Day 27: Lunch

[norainu]

Renji wasn't so certain what this grilled cheese thing was all about, but he liked the sound of some soup. Even if it was strange western soup, well... there wasn't anything bad people could do to soup, in his experience. His good mood was starting to fray at the edges, a little, from the strain of dealing with the Ichimaru issue, and even more from what had been on the bulletin board earlier.

He'd never had difficulty simply writing something before. But...

He shook his head as he entered the line. He didn't want to think about it. He wanted to hold on to the tenuous equilibrium he'd managed to find.

Renji got himself a large bowl of soup, water, and even one of those sandwiches, just to try it. Old habit, recently awakened, had him over to one side of the cafeteria, where the fewest people possible would have the chance to pass behind him. He sat there with his back toward the wall and started eating.

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[rappigs.livejournal.com]

And she'd called him big and strong! Oh, this little one would grow up so well. Four or five years or so and he'd date her anytime she wanted! What fabulous upbringing! Yeah~ It was obvious he took the compliment well, from the way his expression was glowing like the sun.

"That's fantastic, that's fantastic! Then I promise to, and you can hold me to that, okay? You better come find me or leave a message on the bulletin board or something tomorrow so I know you're doing okay." It would be all right if she didn't, and Peony wasn't really one to worry, but he'd already made himself into somewhat of a father figure in his mind.

"You're pretty brave, you know, Rika. What do you do where you come from?"

[endlessjune.livejournal.com]

Her compliments were making this man glow. She was used to such things, and it was actually making Rika feel much better; it was almost like she was back in Hinamizawa, where she belonged. But she was far from Hinamizawa, it seemed, and judging by the appearance of the nurses here, she wasn't even in Japan.

"Rika will do so!" A bulletin board? She would have to find out where that was. "Rika doesn't know where the bulletin board is, though. She wants to leave notes for her other friends too, miii~!"

Brave... perhaps apathetic would have been a better word for that. It wasn't that Rika wasn't afraid of the monsters, but she had personally seen things that might have been worse. Perhaps she was just too used to threats on her life, and those threats actually coming true.

"Rika is the head of the Furude House, one of the Four Great Houses of Hinamizawa. That's where Rika is from. But Rika doesn't have to go to the town meetings, because she's still too young to understand what the other Heads are talking about," Rika explained, hoping that Peony would know what 'Hinamizawa' was (though that seemed to be a long shot). "Rika is the head because she is the only surviving member..."

[rappigs.livejournal.com]

"It's in the sun room, the room that you passed to get to here," Peony explained happily, pointing to the door. "I suggest drawing lots of cute rappigs on it so everyone knows how great they are!" That was one of his dreams: to spread the love of rappigs to all that dwelt in these whitewashed halls. And if he had to do it by telling everyone how great they were, then he would. It'd be a lot easier if there was just one here! Then everyone could see firsthand!

Until then, a bunch of drawings would have to do.

He didn't seem too affected by Rika's mention of being a head of a House. It just meant she was a noble, and Peony was friends with a few heads of houses, not least of which was Gailardia Galan. How was he doing right now, anyway..? "Hahaha, I know someone just like that who had the same experience. He's okay too, so I'm sure you'll turn out fine. Unless the other guys are plotting against you or something. Then you better watch out." He shrugged.

Curiously, and because he'd never really had the opportunity to in the past, he poked his sandwich, the butter-fried exterior indenting a little bit where he'd pressed. Then he did it again, making two little eyes in his sandwich, and he smiled down at it before taking a nice big bite.