[CLOSED] somewhat-surprise visit

[kikuichi]

Who ⬤ Norimune, Hizen and Skylark
What ⬤ Old man visits a comrade, discover he made a new friend got a roommate.
When ⬤ End of July
Where ⬤ Hizen's place.
Content Warnings ⬤ N/A

Regardless of how much work and other plans he have, Norimune made sure to try and meet with Hizen. Even if there's no information to exchange, he likes to visit his comrade and give him things he picked up. Which are almost always food in sizable portions for Hizen.

Today? He keeps it fairly simple. Two bubble tea, with different flavours from each other, and some snacks that hopefully goes well with them.

Once he arrives at the door, he knocks on it with his free hand. His other hand is holding the bag carrying the drinks and snacks.

Knock, knock.

Comments

[inspiteful]

When he hears the knock on the door, Skylark goes to get the door since he happens to be closest.

He...was not expecting this guest.

"Mr Norimune?"

[kikuichi]

Norimune blinks, and once again, as he sees it's not Hizen answering the door. But one familiar young man.

"Why, hello, young Skylark. I wasn't expecting to see you here."

Did Skylark come to visit Hizen? His comrade sure is making a lot of friends.

[inspiteful]

"Ah, well, I'm staying here, so..."

Presumably Norimune might see him more in the future. He smiles and steps aside to let Norimune in. "It's nice to see you, too. Are you here for Hizen or Kazuma?"

[kikuichi]

"Oh, truly? I'm quite happy to hear that!"

Not just him, but also a second roommate as well. There's a smile on Norimune's face, happy by this casually revealed information.

"I'm here for Hizen. If I have known others are staying with him, I would've buy more drinks for you guys!"

Indeed, he only have two sealed drinks inside his carrying bag. But there's enough snacks to share, at least?

[inspiteful]

"Haha, it's not a big deal. We have some drinks, so we can have those."

Skylark waves his hand to emphasise his point. "You're a friend of Hizen's?" Though he's pretty sure if Hizen heard him say that he might get the sofa tonight...

[kikuichi]

"We're comrades and work colleagues in our world. I would honoured if he consider us as friends."

Norimune steps inside, taking off his shoes as he do. He gives Skylark a smile.

"... But knowing him, he would get embarrassed by it."

[harimaya]

And let's say Hizen was drying off in the shower or something when Norimune came. He doesn't really rush since Skylark is home and can answer the door but when he hears talking outside, he freezes. Is this... company? Wait, he recognizes that voice and comes out, a towel still on his hair.

Right on cue, he cuts in, "You better not be saying anything embarrassing, old man."

He definitely missed that first part while he was opening the door. "What're you doing here?" His eyes narrow, looking at the bag. He's curious! What did Norimune bring...?

[kikuichi]

Norimune looks over and smiles when he sees Hizen, he raise his free hand to give him a short wave.

"Embarrassing? I haven't said anything."

Truly. Just the honest truth about being comrades. He brings the bag over towards the table, placing it down. He take out two tall sealed drinks and their straws, along with some snacks that might go well with them. The see-through cups show the drink inside, both of them bubble tea. Norimune set one drink slight ahead.

"Here's yours. Hokkaido milk bubble tea, with lower sweetness."

[inspiteful]

Good thing Hizen apparently didn't hear the first part, because if he had then he definitely would be skipping the threat. He looks at the drinks Normiune has brought with curiosity.

"Bubble tea?"

The heck's that???

[harimaya]

"Hokkaido milk?" Look, Hokkaido is famous for its dairy products so this feels very fancy to him. He's curious though and he takes the cup and gives it a little shake to see the tapioca at the bottom and shows Skylark,

"Tea with bubbles."

And he's just going to set the cup down for a moment to go into the kitchen and get a mug cup and spoon. Don't worry about it right now.

[kikuichi]

"Milk tea with tapioca pearls. You should try it if you see a store, Skylark. If you don't like the tapioca, those stores often have alternatives like jelly."

If Skylark look at the other drink, Norimune's bubble tea is green in colour. He gestures to the various snacks he brought.

"Help yourself, I got plenty to share. Why not sit and chat with us? Like how you got to know Hizen."

He originally planned to share with Hizen, so there's enough snacks to go around. Also, he's just curious. His trusted comrade is making friends.

[inspiteful]

There's a moment where he's clearly thinking, 'Tapioca can be made into little pearls like this?' when he looks at what Hizen's showing him, but he nods at Norimune's suggestion. If this is all tea, then Norimune's is probably some kind of green tea...?

He sits at the table and reaches for one of the snacks.

"Oh, well...I met him during the orientation, then he helped me out after those birds were menacing people. He said I could stay here for the time being."

[harimaya]

Before he sits, he takes one of the boba straws and pierces the top of his drink. Dragging the straw across, he pours some into the mug and spoons some tapioca into it. An effortless, thoughtless motion; one that he does without really thinking. Skylark has shared his cooking and food with him and it's only natural to share in return.

As he finally takes a seat, he passes the mug over to Skylark. The spoon is in the cup since there's no extra straw. It's probably better like this anyway. Wouldn't want him to choke from surprise.

"It's not a big deal," He's speaking more to Norimune than Skylark. He takes a sip of his drink already, "'S just hard starting out is all."

So yeah, he was being nice but it doesn't mean anything.