[She cocks an eyebrow at him, totally amused. It's not like she can resist teasing with an opening like that??]
Are you asking me out to dinner for the rest of the time we're here?
[It's pretty much rhetorical, though, because it's not like... she doesn't get the sentiment. It's only recently that she's really had someone to eat dinner with at all. It's not the same here at all, but she wants to keep some of it with her in the cold days ahead.]
... I don't mind, though. It's definitely better to have group activities in a place like this.
[She teases, but he's totally honest when he responds:]
That's exactly what I'm asking.
[SHAMELESS.
Though it's also pretty clear he doesn't mean it that way--at least, not in any shady way. He just wants them to have something to be able to fall back on, no matter what happens.]
Thanks for humoring me. It's probably a weird thing to ask, but... that helps.
[Whether it's shamelessness or honesty it catches her off-guard a little, and she plays with the ends of a pigtail for a moment before responding, staring down.]
Now you're making way too big a deal out of it.
[A quick shake of the head and she's all together again.]
Besides, it's easier to figure out if the food's funny or try different dishes if you make somebody else do it with you. It's a good team-up. ☆
Would it be really any better to name ourselves after yaki...?
[She's shaking her head and trying to imagine what they can smash together with octopus. Or yaki, I guess. Also, favorite foods is a toss-up, she's not a picky eater thanks to her upbringing.]
So it can be anything it wants. Anything we can think of.
[Like a fresh new avatar. New name, new body, new game.
Maybe that's not the best comparison for a place like this.
It is probably going to wind up being related to food. Not entirely a bad thing. Food at this resort, at this point, needs to get rescued a bit. The kitchen started out with such a bad rap and all.]
Is a fresh start something you're looking for?
[It's an idle thought more than anything probing. She's mostly finished up her ramen by now and is just swirling at the broth.]
[She gives a slow nod. There's a lot of things off her shoulders, actually, not being home. Misunderstanding is something she gets, too.
She's not usually the most easy person to understand.
Many things are different here. She'd thought Blue Angel was the end-all and be-all of her rebranding, but there's something fresh about this place, too. Despite everything.]
An-pan-yaki. [she goes back to sounding it out, trying it out] I can totally live with it. We can grow into it. Or the other way around? Something like that.
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... We should have dinner together more often for real, you know.
[Out of nowhere with that--but he explains himself in a moment:]
I think...having some sort of normality would help...even if it's normality we make ourselves.
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Are you asking me out to dinner for the rest of the time we're here?
[It's pretty much rhetorical, though, because it's not like... she doesn't get the sentiment. It's only recently that she's really had someone to eat dinner with at all. It's not the same here at all, but she wants to keep some of it with her in the cold days ahead.]
... I don't mind, though. It's definitely better to have group activities in a place like this.
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That's exactly what I'm asking.
[SHAMELESS.
Though it's also pretty clear he doesn't mean it that way--at least, not in any shady way. He just wants them to have something to be able to fall back on, no matter what happens.]
Thanks for humoring me. It's probably a weird thing to ask, but... that helps.
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Now you're making way too big a deal out of it.
[A quick shake of the head and she's all together again.]
Besides, it's easier to figure out if the food's funny or try different dishes if you make somebody else do it with you. It's a good team-up. ☆
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[And...well, he'll leave things lighthearted.]
Should we come up with a team name?
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Hmm. I'm no good at team names.
[Because she's very rarely been on a team of any kind, and all.]
I feel like making it something blue would be like beating a dead horse. Maybe something about food? What's your favorite?
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I'm not very picky... I used to get takoyaki after school all the time.
[A beat.]
I'm not sure we should name ourselves after octopus, though.
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[She's shaking her head and trying to imagine what they can smash together with octopus. Or yaki, I guess. Also, favorite foods is a toss-up, she's not a picky eater thanks to her upbringing.]
All I can really think of is anpan, though.
[Bread octopus.......?]
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Anpanyaki...
[...]
It sounds nonsensical, but I'm kind of glad for that.
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[Considering the theoretical bread is already baked now it's just getting nuked. She tilts her head a little.]
You wanted a nonsensical name?
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Then it'd be like...
[He pauses, humming contemplatively as he tries to think his thoughts through.]
... Well, like any meaning the name has would be given just by us, and not by any preconceived ideas. Does that make sense?
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[There's a little smile there, bright and cheeky.]
I haven't tried that before, either. It wouldn't be a bad feeling.
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[He flashes her a small smile; she put it in better words than he could.]
If it's something you made up, then... the only associations people will have with it are what you do, right? Or in this case, what we do.
It's kind of a nice thought.
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[Like a fresh new avatar. New name, new body, new game.
Maybe that's not the best comparison for a place like this.
It is probably going to wind up being related to food. Not entirely a bad thing. Food at this resort, at this point, needs to get rescued a bit. The kitchen started out with such a bad rap and all.]
Is a fresh start something you're looking for?
[It's an idle thought more than anything probing. She's mostly finished up her ramen by now and is just swirling at the broth.]
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[Minato sets down his chopsticks, leaning back.]
But I like the idea of having something that won't be misunderstood... something that we know is understood the way we want it to be, you know?
[Minato's pretty used to being misunderstood, after all, growing up without a family.]
... It was just a thought, anyway. But I guess...it does seem a little important to me, you know?
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She's not usually the most easy person to understand.
Many things are different here. She'd thought Blue Angel was the end-all and be-all of her rebranding, but there's something fresh about this place, too. Despite everything.]
An-pan-yaki. [she goes back to sounding it out, trying it out] I can totally live with it. We can grow into it. Or the other way around? Something like that.
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I'm looking forward to that, too. I'm sure we can live up to the name if we try.
[Either way... with that settled, he stretches, moving to pick up his bowl to at least drop it off for the people who clean this place.]
Thanks for having dinner with me, Blue Angel. It was really nice.
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Mmhm, it feels like it's been a while since I last had such a nice one. Maybe it was the blizzard, but the warm food made it even better.
I guess I'll see you here again, Arisato-kun.
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[AND THEN OFF THEY GO.
What a pleasant chat, they had no idea how bad things would get later on, oops.]