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Bento Delivery!

WHO: Bakura, Alastair, Kiryuu possibly Saitou and Math Guy as well.
WHERE: The abandoned hotel bachelor pad
WHEN: Thursday afternoon
SUMMARY: Bakura's making a house call for bento delivery
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Bakura blinked, looking down at his com to check the address. This was where Alastair lived...?

He shifted the rather full bag on his right shoulder, frowning a little. Well... one way to find out.

He knocked on the door, looking up for any signs of life. "Alastair-kun? Are you there?"

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Alastair had only just gotten home from work a short time before, and was still in the process of changing into something much more comfortable. Even though Stark had agreed that he didn't have to wear a suit and tie to work, he still had to be semi-professional, unfortunately. He'd gotten jeans on, but had only gone so far as to unbutton his shirt when he heard the knock. That's right, Bakura...

"Hang on!" he called out, hoping it would be loud enough. His own door was half-open, so he shoved it out of his way and hurried to meet Bakura before he could get lost in the abandoned motel's hallways looking for him. He figured the younger boy would wait for him to open the door regardless of whether it was locked.

Kiryu blinked a little and sat up. Someone at the door...? It was hard to tell sometimes over his music...he scrambled to his feet and leaned over the edge of the roof. It wouldn't be Saitou; he didn't knock.

He blinked again. Bakura?

"Hey, Bakura-kun! What're you doing here?"

Bakura perked up at Alastair's call. So he had gotten the right place!

He paused, blinking up at Kiryu's call, shading his eyes a little as he squinted up. "Kiryu-kun?" he called up, curiously. Why was he on the roof? "Aah, I brought dinner for everyone!" he grinned, holding up his bag. "Didn't Alastair-kun tell you?"

About that time Alastair breezed up to the door and pulled it open. "Hey! Good timing. Yo!" He tilted his head out the doorway, following Bakura's gaze to find Kiryu peering down - as usual. "Figures. Get your ass down here, we've got food!"

Only then did he step aside and invite Bakura to come on in.

Dinner...? Kiryu grinned a little. He didn't really care why Bakura brought dinner, but hey, free food was always welcome.

"Yeah, yeah, why don't you come up here for once?"

Still, he left the edge of the roof and went for the service door and the stairs. Free food, especially if Bakura made it, was worth not really giving Alastair a hard time.

Bakura covered a small laugh at the exchange before looking back towards the door and Alastair. His cheeks pinked slightly and he quickly averted his eyes. "Aah, I didn't mean to catch you at a bad time!" he laughed in apology, trying very hard not to keep his eyes from sliding back to Alastair's mostly bare chest as he entered the building.

"Did somebody say food?"

Sho teleported himself from his spot on the chair to near the entranceway. Perhaps startling Bakura in the process if he was close enough. He smirked, sensing the new visitor was bringing in their dinner.

Alastair laughed a bit himself, until Sho arrived and startled him as usual. He swung an arm toward the newcomer, intending to cuff him across the head, even though he was out of reach. "Yeah, Bakura was nice enough to make us dinner and bring it over. Help him set it up, I'm gonna go get a t-shirt." Alastair tossed a grin over his shoulder for Bakura before dashing back down the hallway to finish changing. Kiryu would be there in a second, too. It was the closest thing to a family dinner they could have.

Kiryu reached the bottom of the stairs and walked up just in time to hear the last bit of Alastair's statement. He ducked out of Alastair's way when he passed and waved to Bakura.

"Hey~ The dining area's that way. It's kind of small, but it'll work."

And indeed, Bakura did startle when Sho teleported in, jumping a little before giving a small, embarrassed laugh. He nodded at Kiryu with a smile, heading for where his friend indicated. "Aah, that's all right! As long as it's big enough for everyone!" he assured, shifting his bag a little. "I brought everything from the chopsticks to the tea, as if it were a picnic, so all I need is the table!" he smiled.

Edited 2009-09-25 20:08 (UTC)

Sho chuckled at Bakura's slight jump. "Everything~? Heh I zetta dig that." As long as there was some noodles available of course. It would be perhaps a rare time they would all sit down for dinner together for once. And he's off to the small but substantial dinning area of the hotel.

It didn't take long for Alastair to join them, breaking into another grin at the sight of the spread being unpacked. "Holy crap, man, you outdid yourself again. You need to stop doing that, or I'm gonna start feeling like I owe you and need to pay you back." After all, Bakura was clearly spending a lot of time, and possibly money, to provide even the bento lunches. Food for the whole house like this...not even Alastair had the mooch senses to just eat and not offer recompense.

Kiryu was definitely helping unpack. The faster they unpacked, the faster they could start eating, after all. And Kiryu had enough mooch senses to make up for all of them; if Bakura wanted to do this, he wasn't about to complain.

"Think I should call Saitou? He might not want to leave work for this, but it couldn't hurt to ask."

Bakura gave a soft, embarrassed laugh at Alastair's comment. "Aah, don't worry about it! It's nothing!" he assured with a warm smile. The feeling of being appreciated for his effort was all he needed.

"Aah, if you think he wouldn't mind! I didn't want to bother him or anything!" smiles, pulling out a rather large container of soba. "I can always drop by the station and deliver his if he can't come..."

Sho couldn't care either about feeling guilty about the generous share of food Bakura brought. His face just lights up when he sees a nice sized pack of ramen waiting to be unwrapped. Oh yes, he will be concentrating on getting that at the moment.

"You might as well," Alastair answered Kiryu while he sidled around to an open chair. "If he doesn't want to come home for it, he'll at least be happy to hear there'll be soba waiting for him."

He looked to Bakura, then. "Are you staying to eat with us, or just dropping this off and running? I don't want to make you out just to be a delivery service or something."

"All right." Kiryu paused to pat down his pockets. "I think my phone's...on my bed. Probably on my bed. I'll be back. Don't eat mine."

He checked on more time before walking out, almost jogging as he reached the stairs.

"Aah---" Bakura gave a soft laugh, rubbing the back of his neck a little. "If you guys don't mind me staying..." he said almost shyly. He hadn't really thought of it either way, really.

"Aah, you were the one who liked ramen, right?" he asked Sho with a smile as he carefully took the lid off the large bowl of noodles and broth. "I just did it traditional style, you'll have to let me know how it is!"

"Right!" Sho grabs the noodle bowl as soon as its sat aside to take at his spot.

"And traditional style is right up my matrices~" He said with glee as he seated himself. Wasn't going to be Ramen Don's but he couldn't go there now.

Alastair laughed at him. "You're such a freak, Sho," he said, though amiably. "Yeah, come on, Bakura. You make enough for an army - even if we save a huge bowl of soba for Saitou, there's still plenty." He shot out a foot under the table and kicked out the chair adjacent to him. "Sit down and stay a while."

He craned his neck to see if Kiryu was back yet, with or without an answer. He wasn't going to wait to serve himself, though, he was already filling a plate.

Kiryu walked back in after a few minutes, looking faintly disappointed and grateful at once.

"He said he's too busy. He won't be home 'til late. Damn, this looks good. Thanks, Bakura-kun."

He sat down and started dishing up some food for himself. He really would have liked if Saitou would come home early for once, but considering the case he was working on...he couldn't be too upset.

"Thank you," Bakura said a warm smile, nodding as he sat down.

He looked up Kiryu and gave a small nod and shy smile at the compliment. "Maybe after we eat, I can bring him over the soba? So he can eat it at work?"

"Expect any less?" Sho retailed.

He didn't seem too interested in the conversation taking place. He just going to devour the cup of ramen on his plate right now.

Alastair was also digging in. "Too bad," he said around bites. "He's going to miss the wonder and splendor of our company." It did feel nice having almost everybody eating together. And Bakura, who was friends enough with them to count as family. Alastair smiled to himself and then hid it behind a mug of tea.

Kiryu laughed and started eating. "No more than usual..."

He glanced over at Bakura, considering that for a moment. "He'd probably appreciate it. Although then he might not come home 'til tomorrow. I'd drag him, but...ugh, going to the police station..."

"Work-a-holic?" Bakura guessed with a soft smile. "I can take half of it and tell him the other half is here?" he offered, pouring a cup of tea from the thermos.

"Too bad." Sho teased after swallowing down a nice portion of food. "There's going to plenty of extraneous food left anyway~" Enough to supply them for a few days, he'd silently guessed.

"I know, really. Look at all of this!" Alastair laughed, and then gestured to Bakura with the back end of his chopsticks - manners? What manners? "I told you, Bakura. Totally outdid yourself. And don't worry about Saitou." He plucked up a piece of shumai and almost lost it. "He'll eat when he gets home. Guy could stand to take a day off once in a while, really."

"Complete work-o-holic," Kiryu agreed. Then he winced. "That might get you threatened, actually. You don't withhold soba from him."

He tapped his chopsticks against his lips, thinking. "I could use a day off...we probably all could..."

Bakura gave a soft, embarrassed laugh, ducking his head a little. "I just wanted to make sure I made enough," he said sheepishly. "I know how much I can eat when I'm really hungry, after all!"

He turned to Kiryu again as he spoke, dabbing the edge of his lips with the napkin he'd tucked into his shirt before giving another small laugh. "I'm still getting used to taking days off myself," he admitted. "So I can understand, really. What do you do for work, Kiryuu-kun?" he asked curiously, realizing he had no idea.

Edited 2009-09-26 14:52 (UTC)

Sho grinned and faced Kiryu, setting his utensil down. He was always up for break, even though he never did much work since coming to the city due to his inability to work alongside others well.

"Sounds like a good zetta good idea, Kyosuke."

The thought of being threatened by Saitou over anything made Alastair shut up for a minute or two. He shrugged, then. "I don't get paid vacation for a while yet, but I could take an unpaid day off if I need. I think. I should look into that."

He glanced thoughtfully at Bakura. "At least you're not exhausting yourself at the clinic every night anymore. That was probably most of the problem right there."

"Some fast food American Chinese place. Their food isn't that bad, but it's kind of boring." Kiryu shrugged, absently stirring his rice around. "I don't really care if I get fired or not, so any time's good for me..."

His expression turned curious. "What are you doing now, Bakura-kun?"

Bakura gave a soft smile, nodding at Alastair's comment. "Un. Much as I still feel a little guilty about it... I'm really glad I'm not there any longer."

He turned to Kiryu. "Aah, still working at Ryoko's!" he said with a soft laugh. "Though... I've been thinking about maybe looking for something else. I mean, it's a nice place and I really like working there and the regulars are really nice..." he hesitated a moment. "But I feel bad whenever something happens and I have to run off. And-- and sometimes I wonder if there's something else I should try," he admitted, rubbing the back of his neck a little before giving a small laugh. "Aaah, I think I've been here so long I'm starting to think like an American, a little!"

"Heh Ryoko's then... not a bad solution..." Sho muttered, thinking about perhaps going there again. Too bad he didn't have a lot of money on him at the moment.

"And are you the delivery digit there?" He questioned while twirling his noodles into tight knots.

Alastair smiled a bit, but let the conversation go on around him. Since he'd been one of those to practically demand that Bakura cut the clinic loose from his life, he didn't feel he had the right to offer any other advice. His friend was healthier and happy, that was all that mattered. And damn, the food was good.

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Bento Delivery!

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Anyone has that mun's IM to ping?

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I'm sure cal does~

she's never on AIM ^^; I asked, and she's sitting it out

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