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the pet store was all out of ponies [closed]

♥ Who: Kyoko, Shinji, Kaito, and Magolor if he deigns to bless them with his grand presence
♥ Where: Kaito & Shinji's house
♥ When: July 7th, early evening I guess?
♥ What: b i r t h d a y p a r t y
♥ Rating: G? PG?? I'll update as needed

Kyoko had gotten a little freer about casually stopping by Shinji and Kaito's place lately, especially when she could make up an excuse about swapping ingredients from their replicators, but today marked her first time taking advantage of Kai's unlocked door policy. It also happened to be her first time attempting to enter with stealth.

The final approach down the street to their house took a full half hour, as she ducked around corners and behind confused natives to make sure a certain blond wasn't outside, and paused to listen for faint sounds of a very quiet electric bike. When she drew near enough to fear being spotted from the windows, Kyoko took a deep breath, and called to mind the quick, silent movements she'd portrayed Momiji with--and zipped up to the door. Yesssss!

All that was left in this mission was to slip inside and get to the kitchen without being noticed by the target, and it would be a success. It was only a little harder with the cake box nestled securely in her arms.

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Where is the birthday boy? His shoes hadn't been by the door, so clearly he was out! ...Right? He wasn't that much of a heathen to go traipsing through the house in his shoes, was he?

Oh, no, he was. Oops. At least he kicked them off in his room.

While the sneaky snackies were getting their sneaky snacks on in the kitchen, the birthday boy was snoozin'. It'd been a real lazy kind of... whatever the day was that day, he'd have to think about it for longer than a moment to tell you what it was. Even longer than that to remember there was any other secret significance to it. Normally he'd have the hustle and bustle of festival seasons and the heady screams of cicada to remind him. This worked out better! Actively forgetting was loads easier than trying to figure out if you were bothered by it or not. So he'd just done his normal stuff, and decided you know what? Snooze time.

Just for a little while though. Eventually the sounds and smells of kitcheny things roused him from sleepy time junction. He wasn't even totally fully awake yet, but the pull of wanting to be a good doggo helper with cooking was Strong.

And so here was his triumphant birthday entrance as he shambled from the hallway to lean against the kitchen door frame, shirtless and rubbing the heel of his palm against his eye.

"Hey--" Pause, its a yawn. "Mm, d'you want any help?"

Immediately, Kyoko staggered back into the counter, a hand clutching at her chest, any memory of what she'd just been talking to Shinji about gone forever.

"Please don't walk around half-naked!!!" Sure it was literally his own house, but like, this was the kitchen! Slithering down into a crouch, she threw out her hands to shield her maiden eyes. "Please!! I almost died!"

happy birthday kai

"--Hah?"

Well that sure was a screech he hadn't anticipated. Kai blinked. Out of habit he'd just been looking over near the stove's general direction, but now his head swiveled to take in the fact that hey! What! Another friend! Kai blinked again.

"Oh, hey Kyoko." He said with a sleepy smile, having not absorbed what the screech had actually been about. Or why she was all the way down there? Just Kyoko Things, probably.

Edited 2020-07-03 03:49 (UTC)

#LittleKyokoThings

But! Wow! This is a sight Shinji's gotten so used to that it didn't even really click that, huh, maybe, him wandering around shirtless? Might not be the best look for company?? He crosses the kitchen in a flash, putting himself in between Kai and Kyoko in an attempt to add an extra buffer for Kyoko's sake, as well as to gently usher him back out.

"Everything should be ready soon, so you can go get changed before dinner."

Even just a shirt should be plenty!!

Thank you Shinji, you're the true hero of the day. Kyoko stays right there in her little heap of embarrassment, arms still raised to block her face.

"Please be decent," she pleads piteously, still inconsiderate of the fact that this is his very own home which she entered without his knowledge. "Bare skin in a kitchen is a public health hazard, you know.... You could get burned, you know...."

Oh, hey Shinji.

Oh, goodbye Kitchen.

"Huh?" Kai made a confused face as Shinji saved the day, very nearly pouting. Why this. "Uh... sure, I guess? Is she okay?"

Did something that was clearly not his bare chest cause a disruption in Kyoko's life? Were we gathering to make sure Kyoko was okay?? What? Did he miss???

No... do not pout, this is not a day for that!

"It's okay," he offers reassuringly, "I think she was probably just surprised to see you like this." You and your naked torso and all that.

"She's staying for dinner, so the two of us can finish everything up."

The cogs were turning in this simple dog's brain, but still there was no clarity. She was surprised to see him like what? Baffling. He always looked like this? He was going to look the same when he came back? Uh???

"Oh, cool," he said instead, despite the Very Obvious Confusion happening. It sort of felt like maybe he should help out if they were having a guest but. Okay! "I guess I'll...?" He made a little motion down the hall. "Okay."

THERE HE GOES.

Jesus Kaito, you better not look the same when you come back.

Clutching at her chest again, Kyoko slid down to actually sit on the floor for a moment, wheezing out a ragged little sigh. "What a shock... does he always do that kind of thing?"

After sending Kaito off with a couple of gentle pats to his back, Shinji returns to the kitchen to check on the damage done to Kyoko's psyche. Are you? okay? friend?? He gets that it might have been kind of shocking, but, in all honesty... there's a part of him that just sort of assumed most people weren't so bothered by such relaxed attire (or, ah, lack thereof) in a person's own house.

He can understand her reaction, and that's why he'd jumped in, but Kai's power combined with his last pair of roommates has truly dulled any sense of surprise he has to it himself.

"I mean... yeah, sometimes." He crouches down a bit to make sure she's all right, aside from being so thoroughly shaken. "I guess he just woke up from a nap."

Don't worry Shinji, you are in fact correct about most people. One might even assume that Kyoko should have a higher tolerance for this kind of thing because she herself has previously lived with a guy who liked to walk around shirtless exactly like that! And has fearlessly barged uninvited into another man's shower, in the name of staying in-character with a role. It really would be reasonable for her to be a little more mature about this kind of thing! And yet!

Letting out another, smaller sigh, Kyoko pushed herself up to her feet again. There, all recovered now, see. "I can't imagine being so bold even when I live alone.... Guys really are something."

Let's be real it was just the perk of being oblivious.

It wasn't going to take that long to put that recovery to the test. Just a few minutes was all Kai had needed. Here was a fresh pair of shorts! He'd run a bit of water through his hair so it looked a bit smarter than just that sleep floof from earlier! Wow look at how shirtless this asshole still was as he rolled back into the kitchen!

Ah, but don't worry, there he went slipping one of his dark button-ups over his shoulders as he surveyed the scene.

"Ahh, it smells good."

It was nice to be standing upright for those 20 seconds or so. The air was so fresh up there, the view so lovely, a great vantage point. Nothing at all to obstruct her view as Kaito and his bare chest strolled back in.

Throwing herself back against the counter, Kyoko shrank down to the floor again, her new home probably.

"Finish dressing in private!!!!"

It's nice and all that you'd like to live here but maybe the middle of the kitchen floor isn't the best place to stake your claim, Kyoko.

But! Okay! Time fore more damage control!!

"That - that was fast," here comes Shinji once more, getting up in Kaito's space, ready to make short work of buttoning up most of those buttons. There! We go! No more expiring from the sight of bare chests, please! "Hopefully everything tastes as good as it smells."

"Huh?" Kai blinked at Kyoko again, more aware of the reaction this time but even more perplexed by it. He was already dressed though. What were you talking about!!

There wasn't a lot of time to linger on that though, because it was time to blink at Shinji too as he sidled on up there. "I mean, just needed to grab a shirt." Huh. That was a whole new level of domestic right there, buddy. Kai didn't seem too phased though, some of that casual confusion shifting to a grin.

"Course it will, with you two on the case."

While she was down there on the floor, averting her eyes to preserve Kaito's modesty even if he didn't have the sense to care about it, Kyoko took a moment to wonder what it was like to have zero self-consciousness. What a life that must be. How did he do it.

"Kaito... you're really incredible," she mumbled wearily as she staggered to her feet once more. "Please don't always rely on Shinji-san to dress you properly, though."

"I don't, geez," Kai tutted in response. "Just got beat to it."

He's not going to be hitting those top few buttons, at least, hopefully a hint of bare clavicle isn't going to be Too Much for Kyoko's eyes to witness.

But once he is Nice and Presentable for Company, no longer scandalous enough to put so much strain on Kyoko's poor heart, Shinji backs away a bit, sending his attention back to the delicious smelling dinner the two of them have managed to put together.

"Go ahead and sit down," that goes for you, too, Kyoko. Birthday Boy and Esteemed Guest get to relax first! "I'll bring everything right out."

The call to dinner activates Kyoko's manners enough to bring her fully back to life, so she nods gratefully to Shinji with a smile. "Thank you!! I will, then!" She might be more tempted to insist on helping a little more, but she's pretty sure her role here ought to be preventing Kaito from doing just that. It's his birthday, he should be spoiled a little!

So it's Kyoko's turn to gently heard Kaito, though there are no encouraging pats from her. Just the return of banter. "He wouldn't beat you to it if you would just finish getting dressed in your room!"

Edited 2020-07-06 04:33 (UTC)

God help him he was so confused by this entire thing. "I've got hands," he sputtered at Shinji, but Shinji was already gone. Here now was Kyoko, hello. "I wanted to help though," he said. "Figured I could get plates or... something..."

Was he being herded? He was being herded, wasn't he. Somehow he'd gotten that much closer to the table than to any of the actually helpful locations, and Kyoko was very much right there.

"No way!" Kyoko had been taking the moments before Shinji arrived to make sure the table was all nice and clear, taking the purse she'd left there to sling it over the back of her chair instead, but she looks up now, a sparkle in her eye. "You're officially forbidden from chores tonight!" Did she go over that with Shinji? Did it matter? She was establishing it here and now! "Don't even think about doing the dishes later, either."

Honestly, even if they haven't gone over the ground rules for what Kai's allowed or disallowed for the evening, that's about what Shinji would have wanted. One way or another, they are definitely on the same wavelength!

Short work is made of bringing the food out, two plates first, presented to Kaito and Kyoko. What was it that smelled so delicious, anyway? Why, it's tonkatsu! With honest to goodness tonkatsu sauce!! Rounded off with a salad of thinly slices napa cabbage and grated carrots, and a side of rice! A whole, complete meal, delivered right to the table.

"What do you two want to drink?"

"But dishes are my job if the food is already done," Kai attempted to point out. It was a fact! A thing that was true! Mostly! At least that was how things usually worked out, and it had worked out very well so far. So this whole "no don't" thing was really creating some ERROR in his processing.

It felt especially weird now that the spread was here. Whoa! Get a load of that katsu. It was... really nice looking. All of this was really nice looking? Not that he ever thought either of their cooking was ever not nice looking, but this was like... Fancy.

??????

"Whoa. Uh-- water, if you're about to tell me I can't get that either."

Kaito's facts were steadily ignored; surely it went without saying that Kyoko intended to swoop in and take over that task. But look, here was Shinji with that gorgeous spread of real actual food! Clapping her hands together, Kyoko sighed happily.

"Thank you! It came out so nice~! Water's good for me too."

Here Kai, a chair was being pulled out, and an expectant look sent your way. "Sit and wait patiently for it."

Could no one see that he had hands. Had his hands gone missing. Let him use his hands.

He took a seat though. "This is going pretty all out."

one (1) birthday boys. maybe more birthday boys later. who knows. an mystery

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