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[He snorts under his breath at that, legitimately amused. Of all of the things to threaten him with, it's the karashi? Of course, she'd have no way of knowing, but he just arches an eyebrow in response, and--]

Karashi is one of my favorite flavors regardless. I don't think that would have been as troublesome as you would have wanted it to be.

[Sure, it'd be spicy, but it's his favorite flavor of spiciness....he probably would've been able to deal.]

[ .... he really does always find a way to squirm out from everything she throws at him, doesn't he? how was she supposed to know that? how does a guy who dislikes wasabi end up liking karashi that much?

judging from the way her lips press together and her eyes narrow, she didn't quite expect that one to pop up. but she recovers. ]

Lucky guess. Or unlucky guess here, maybe.

[ how is she supposed to torture him now?

except that's not the point of this entire thing at all, and she's not going to allow herself to get distracted anymore. ]

Let's fix that, then. Tell me what you've done, or I'll take it all away.

[ milla not!maxwell. ]

[Ah, is that what this is all about (obviously, it is, it was an inevitability....). But he just shakes his head slowly at that, arched eyebrow clearly unimpressed--

Before finally, he caves.

Yeah, he's a guest here, and she did make him his meal. He supposes she has the right to take it away from him as well, though his ninja skills for saving his meal from being taken by others are top-notch after living with Tenka for so long.]

There's no need to be threatening.

[yes there is]

...I assume you're asking after what poor decisions I've made recently, then. [a sigh, short but still mostly good-humored.]

You won't like this list.

[ she wouldn't actually have taken it away, but she has to pretend to have some semblance of an iron fist when dealing with sousei... otherwise she's pretty sure he wouldn't tell her a thing.

she wouldn't, if their positions were reversed. ]

I wouldn't have called you here if I thought I would.

[ and she's not going to avoid it, taking a sip of tea as she lets that settle.

lay it on her, sousei. it's not her issues that're being thrown out on the table, anyway, so it's not like she needs to steel herself for anything.

... but she does need to consider whether or not she'll need to punch tenka in the shoulder. sousei, too. ]

[Thanks, Milla.... thanks. Good thing you're here to make sure he can't wiggle out of things.

Though Sousei...is realizing that he can't actually wiggle out of this. they've come this far, there's nowhere else to go but to be honest about this. What a weird thought. He takes another bite, uses the time to chew and consider it, before he inwardly shrugs to himself.

Oh well.]

We both know the tours were an unwise decision. I suppose I have also gotten into more fights than were strictly necessary. [He can't even call them "spars", some of those were straight up fight club fights....

A beat.

And more quietly, and more slowly, as though he's thinking it through as he speaks:]

... I also did not expect delivering the news to Tenka's acquaintances would be quite so wearing.

[ ........ yeah, that. last part.

the word "acquaintances" next to "tenka" doesn't bring to mind a small list, in the same way that "ludger" next to the word "debt" didn't bring up a small number. the look she tosses him is a mix of unimpressed, surprised, and somewhat baffled--she's not surprised he'd bother with that, but the thought is so completely outside of any action she'd take that she can't believe someone would do that.

and fighting. she can imagine him now, especially considering when she'd met him, he'd gone way too overboard with the solo practice. she's--

--one hand, on her forehead. ]

I don't see how you'd see telling half the city that Tenka's gone as anything but wearing.

[ okay, maybe she's exaggerating. but she's just-- how does someone like this even exist. your best friend leaves, and your first response is to make sure everyone else is okay? and then you go on stupid tours and get into fights and you can't at all figure out that maybe something's wrong?

she's emotionally stupid, but that's a whole other level. abe no sousei is just a whole other level.

seeing him unravel is just-- a whole. other. level. ]

... You really do miss him.

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[She looks exasperated.

It amuses him, somehow. He's warned her that she wouldn't like it. So he just finishes his meal, eating the last of the rice (the Yamainu aren't so well-off that he could afford not to eat everything on his plate, and the Kumous too, had taught him better, and the meal is delicious) before he finally responds to that.

His kneejerk reaction is to deny it.

That's what he's been doing for days now though, and he knows it's not true. And so, simply:]

Of course. He is my partner, after all. [best friend, family--it covers a lot of bases.

Of course he misses Tenka. Last time Tenka disappeared out of his life, it took ten years for him to show up again.]

...And regardless, it had to be done. [He had to tell everyone. He has to still look out for them. That's what Tenka would have wanted, and Sousei is all about fulfilling half-made promises. A pause, and he sighs.]

Are you satisfied now?

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