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Manabu Yuuki ([personal profile] siriusly) wrote in [community profile] deercountry2022-01-01 11:01 am
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apology noodles

Who: Ryunosuke & Manabu
What: Apology noodles
When: January
Where: Willful Machine
Content Warnings: none in tl, tagged where needed



[the daily texts ended with a pair of apologies. after that...nothing. Manabu made a few unsent starters but the deleted them all, instead opting to just move. move around, look for him, confirm he was about, and leave it at that. that...seemed smarter, lest something bad happen again.

he probably hates him anyway. ugh, so stupid. why'd he shove him around like that?

but why...did Ryunosuke say those things?

all that confused, hurt, and frustrated energy gets pushed into work and training...and the lucky scores from November means he can try his hand at something he'd seen his mom do hundreds of times growing up. and with some distance and time, some resolve...resolve to do better. to behave.

and apologize.

he's bustling through Willful machine with a lidded soup pot, trying to weave around and through the small throngs of Trenchers on his way to--]


Gah! N--!

[--to bumping into the very person he's seeking out, nearly dumping lukewarm broth all over the place.]
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[personal profile] convene 2022-01-01 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[They really need to stop meeting this way.

Ryunosuke finds himself staring at Manabu, silent for a moment, mouth agape despite nearly being barreled over by the other. He was here? Willing here in Willful Machine? He figured after what he had said that he might have avoided it for some time but here he was. Maybe he shouldn't have stopped texting him (worried that he would just piss him off further) but part of him wondered if Manabu would even want to see him ever again. It's only been a few weeks since their fight but it felt like ages and he missed his friend despite it all.]


Manabu. [His breath hitches just seeing him. He starts, then stops, then starts again.] What are you-- why are you-- Are you all right? [He asks, looking him over to make sure that he was steady on his feet.

He should have asked that a few weeks ago when Kazuma ran into him, and he winces a little thinking about that conversation, about his lack of action when it came to what transpired from their meeting. What could have gotten into them that made them fight the way they did?]
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[personal profile] convene 2022-01-01 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Wha--all right. [He quickly gathers up the soup pot into his hands, relatively confused by the whole thing until Manabu takes his step back and bows deeply. He blinks, cradling the soup pot to his chest as he shakes his head.]

No! No, I should be the one apologizing. [He blurts out, wishing he didn't have his hands full at the moment.] Really I shouldn't have said those things and I'm so sorry.

Please, I should be the one making it up to you.

[Because words could cut deep and he isn't sure how deep those wounds went that day.]
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[personal profile] convene 2022-01-01 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
How is it different? [He starts to say before he's completely distracted by him pointing to the pot.

It takes him a moment to register the smell but as he looks down at the soup pot it finally sinks in. He looks between Manabu and the soup pot before he finds himself smiling.]


Did you-- You made this? [He asks quietly, surprised by it all. He hadn't even thought about trying to make a soup stock here, let alone one for ramen.] Manabu you... you didn't have to.

[A pause.]

Thank you. ...I'm still sorry for what I've said.
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[personal profile] convene 2022-01-01 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course, it's okay. [He looks down at the soup pot again, amazed that he was actually holding a ramen soup stock. It wouldn't be too difficult to find some more ingredients to make something close to what they could have back home - and boy did Ryunosuke miss Japanese food.]

Do you really think you can make tsukemen? [There's excitement in his voice.] It would be nice to actually... share this with you. If you have an idea of how to make it work, that is.

[Maybe they could make up for lost time from their surreal fighting.]
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[personal profile] convene 2022-01-01 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
You came all this way fully prepared, didn't you? [He laughs a little.] All right. Well, I don't live too far from here, and I have a stove. Though I don't have any bowls that are that deep, though.

I'm sure we'll make it work. Come on. You can tell me what you've been up to since... well you can tell me what you've been up to these last few weeks.

[He motions for Manabu to follow him, turning back the way he came.]
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[personal profile] convene 2022-01-01 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't have to just be good. [He shrugs.] Good or bad, I'd like to hear it.

[He smiles as Magnet barks and rushes to catch up to them. It was nice to see the little dog again, and he missed him, strangely enough. Was it strange to miss an Omen? He still was getting used to summoning his, after all.]

At least the solstice was okay.
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[personal profile] convene 2022-01-01 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Goes to show that you can make strong connections here despite it.

[Goes to show that Trench couldn't really break them, now could it? It could do some strange things, make them fear for their lives, but those he's met so far have been rather strong individuals.]

Which I think says a lot about them. [He still hadn't really met Wu, but he's talked with Mako a handful of times now.]

Did you meet anyone new?
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[personal profile] convene 2022-01-01 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? Maybe he's just curious if you've made any new friends! [If he wasn't carrying this pot of soup stock he'd put his hands up.] I'm not! Honestly, I still really haven't met Wu.

[The more he hears about him though, the more he's curious about how they'll finally meet considering they were both friends of Manabu.]
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[personal profile] convene 2022-01-01 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
That doesn't mean you can't make any new friends!

[Right?]

It's all right if you haven't, you know. [He sighs a little, adjusting the pot in his hands as they round a corner.]
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[personal profile] convene 2022-01-01 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I know that! You seem like the type of person who likes to keep busy.

[He blinks before he awkwardly offers him the pot.]

Are you sure? I don't mind carrying it.
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[personal profile] convene 2022-01-01 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh? Oh.

[He did have a point. He doesn't argue as the pot is taken out of his hands.]

All right, thank you. [He glances around quickly before he points a little further up the street.] It's not too much farther. You're welcome to visit any time if you're in the area.
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[personal profile] convene 2022-01-01 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
It could use some help. The stove is working, at least, and the windows seem to keep the cold out well enough. The accommodations remind me of a few flats I visited in London.

[Which says a lot really, but he's only seen a few and they also needed some help outside of Mr. Sholmes' home.]

I'm not that handy, so we'll see how much work I can manage on my own. [He stops a door, pushing it open as he leads him down a hall to a set of stairs.] It could be much worse, I'm sure.
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[personal profile] convene 2022-01-02 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
I could use a little bit of help. I'm not sure how much Kazuma knows about handiwork. [Though he should ask him sometime.

Up the stairs, to the first door on the right, he opens the door and holds it open for Manabu to move through.]


Here we are. It's... nothing much but I suppose I can call it home while I'm here in Trench.

[The accommodations are rather sparse. There's at least a couch and a table, a few chairs, but nothing that would scream anything 'homey'. Nothing quite so personal except for the katana sitting across the mantel. Which if he's honest, he has no idea where to really store Karuma. The front room could use some help - broken floorboards and wall panels aside, but Ryunosuke is at least right: it wasn't quite cold thanks to the heat from the stove in the attached kitchen.]

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