video | un: demonchef

[satanslash]

[Greetings, Lunatia! Here is a dumb boy.

Well, okay, his purpose for being here is not a dumb one. It is food related, though, which seems to fall second only to pet posts and questions of a sexual nature.

But food is generally a universally enjoyed thing.

Except for robots. Sorry, Penny.]

Hey everyone. So uh. My birthday is comin' up!

[He tries to smile, but it comes out rather hollow looking and fades after a second. He rests his chin on his hand with a sigh.]

I know I haven't been the most uh-- ... I mean. I don't know many people here still, so if anyone is like "who cares, it's some random punk's birthday" I totally get that. But uh, I figure I can at least offer somethin'?

Is it weird to do that even though it's my birthday? Eh...

I-it's... my birthday, I mean, it's two days after Christmas. That's the big winter holiday where I'm from. I was talkin' to someone else a while ago about how there's no KFC here, and that's where people in my country usually get their Christmas dinner from. It's a whole weird tradition...

[That's besides the point, though.]

Anywaaaaay, I can't make fried chicken exactly like KFC but I've tried a coupl'a times in the past week and gotten it super close, so I wanna try makin' a whole bunch for anyone who really misses it, or really wants to try it. I figure we could meet up at the community center for a... a potluck thing? If... anyone is even interested...

[Potlucks also seem to be somewhat popular here. He might be piggybacking off of too many of them, and he's all awkward and anxiety about doing this at all. He hasn't looked directly at the camera much during this, fiddling with his ear, his shirt, his hair.]

Or maybe just show up, eat all the chicken and bounce. I can't even really be mad if that happens...

[This is getting sad. He's just going to turn the feed off.]

Comments

action later in the day??

[spiria]

[ It takes her a bit to come home but when she does she has a few bags with her. ]

I'm home!

o/

[satanslash]

[Rin... may have fallen asleep.

There's a small plate with a little food from his lunch left over on the kitchen counter, but it's gotten a bit stale as Rin has been out for a while.

He's on the couch, shirt pushed up with one hand and other draped off onto the floor as he snores with his mouth open--

at least until she comes in and makes him jerk awake with a snort.]

Mgn-- hi...

[spiria]

[ Aww, he's cute even when he's a drooling sleepy mess. ]

Wakey wakey ~ I come bearing gifts? Or, a gift. You already know what it is, so I figured I'd just go ahead and give it to you ...

[satanslash]

[At least someone thinks so.]

Eh... heh. Yeah. Kinda took all the surprise out of it, but that's okay.

[He sits up and scratches at his head and stomach, letting out a big yawn.]

Did you get anythin' to eat while you were out? I didn't make much here.

[spiria]

I ate.

[ Not much, but she did. She moves to sit next to him on the couch, pulling out a box. ]

I asked someone to help me choose a good set. I hope you like it ... I figured it would help while you're making the food for the potluck.

[satanslash]

[They're both still pretty bad at this 'actually living not just surviving' thing.]

Lemmie see lemmie see!

[He instantly perks up, excited with that usual tail wagging. He takes the box carefully, opening it up and putting some of the packaging to the side. He gently pulls out the first knife - a chef's knife as it's the largest and most obvious - sliding a cover off to examine the blade with a low whistle.]

Shiiiiit... this is really nice. Got a good weight to it, sharp, and that handle looks really comfortable.

[Something occurs to him, though-]

... you... didn't spend all your chroma on this, did you?

[Not that she can't earn it back! He's just concerned.]

[spiria]

[ To be fair, she kinda did. But seeing him smile like that was worth it. ]

... Yeah, kinda. No regrets, though. You got so excited just now, and after everything, you do kind of deserve to have something nice ...

[ Plus, it's your birthday soon and she's stubborn af so you're not convincing her that this was a bad move, buddy. ]

[satanslash]

[Kohaku...]

I really do like it...

[He's worried about her now, though, and sets the knife and box aside so he can give her a big hug.

Both for chroma, and to thank her.]

[spiria]

[ The hug is nice. She wasn't worried about spending so much on the knife set because she knew she'd get the chroma back in spades.

Plus, her boyfriend was adorable when he was excited. ]

I'm glad. Happy Early Birthday ~

[satanslash]

[His tail hasn't stopped wagging.

What a goof.]

Heh. Thanks. ... God, I'm gonna be eighteen. That's so weird.

[spiria]

[ She's noticed. And she might. Be reaching over to pet the tail .... ]

I know ... When we met you were younger than me.

[satanslash]

[She's one of the few people he allows to do that without complaint, and even slows his wagging so she can.]

Yeah, but I did have a birthday in Chroma. ... wait! When is yours?! I don't think you've ever said!

[spiria]

[ Aww, yaaay. Fuzzy tail times. ]

Oh ... I haven't really thought about it.

[ Kohaku absentmindedly thinks for a moment. ]

I'm not sure how to pinpoint it on this calendar, but it was springtime in my world.

[satanslash]

Oh, uh. Spring in my world is... [He has to think about it, but thankfully it's one of the few things that he's not nearly as dumb about.] March, April and May.

[spiria]

Okay ... So it's sometime in one of those months.

Figuring out which one is the hard part ... Unless we just pick a day at random and say it's my birthday, I guess.

[satanslash]

I mean... that's what Dad did. I don't actually know my real birthday, just the one he gave us. It was in winter, and probably December, but I'unno if the 27th is accurate.

[A shrug.]

It's up to you.

[spiria]

[ She looks at him. ]

When do you think my birthday should be on your calendar? I'm still getting used to your calendar system, and I guess that's something I should get used to, considering it's used here ...

Your dad chose your birthday, I think it'd be kinda fun if you chose mine.

[satanslash]

Uhhhhhm.

[Way to put him on the spot.

He blinks a few times before blurting out the first date that comes to mind:]

March 14th.

[spiria]

March 14th ...

[ Okay, sounds good. She'll trust him on that. ]

Okay. Any reason why that date? Just curious.

[satanslash]

Ah...

[He's no good at lying, and she knows that.]

It's actually a holiday in Japan...

[spiria]

[ He's an awful liar.

She's pretty bad at it herself, though, so she can't judge. ]

Ooh! Which one?

[ Holiday birthday? Yessss. ]

[satanslash]

[Holiday birthday.]

White Day. It's a month after Valentine's day, and when guys give girls return gifts for what they got durin' Valentine's Day. Guys also like to try to give like twice as much as what they got.

['cause, y'know, gotta get that male pride boosted.]

[spiria]

Ohhh, I see. You just want to spoil me more.

[ She's making a mental note that a month before then is when she'll have to spoil him. Plans will be made. ]

[satanslash]

[Well at least she's okay with his suggestion.]

Duh. Of course I do.

[spiria]

I'm going to keep a month before then in mind, too.

... We should get a calendar.

[ Keeping track of everything will be much easier if they have one. ]