranch burger with the works, a chocolate shake, a bottled water, and a kid's meal just to get the plasic cowgirl toy. She pays using a credit card and tries to drag Yuu to a booth near the mechanical bull.

"So where do your parents think you are right now?"

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Yuu smirks in amusement as he is dragged, thinking that the request to leave his arm in his socket went in one ear and out the other.

"Ohh, them? Heh, they think I'm in cram school." He takes a large bite of his burger, just barely swallowing it before continuing. "The tutor is puking her guts out right now so we get a little free time." Bodily functions not appropriate dinner conversation? Nonsense! "I doubt they'll ever catch on. They're fairly pre-occupied in the evenings anyway."

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"Nice." Aya bounces the plastic cowgirl on the table. "Did you poison her or did you just get lucky?"

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"Poison? I know not of this poison of which you speak." He actually thought to wear his poison bottle necklace along with his array of black rubber necklaces and pulls it out of his uniform top. "I assure you, I keep nothing but bubble solution in here. If she couldn't handle a little soap in her diet, well, that's her problem."

While Aya is occupied with her plastic cowgirl Yuu will attempt to swipe a few French fries from the unattended kiddie meal. Sneaky sneaky. >.>

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Aya laughs loud enough to draw glares from the people elderly couple behind her.

She sighs. "It's good to be around family again.

"I used to be get away with stuff like that at my school, but the principal at my school is aware of everything.

"I make up for it by getting into trouble out of school. Not that there is anyone really keeping track of me out of school, now."

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He grins. "I'm glad I can supply you with an enjoyable family experience. I like to think of it as family interaction lite. None of the overhanging issues the adults have, yet still filling." Not to say there never will be issues present ever because, hey, Fujimiyas. It just won't be the same as adult issues as far as Yuu is concerned.

"Oh? And what kind of unsupervised trouble have you been getting yourself into? I may have to ask for pointers."

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Aya can't think of anything that doesn't relate back to the Nexus so...

"I've got a better idea, how about I show you? Have you ever wanted to climb the Tokyo tower? How about tp-ing your principal's house?"

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Yuu blinks before a slow smile that borders on evil creeps across his face.

"Well, now I do. Hrm..." He looks ponderous for a moment. "TP-ing is almost always best if done after night so... Tokyo tower it is?" He scarfs down the rest of his burger and crumples up the paper it came in, making a mental note to come back and check out that mechanical bull.

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Aya grins. "Maybe we should work up to that. After all, if you get caught and your parents find out you were with me, they'll never let you hang out with me again." She would need to use Nexus technology to keep them from getting caught and she isn't ready to expose Yuu to that yet.

"We should practice our sneaky skills first. There are some interesting clubs in the area that never close..."

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"Nnnngh, true. And it's not like they're letting me hang out with you in the first place so, yeah, you're right. Better to keep it low key."

"But! I'm am completely up for some clubbing. What district did you have in mind? Yokohama, Shinjuku, Shibuya? Trance, techno, all mix? I'm up for anything." There is an odd gleam in his eye as he rubs his hands together while walking with Aya towards the door. One would almost think he'd been waiting for a chance like this.