Food is the other universal language [open?]

[crowsandapples]

[ Characters ] Cooro and Uni, and maybe some other people too, depending.
[ Location ] The village around the main clock tower
[ Date/Time ]  March 6th||Afternoon
[ Warning ] None, really.
[ Content ] Cooro and Uni decide to meet up to have a nice cuppa tea in a nice quiet village.

Comments

Ahhhhhh why is he so cute ;____;

[onlyluminous]

She'd asked the people at the castle to help her pack some tea into a sort of flask, and they'd even helped her arrange a set of tiny teacups in the bag they gave her so the porcelain wouldn't break. She'd thanked them profusely before setting out. They were... better than she'd expected. Maybe it was because they were happy to serve

<3

[crowsandapples]

Cooro swung his feet back and forth as he scanned the neat streets below. As he licked the crumbs off his fingers, he suddenly heard a familiar voice and looked down to see a girl there.

"Hi~!" Cooro waved and jumped down, almost landing on a faceless kid. Cooro gave a sheepish apology and ran over to the girl. Ah, this was Uni, right? She had a face, so he was going to assume she was.

"I saved some cakes for you!" he exclaimed, opening the bag. There were several flavors, and all of them were deli--

Oh. Wait. The bag was empty. "Oops. I think I ate all of them."

[onlyluminous]

She blinked -- not because she minded, really, but because... Hadn't he been eating before, too? And if he was still eating--

But then, that was all right. She'd been hungry too, when she first arrived. "It's okay," Uni said, laughing and extending her hand. It was so pleasant to laugh again, the warmth of it thawing the fragments of worry that still felt lodged in her throat. "I'm Uni. It's very nice to meet you in person."

And she meant it: although the idea of such a person being dragged here to fight a war made her terribly sad if she allowed herself to brood on it too long, it was still very encouraging to see how people could be so resilient. How they could try to find... some sort of happiness, even in a place like this.

"Please don't worry about the cakes," she added. "We can still get more, right?"

[crowsandapples]

It was a bad habit of his to eat whatever delicious foodstuff was in front of, no matter whether he was full or not. He should really teach himself some self-control, but hey, he could always do that later, right? Besides, it seems that Uni didn't mind, so it all worked out.

"Okay!" Cooro shook Uni's hand, laughing along too. "Yup! And I'm Cooro... but you know that already~ It's nice to meet you too."

Cooro nodded, a smile spreading across his face. "There's a lot of shops around here that sell cakes! There's some that're strawberry-flavored, and a couple of them are chocolate and coffee and lots of other things too! I think there might be a small cafe too, where we can eat~ Oh, oh, and after we eat, do you think we can go exploring?"

It would be obvious, at least in his head, that a place called Wonderland would have tons of neat and interesting things to check out.