werites | no looky for real this time

[ hmmm

he pockets the phone and will go get the pots then, assuming these are the correct sizes for what akira wants. he brings them over. ]

Fine. Impress me.

I will then.

[COCKY...

He grins as he takes the pots. The big one goes on the stove to sit for now. The little one he carries to the sink to fill with water.]

I'll chop, and you can put them in, okay? We have to boil the chicken first so we can shred it for the soup.

[The water pot goes on the stove, and he turns the burners on. We call them eyes in the South, so I just went down a rabbit hole trying to figure out why and if I was spelling it correctly help me.]

[ EYES?? THE BURNERS??? you have four eyes

but wow... akira teaching him things... he should be less surprised because akira did make the curry on his first day back.

but ryo will watch this happen. ]

... what's your favorite thing to eat.

[ besides

meat ]

[OUR STOVE EYES

Once the pots are in place, he scoots up behind Ryo and bullies Ryo with his body over to the sink. PINS HIM. So

he can wash their hands together before touching the food.]

Mmmm... Yakitori. [MEAT...] Hamburgers are good too.

[ yea the meat answers are what he expected

ryo allows himself to be manhandled. ]

Huh. [ it's said in an unsurprised tone. ] How hard is it to make burgers?

[ he doubts they have the stuff for it but just

curious. ]

[He is still shockingly too stupid to think anything of this except curiosity. Accepting Ryo's weirdness. Drying Ryo's hands as if Ryo can't do it himself.]

They're easy, but they take awhile because you have to fry them on lower heat so they don't get burnt before cooking all the way through.

Uh... not that... I can't eat... raw ground beef anyway...

[AFTER BEING WITH RICH SOCIETY AND HUMANS, THIS FEELS UNHYGIENIC. But he's a fucking demon, and he's technically already dead.

The bloodiness probably tastes.......... well, anyway!!!!]

[ UNFORTUNATELY, RYO THINKS THAT'S FINE. he would probably just get a napkin and wipe blood off of akira's mouth, like this is normal. ]

Mm, you wouldn't get sick...

[ he sounds amused. jd meows, and ryo glances over at the cat. ]

He agrees.

Yeah, but...

[He grunts when JD "agrees" which is not JD agreeing!! CATS JUST MEOW!!!]

Don't say he's agreeing. He's telling you that you still have to cook raw meat unless it's sushi or tartare.

[Oooo, his stomach growls. He grabs Ryo's hand and pulls him to the stove and counter. So Ryo can watch him put the chicken in the water to boil.]

He is not saying that.

[ jd is wondering why he is not being fed, actually.

but fine, ryo will move and just lean against a counter, leaning his cheek (face) against a hand as he watches. ]

He was, yeah. I can understand him. And he is all about... [Wait, this is a cat. WAIT.] You haven't been giving him nothing but raw meat, have you...?

[After the chicken goes in, he washes his hands again because he has been fucking domesticated even though he won't get salmonella from anything.

Then he fills the other pot with water too before getting things ready to chop... Must... wash these also... Making soup is such a process...]

He gets food. Lavi used to spoil him.

[ it was definitely done in a way where ryo wasn't looking. fucking lavi. ]

[He pauses to look at Ryo, a bit bewildered hearing that about Lavi even though he knows a little of Lavi having gone where Ryo wandered off.

Ryo and Lavi hanging out...]

Lavi... He was yours to look after, you know, so you can't blame someone else.

[He does not sound mad or accusing. It's funny.]

[ their questionable adventures in teyvat

he just starts opening cabinets now, to be annoying. ]

I needed a catsitter when I was doing things.

Lavi probably didn't even know how to take care of a cat, Ryo... No wonder JD is so weird.

[JD meows. Is he offended? Does he agree?]

What are you looking for? Come here, I'm chopping these. You're gonna have to put them in the pot.

What kind of things were you doing?

The cat was always like that.

[ he was always weird!!

but ugh. ryo will walk over so that he can be put to work. ]

Hm? Doing what? With Lavi? [ he thinks about it. ] Traveled. Childe just dumped him in Liyue, and we ended up together after.

Be nice to him.

[HIS JD!!!! That he dumped on Ryo so Ryo would not be unhinged completely...

It didn't work.

He tears a packet of condensed broth flavoring and gives it to Ryo, motioning to the big pot.]

Did you and Lavi get to be friends? What did you see?

[Giving Ryo something to focus on while he chops the veggies.]

We're not friends.

[ there's no heat behind the denial, it's said more automatically than anything.

he puts it into the pot, watching the contents go in as he talks. ]

But we mostly just went to each country. Childe would pop up sometimes when he wasn't doing his job. [ he scowls ] Itto was there.

He's your friend.

[Said just as automatically. Lavi and Ryo are friends, that is what it's called, dingus. Maybe not on Ryo's side... But maybe Ryo got some friends?

The corner of his mouth lifts, but then he tries to school his face. He wants to teasing say, "Your boyfriend?" but knows that'll make Ryo irritated.]

Please tell me you didn't try killing him all the time.

[He gives Ryo the carrots to go in.]

It's what he deserves.

[ nothing will ever be funnier than ryo ending up in the same place as itto. ]

Anyway, it was interesting. Teyvat has a lot of similarities to Earth in many ways, but also some drastic differences.

Ryo....

[Itto was an idiot (so is HE), but he is too good of a boy to think Itto deserves to be killed.

Even though Akira bit him once.]

Yeah? Like what?

[KEEPING RYO TALKING BY ASKING ABOUT NERD STUFF... He also just would rather listen to Ryo be smart than evil. It's... kind of attractive. The intellect.

Giving Ryo some mushrooms now...]

[ the way ryo refused to move out of his room with itto because he didn't want to give itto the satisfaction of having the top bunk. the pettiness is so real.

he will take the shrooms and put it in the pot. ]

The more familiar one would be Inazuma-- where Scaramouche was originally from. It has many similarities to the Edo period of Japan, in terms of culture and architecture. Then there's Liyue, where Childe had sent Lavi to, which holds a resemblance to ancient China.

[ the professor is jumping out ]

[When you're a himbo, there is literally nothing more of a turn on than someone being smart to you. It was one of the reasons he liked Ryo so much anyway before... everything terrible happened.

He hadn't lied when he told Ryo he thought Ryo was smart and handsome!!]

Oh... That's weird. But, like... in a cool way? Do you think our worlds were connected somehow? It's funny how they were like different time periods for us.

Did you like it?

Well, there's enough different versions of Earths that the idea of there being worlds that are similar in nature but still different isn't too out there...

[ there could be so many studies on this!! it's why he brought back so many books from teyvat... he has a lot of time to waste... ]

... it was an interesting place.

[He hands Ryo some onions and also a can of peas. In the soup pot.

And he sort of lets out a nasally exhale.]

It sounds interesting. Do you ever want to go back and keep exploring? Or live there too, I guess.

[He knows they talked about it, but. Still.]

[ into the soup pot.... he is squinting at this pot. ]

... I went back occasionally, to pick things up. I left abruptly the first time.

[ he sets the can down. ]

I never really thought about it further though. I always meant to end up back here.

[ he never did mean to leave hell permanently. ]

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