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[It would be a lie to say he isn't enjoying it at least a little...]

O-kay! So the dome, eclair, that strawberry pastry, the lemon pudding cake, aaand... Oh! Why don't we try one of those? [He says, pointing... Also "we"?!

But alas, before Leon has a chance to get fussy over that, Kashuu's up at the front of the line... He points to all of the mentioned items and then holds two fingers up.]

Hi! Could I get two of each of those? I'm picking for my friend, too. [And then he points to Leon... FRIEND.] Thanks!

[We?? Two?? Friend?????

Someone save him from Kashuu, who is steamrolling over him so fast he's not even sure how to handle it.

Congratulations, he's been properly stunned, which is why they're able to get their bags of pastries without fuss until Leon's standing there off to the side with Kashuu with a bag of said pastries and

searching for his voice

help him

free him]

[NO HELP, NO FREEDOM. Only Kashuu, who will continue to steamroll over Leon like he was made for this...]

Let's go find a good place to eat! It's gonna be crowded in here for a while and you probably won't like that, right? But there's a nice place in the park that has tables and stuff. Not many people should be there this early, so it should be okay.

[Plus they'll get to be out in the sun!! GLORIOUS.

But if Leon can't get his concrete feet moving, he'll just be tugged out by Hurricane Kashuu...]

[Tugged along by Hurricane Kashuu it is... that seems to be his fate here. At least he eventually gets his feet underneath him and is able to follow along soon enough, but he's still a bit at a loss for words.

What just happened.

He'll probably find his tongue again when they get to the park, at least.]

[He just got bulldozed, that's what. THAT'S WHAT. Kashuu will continue chatting about inane things like the weather and pastries the entire time they walk, what a helpful guy...

And once they get to said area with benches, it is indeed blessedly empty!]

See? Told you! It's a good spot, right? You can pick the table.

[He sure did............ Regret.

But wow, thanks, Kashuu. Placating him like he's a little kid, herding him somewhere and then telling him he can pick the table. The sad thing is. It works...]

...Fine. If you insist upon this, then we may as well sit here.

[He picked that table.]

[Kashuu knows how to handle people like Leon, okay...

But he'll trot over to the table Leon picked out, and sets one of the two bags across from where he takes his own seat.]

Here! I brought some tea too, but I wasn't really sure what kind you liked so I took some green tea and some black tea.

[Pulling some thermoses out of his BIGASS BAG. This is all that's in there... Food and too much makeup.]

[.... okay no wait what.

Leon's pretty sure that normal people don't...carry tea around with them??? He...thinks. But admittedly he's not entirely sure what normal people do. Do they usually carry around tea? Is this...common.........

He should not mention it just in case.]

I prefer black tea. [with milk and a lot of sugar...... which he does not say.] I fail to see how you were going to drink all of this by yourself, though.

[Leon, do you still not realize this was a set up...]

[POOR LEON, he's going to have a weird idea of what is or isn't normal at this rate... If he doesn't already.]

Black tea it is! [Pushing one thermos forward. Alas, the concept of adding things to tea still kind of eludes him, so he hasn't brought along any milk or sugar... He tried.

He's also giving Leon a bit of a look at that.]

I wasn't gonna drink all of it by myself. No one needs that much tea!

[It's too late for him, he'll never know what's normal anymore. He's doomed to be a weirdo for the rest of his life--oh wait.]

... But you had this much tea on you.

[???? ??????

(Please take mercy on this poor friendless nerd's soul).]

[WOW you just wait for these moments don't you

This is so amusing that he could really just keep going, honestly?! But it's also kind of sad... Leon, please. So he will indeed have some mercy here.]

I had it to share! Y'know, with you.

[... Well.

Okay then.

... wait what.]

What are you talking about? It isn't as though this was an invitation that I accepted. [Except it kind of was.]

Isn't it? I mean, it was just an ad, but it had a time and place right?

[CLOSE ENOUGH. He had to get tricky to get Leon out on a snack trip...

Also since this loser is so flummoxed by everything that happened, Kashuu will just pour the first cup of tea for him. GOSH, LEON.]

[GOSH, KASHUU..... this sort of thing is weird to him, okay. He's not used to being treated like this. (Aka, like a human being who could be a friend.)]

... That is not how invitations work.

[HE KNOWS THAT FOR SURE.]

You merely sent me an advertisement, and then also showed up.

So you're saying next time I should invite you properly? Can do!

[No... No, he'll probably just continue thinking up new ways to trick Leon into hanging out because he'd be able to escape from a straight-up invitation far too easily...]

A-ny-way, try something already! Before they cool off! [They're not hot in the first place but whatever!!]

That is not--

[But then Kashuu is moving right along and... oh right, the tea and the sweets. He sips at the tea a little bit, but he can't help how he wrinkles his nose (it's not bad tea, but it's too bitter). And then he goes to pull out one of the tiny cakes.

..........]

I suppose this should be tolerable. [aka he thinks it looks delicious.] If I have to eat something like this.

[Chal's just happy about it in general, he just offers up, "You'll have to tell me all about what it's like, young master!"]

[haHA, A VICTORY FOR KASHUU. He bounces in his seat a little, clearly pleased by that ridiculously tsuntsun response.]

Good! There are a lot of places that I wanna try out, but I don't like going by myself. [Look how well he knows how to speak tsunese, putting the onus of their hang-outs on himself so Leon doesn't have to get flustered over enjoying it!!]

It's too bad he can't try any, though. [Poor Chal...] Maybe if we leave some as an offering like people do with spirits, it'll work! [No...

...THAT SAID, don't think he didn't catch that nose-wrinkle.]

Hey, should I try another type next time? The tea, I mean.

[... Yeah he doesn't think that that's going to work, though Leon's also been occasionally saddened by the fact that Chal can't taste the food he gets to try. It doesn't seem fair to him.... even though Chal's never complained.

In fact, in response to that, he just pipes up with a quick, "It's okay! So long as the young master describes it to me, I'm satisfied!"

Pure cinnamon roll sword.]

... Well. I will later, then.

[Chal, the only one who gets to hear Leon talk about how much he likes sweets... But the tea--oh.]

No, there isn't anything wrong with the tea. It is satisfactory. [Just... a little too bitter for his tastes.]

[Too good for this world... But Kashuu just makes a little sound of understanding, since it's not like he knows any other ways to get food over to the other side of the veil, so to say. But it's no like Chal is dead(???) anyway (probably), or a spirit in the same sense that Kashuu is. Descriptions will probably have to suffice.

Still kinda sad, but he figures Leon does a good job if Chal is satisfied with that. And as for the tea--]

Are you sure? You didn't look super happy. [HMMM...] I don't really drink black tea so I'm not sure what the best ways to prepare it are... Is it supposed to steep longer or something? [He's just going to end up making even more bitter tea at this rate?!]

[Please don't steep the tea longer??? Don't do that. Oh god, no.

There's a brief pause, and then begrudgingly--]

I generally take my tea with cream and sugar.

[... a lot of sugar. Or, at least, as much sugar as Marian will allow him to have. She at least tries to keep him from rotting all of his teeth.]

[Truly, Leon is weak to the "you're telling me for my sake" tactic of tsun-wrangling...

BUT HEY, if it works it works. Kashuu sure won't be complaining?!]

Oh! Okay, I've seen people do that before. ...Does it matter what kinda cream it is? Sugar is sugar, but there's a biiig selection of all that stuff at the store.

[Leon is weak to a lot of tsun-wrangling tactics, let's be real.]

Not as such, no.

[Please don't put almond milk in his tea.]

I suppose regular milk is fine as well. [You "suppose", Leon....... what a prissy noble child.]

O-kay, got it, got it! Cream or regular milk. —Oh right, sugar, too. [THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. But he'll nod to himself after sorting out his mental checklist... Should be easy to remember?! Milk and sugar, milk and sugar--]

I'll remember that for next time.

Yes, preferably sugar over milk or cream if you must bring one--

[...........WAIT]

There is not going to be a next time.

[Smooth catch, you smooth criminal. It takes a lot of work to suppress the grin that's pretty much just begging to follow.]

You get better deals if there are two people, y'know! And almost everyone I know is busy when these things open. [Just going to CUT OFF THAT ARGUMENT BEFORE IT BEGINS--]

It's fine as long as I remember the sugar, right?

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