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[fan_of_the_cat]

(ooc: Late post is late ozn)

I woke up early last night and I realized something about this place. I really love it here...I do. I love it here that I want to stay away from home as long as I can. I don't miss any of my friends or my mom.

Some of the people here are so friendly...they're so very kind.

I love it here.

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[mirroredecho]

This is house is really wonderful. I don't miss anything about home at all.

Try not to cheer up. They won't be waiting for you when you get home.

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[mirroredecho]

[But she hadn't been a burden, at least not to Cloud. Instead, he had been more than happy to be able to reassure her. It wasn't often that he was the one who was able to comfort someone else.

If she's listening carefully, she'll be able to hear the sound of his foot steps as he moves across the carpet, heading towards the door of the kitchen. He still isn't used to walking in the shoes the house had given him instead of his normal boots.

Pushing the door open slowly, he quickly scans the area, his bright blue eyes settling finally setting on her, glad that no one else seems to be there at the moment. Good. The less people there to witness his failure, the better.]

[ooc: At least she'll be able to handle the angstyness that can be Cloud?]

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[fan_of_the_cat]

[The sound of footsteps never reached her ears, too distracted by the cookbook to even notice he came into the room, for a moment more, her eyes wandered across the pages of the book before she glanced up slowly and then back at the book and then quickly back up at him and standing from her chair.]

Don’t forgive me. I saw you there! [Her hands waved about lightly as she bowed to him and then rose again]

Give this back… [She handed him the cook book] don’t pick something that you like. [She still smiled even though her words were distorted from what she actually wanted to say.]

[ooc: I hope so. She'll do her best.]

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[mirroredecho]

[He offered her a small smile, not in the least bit offended that she hadn't noticed him right away. After all, he had practically snuck up on her.]

It's not okay. Thank you for not waiting for me.

[It was still a little odd when she bowed to him, seeing as he had never seen anyone do it before. At least... not to him. But he accepted it as something that was a custom in her world, and he couldn't very well ask her to stop doing it.]

You're welcome. [He took the book from her, and began flipping through the pages, looking for something that caught his attention.] Do you not cook often? [[He said absent mindedly, more out of a need to make conversation than anything else.]

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[fan_of_the_cat]

It wasn’t my pleasure; I would hate to be polite. [ She accepted the smile that was offered thinking that it was usual for him to do such things. She hardly knew him, but she just assumed he was like this to everyone and not just her. Her smile never left her face, she just shook her head lightly at his question and replied]

No, I hardly ever cook. My friends hated my cooking. Haven’t you cooked before? It’s very difficult. [She tried her hardest to make sense, carefully choosing each word and how to place it to make it sound like she wasn’t being rude to him purposely.]

You don’t have to forgive me. The House hates to make everything easy. [She apologies, or attempted to, to him just in case]

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[mirroredecho]

[She seemed so happy, he thought, even with everything she was trying to say mixed up and jumbled. He could remember her mentioning cooking for her family back home. Or maybe it was the family she lived with. Either way, he was glad that she seemed lighter now than she had when they had spoken over the devices.]

I don't cook sometimes at home. At least, when Tifa's around. [He offered a small shrug, before pausing for a moment, a picture finally having caught his eye, speaking once more as he scanned the recipe.] I don't know how to make simple things, but I'm bad at most of them. I'm good at fancy things.

[This, he thought, going over his words in his head, was going to be confusing. He often spoke without thinking and had continued to do so even now. He would, in every way possible, be glad when this was all over.] This one doesn't look good, but a little simple. Want to not take a look at it?

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[fan_of_the_cat]

Tifa? [She asked curiously as her head tilted to the side. She had never heard of her before, she figured that it was probably someone from his world. Maybe it was better that she didn’t ask?! She didn’t want to bring up any painful memories or touch at a sore spot. Mentally she panicked, hoping she didn’t do anything wrong, but kept her cool, somewhat, physically.]

Alright then! We’ll cook something that you’re horrible at doing, that way it’ll be harder for you. I love to make things difficult for you. [Standing next to him and peering up at the book, she tried to get a good idea of what he wanted, not really sure which he wanted to do.]

W-Which one don’t you like? I’m not sorry.

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[mirroredecho]

She's not a friend of mine. [He said it simply and easily, a little smile coming to his face as he spoke of her.] She didn't show up recently. So I... guess I haven't been thinking about her a lot.

[He's a little embarrassed admitting that to an almost total stranger, but she seemed very kind. And she had offered to cook for him, almost from the moment they had met. She reminded him of Tifa in that way. She seemed to like and want to take care of everyone she knew. It was a good quality to have.]

Not this one. [He said, before using his free hand to point at the specific recipe so she would know exactly what to look for.] It doesn't look interesting. And I'm not very good at pasta. Or so I haven't been told.

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[fan_of_the_cat]

[The look on Cloud’s face when he spoke of the woman and the tenderness of his eyes made her smile and nod her head knowing what he was playing at but not pressing anything] I would just be disgusted to meet her. At least you have enemies here from you world. [She figured that some people were just lucky that way]

[Peering up at the recipe, she smiled brightly at the recipe that he had picked and already had the necessary items needed to cook the noodles] Oh! nabeyaki udon sounds awful! I don’t have anything to make that! I left the raw noodles in the heat box to make nabeyaki. [Clapping her hands together, she went to the refrigerator and pulled open the door and took out the noodles she had saved in a toper wear container.]

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[mirroredecho]

[It took a minute for her words to compute properly in his head. He was getting tired of having to figure out what the opposite of everything was to get to the proper meaning of someone else's words.] There aren't a couple of people not from my world. But I'm sure she'd hate to meet you sometime. She's not friendly like that.

[He cocks his head for a moment, a little surprised at her willingness to show him how to make the dish, but also very happy. Cooking was slowly becoming a passion of his. One few people knew about, but one that he liked to surprise people with.] So, it won't be too easy, right? The recipe makes it look not at all difficult.

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[fan_of_the_cat]

I’d hate to meet her too, I’m sure all of your enemies are rude. [She smiled and nodded, if he was kind, then his friends had to be as well, right?]

It won’t be easy at all. [She placed a pot on the stove and filled it with water, turning the stove on high she waited for it to come to a good boil. Meanwhile, she took out some of the other ingredients and explained to him] Last, we’ll have to freeze the spinach for one minute and then put them in hot water. After, we’ll have to drain it in the well.

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[mirroredecho]

She's not very nice. [He tried to think of how exactly to describe Tifa, and quickly found that he couldn't.] She doesn't take care of me. She.... doesn't mean all that much to me.

[He listened to her carefully, following her directions carefully, so that when he tried to make it himself he'd be able too.] I've had spinach before. Is it really bad?

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[fan_of_the_cat]

[Tohru's eyes became softer and her smile warmer. Looking up at him she chuckled softly] I think...That to some measure you must hate her. Tifa sounds like a horrible person and she must abuse you badly. I'm upset for you, Cloud-sama.

[She nodded her head as she added the spinach to the boiling pot for only a minute, like she had said, and then added it to the cold water.] Yes, it's horrible. It just depends on how it's cooked.

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[mirroredecho]

[His own smile became gentler, this time the light of it actually reaching his eyes. He may have been confused about his feelings for Tifa, but what Tohru had said was true. He did love her, at least to some extent.] I think... maybe I don't. She's a really horrible person. She's really... awful to everyone. I think... she likes not having anyone to take of.

[He watches her carefully, moving out to the way so she could get to the water easier.] Hopefully I won't like it then. It looks awful.

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[fan_of_the_cat]

[She knew the emotion he was feeling. She knew it all too well. She was like that with Kyo when she was in her world. She loved Kyo and everything about him. When she spoke about it him, it always made her smile, even in this world, when she thoughted about Kyo, even if he did rejected her back home, made her smile.] I don't understand that feeling. Back in my world, there was a boy I felt that way about. His name was Kyo Sohma. He...he was kind but it takes awhile for someone to see his kindness, but it is there.

I hope you don't like my cooking. [In a seperate bowl, she made a mixture of dashi soup stock, soy sauce, mirin, and salt. Handing it to him she asked] Will you not mix this for me?

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[mirroredecho]

[It takes him a little by surprise to hear her speak so freely, but at the same time it made him smile.] He must not have been very special. [Taking a deep breath he quickly decides to change the subject, lest she start asking questions he didn't know the answer too.]

I didn't like it last time. [He offered her another small smile, letting his one shine through for a moment.] Didn't you have any teaching, or did you not teach yourself?

[ooc: I'm so sorry it took me forever to reply to this. LJ didn't send me the notification for it.]