[Thread] Wait...WHAT. [Kureno, Aki, Asuka, open]

[yuuhi_kureno]

[[Set immediately after this thread.]]It hadn't gone past Kureno's notice that he came home much earlier these days. Beforehand he'd sometimes stay all sorts of late hours out, whether at the offices or just wandering around town likely drinking and running errands. But lately he hadn't felt any sort of pressing need to go out unless it was with

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[dango_is_love]

"What? Oh, no, nothing like that just I think I heard something really weird and I figured you might know something about it since you know Kakami better than I do. But if you don't know about it yet I'm not sure if I'm supposed to say because I'm not sure if I was supposed to hear or know-" Aki's words came out in a jumbled rush (indicative of confusion, or too much sugar or too much pent up energy or all three really, since Aki tended to think faster than he could talk in those circumstances), before he stopped short. "Oh, hey, you're cooking. A lot."

Which likely meant Asuka was either coming over or she was already here. Ooops - Aki hadn't really meant to intrude on any private time but he was so used to intruding on Kureno at all hours for any reason that it was a hard habit to break. He tried to give a sheepish grin, mussing his already askew hair. "Ah, well, I mean, I just sorta...this is I mean, you know, I don't know really just, ah, I kinda have to tell someone something. Er, tell you something. Possibly."

[yuuhi_kureno]

Not everyone could keep up with Aki when he got "rambly", but Kureno had lots of practice. He still liked to take time to make sure he had the proper grasp however, so he just stared at his friend for a moment or two afterwards, letting a handful of seconds pass before responding. (It gave Aki some time to slow down as well.)

Kureno sighed. "So it's just gossip, huh. And it couldn't wait?" But it hadn't escape his notice that Aki had mentioned Kakami, and honestly, Kureno had been wondering about her lately. Especially lately. Might as well take advantage of the opportunity while he could. Besides, even if Asuka did show up, Aki actually already knew about it.

Still didn't mean he'd be trying to shuffle the other man along after hearing what it was he'd come to say.

"Alright, get it off your chest. Try to keep it short though, okay? I'm expecting company later."

[dango_is_love]

Short. Right. Aki shifted a little, trying to clamp down on the rambling - but ended up resembling some sort of overgrown toddler who probably had to use the bathroom instead - before he took a breath. Right, how had Rin put it?

"Kakami's got a bun thing in the oven." he said, almost more rapidly than before. "Y'know...she's pregnant."

It somehow sounded stranger to say than it had to hear.

[asuka_sensei]

Normally, Asuka was fairly loathe to just walk into someone's house without announcing herself, but Kureno had repeatedly insisted she do just that tonight. He had given her a key after, hadn't he? And besides, he didn't want to accidentally burn her supper while getting the door. Which was so Kureno. Honestly, who cared if her dinner was just a tad on the well-done side? That's how most of the food at the yakiniku joint turned out.

So when she did finally come by, bundled up in a sweater and a jacket over jeans (she really needed to learn how to layer better), the kunoichi hesitated on his doorstep for a long moment before finally using that shiny new key. On opening the door, the wonderful smell of home-cooked stir-fry assaulted her senses, which made her feel a little better about the whole letting-herself-in thing. Maybe it would be better if the food wasn't overcooked.

But as she kicked off her shoes and took off her jacket, the sounds of conversation also assaulted her senses, which was not expected. Was that the television?

[dango_is_love]

Aki had taken the spoon and poked the food a little doubtfully (he wasn't really a cook but stirring wasn't exactly hard...)

"So uh...hi..." he said, just a tad sheepishly to Asuka. "I uh, well, y'know, had to talk to someone and Kureno seemed...logical."

Seriously, this was probably one of the juicier tidbits he'd had in years and Aki was still almost bursting from it. Still, he hadn't meant for anyone but Kureno to hear first because Kureno being well...Kureno meant that he could slow Aki down before Aki got too ridiculous.

Still...he was going to have a story to tell Izume tonight!

[asuka_sensei]

Asuka, for her part, was just on this side of shock. Kakami? Pregnant? Rin said so? How was that even pos - well no, of course she knew how that was possible, but Kakami, of all people, getting herself knocked up completely turned her world upside down. Or at least made it suddenly very, very, very surreal. Kakami wasn't the type to have kids. Kakami wasn't the kind of person who could be a mom. Seriously, what the hell?

"Yeah," she said absently, more to indicate she was listening than to agree with Aki's statement, gears obviously grinding in confusion.

[dango_is_love]

Huh...and the brain breakage seemed to be continuing. Not that Aki was surprised really; because seriously, who saw this sort of thing coming? After giving another absent minded stir to whatever it was Kureno was cooking, Aki frowned. Who was at the door and why was it taking Kureno so long to get back?

"Here." He handed the spoon to Asuka and left before there could be any real refusal and quickly went to the front door. There was Kureno. And there was...

Sasa-chan.

"Hey!" Aki peered around Kureno best he could. What was Sachiko doing here, of all places? And did she know this bit of news? Aki wasn't sure how close Kakami was to her students; and he wasn't even sure how much of one's personal life you shared with said students because no one had been crazy enough thought to ever assign him any. Anyway, if she did know, Aki was fairly certain she wouldn't have really told anyone. Sachiko wasn't the type to tell people things about other people unless you really had to know.

[yuuhi_kureno]

Blinking, Kureno turned to look behind him where Aki was coming up. Wait a minute...

"Didn't I leave you to do something important in the kitchen?" Seriously, if he left that stir fry to burn...