Sayori and Yu: Junes Food Court Chatter.

<Pose Tracker> Yu Narukami [KDA] has posed.
It’s a pleasant afternoon in the sleepy town of Inaba, and a particularly sunny, and nearly cloudless, day to boot. People are out on the streets of the Commercial district, kids playing ball and and games of Oni (Japanese Tag), women standing around chatting to one another and watching the children, and young adults speeding down the road on their bicycles or walking to wherever they might be headed. The concentration of people seems to be especially heavy around Junes Department Store, where many of the aforementioned travelers seem to be heading. Right outside the department store, even more people are gathered – either to grab a bite at the Junes Eaterie or go shopping (or both).

         As such, the area in the immediate vicinity of the Eaterie is alive with the sounds of activity: Children crying out in cheerful voices, making requests of their accompanying parents, and older persons chatting with one another over a bite beneath the heat of the morning sun. Seated beneath a large canopy with trademark Junes colors – yellow, red and white – upon a bench to the side of most of the activity is… a graying youth in casual dress. He appears to be rather absorbed in the pages of a book he’s reading at the moment, almost completely unawares of everything around him.

<Pose Tracker> Sayori Kaizumi [KDA] has posed.

~Everyday is great at your Jun-es~, rings out the familiar jingle of the shopping mall. It is quite a catchy tune to some, to others it’s annoying. As for Sayori, she doesn’t really care about it one way or another and it’s pretty easy to drown out when there is shopping to be done. From her appearance, it seems like the girl has already visited a few stores. There is a small, pink bag and a couple other larger bags in one hand. Pulling out her phone to check the time, she figures she can be here for a bit longer before having to go to work at the rink.

The girl today is dressed in a light pink shirt with a picture of a sakura tree on it. She is wearing a black skirt with pink tights and, of course, the nekohat that Minamo gave her. It is starting to show wear and tear given how much she wears it. If they would let her wear it in school, she totally would! Sayori seems to be pretty happy, humming a nameless tune to herself as she darts in and out of stores.

As she exits one store, Sayori notices the boy sitting off, almost away from everyone else. He is recoginizable to her and, not wanting to pass up the chance to say hi to an acquaintance, the girl makes her way over to him. “Sempai! Long time, no see!” Waving and offering a small bow, Sayori then sets her bags down. She doesn’t seem to think that maybe he didn’t want to be disturbed. Though, she does notice the book in his hand and tilts her head, “Whatcha reading?”

<Pose Tracker> Yu Narukami [KDA] has posed.
~Everyday is great at your Jun~es…~ The sound of that familar jingle is, initially, what causes Yu’s foggy gaze to lift from the interior of whatever book he’s reading and settle upon a white loudspeaker situated on a wooden beam almost directly above his head. For quite sometime, he stares at the speaker and then… smiles a little bit. Apparently having thought of something pleasant. “…”

         *WHUMP* Closing the book shut with his right hand, Yu – his attention diverted from his reading – proceeds to scan the area silently with his eyes very quickly and then stands from his seated position. He tucks the book he was reading beneth his right arm then, and proceeds to jam his left hand into the left pocket of his black dress slacks and fish for something. This occurs right as Sayori approaches, causing Yu to cease in his fishing and turn a blank stare in her direction. Recognizing her after a moment, he offers a polite smile… “Hey.”.. and then looks down at the book beneath his arm. “…How to be a Great Man.” It’s an old book, but still his favorite by far.

<Pose Tracker> Sayori Kaizumi [KDA] has posed.

Sayori eyes the book again, she seems to think that it would actually be possible to figure out what the book is about just by staring long enough. Finally, she shakes her head, “Ah. That seems cool.” Not that she read too much in her free time unless it was something really popular among her peers. “So, how has college been? I miss seeing you at Yasogami!” She frowns a little and glances away, looking at a sale sign and briefly seeming mesmerized by it before finally looking back at the older boy.

There is a slight look of disappointment at his lack of bags. “I take it you weren’t shopping?” Which is a tragedy, she thinks. Shrugging, Sayori sits down on the bench, “Ah, my feet are hurting. Too much walking around.” She laughs a little. “How come you haven’t been by the ice-rink?” In fact, now that she thinks of it, Sayori wasn’t sure if he had ever visited it before.

<Pose Tracker> Yu Narukami [KDA] has posed.
Yu watches inquisitively as she stares for what seems to be a long time at the book beneath his arm. He eventually does look at the book again, almost as if to ask it what was so interesting. One can almost see the question marks appearing over his head. He’s also still standing there with his hand in his pocket… this must seem quite odd to any nearby spectators. As she snaps out of it, and responds to him, he does offer a quick nod of his head and another friendly half-smile to the girl. “Yeah.” He then remembers his hand is in his pocket and looks down, fishing around inside of it again to eventually produce… gum. Mint gum, apparently, in a fancy white and green themed package. He offers the open end of the package to her then, “Gum?”

         Having done that, he responds to her next question with.. “Fine. It’s challenging. … and actually, I came shopping for clothes… but I got sidetracked.” After giving her ample time to take his offer of gum, he then takes a piece himself and starts to unwrap it slowly. “Oh, I’ve been busy.” He says, referring to her question about the rink.

<Pose Tracker> Sayori Kaizumi [KDA] has posed.

At the offer of gum Sayori smiles, “Sure! Thank you!” Taking a piece, she peels off the wrapper and pops it in her mouth before balling up the paper and, given the lack of trash can near them, throws it into one of her bags. To his response about school, “Ah. That’s what Misaki-chan says too but she said it’s fun also. You both go to Sumaru University right? Have you seen my sister there?” It was a common question for the younger girl to ask students from there. Even if it was a big college, Sayori thought that everyone should know her big sister.

After a few minutes of talking there, Sayori’s stomach rumbles a little. “Say… do you want to go get something to eat? I have to go to work at the rink soon but I could go for some pizza or whatever.” She gestures vaguely. The food court at Junes was a popular place to hang out for students. Picking up her bags, the girl seems to anticipate Yu’s answer. Though, if he declines she wouldn’t mind sitting here too, as long as her presence wasn’t bothering him.

<Pose Tracker> Yu Narukami [KDA] has posed.
Yu’s smile widens a bit as she takes the offer of gum and thanks him for the gesture. He rather likes it himself, it was a strong mint flavor but not so strong as to be offputting. The sensation of it reminded him of climbing a mountain or something… but he wasn’t quite sure why. Never the less, he immediately puts the gum away in his pocket, along with the gum wrapper, and promptly turns to look at his acquaintance again. “…Misaki… I have heard a name like that.” He confirms, seeming to stare past her for a few moments as he thinks, “Perhaps I have. It’s a big university though…” …and a fairly common name. Yu also wasn’t usually the type to strike up random conversatons with people so, he might not have met her. Yet.

         To the offer of getting something to eat, Yu offers another afirmative nod and then points to her bags with his right hand.. “Sure. Do you need help with that?”

<Pose Tracker> Sayori Kaizumi [KDA] has posed.

Sayori’s eyes lighten up when Yu seems to have heard the name before. Unfortunately, she knows that the odds of it actually being her sister were low. “She’s like us you know?” Raising an eyebrow, the younger girl seems to indicate a secret. “It’s okay though. I will have to introduce you two sometime!” It was a happy thought for her. Any reason to see her sister more was good. “She invited me to come to Sumaru sometime so I will probably go sometime…when I don’t have work or skating…”

As Yu gestures to her bags, Sayori is already picking them up but nods, “ah, sure… I mean… if you don’t mind.” She hands him the largest of the three bags which holds a couple boxes that seem to be from a shoe place. “I tend to go a little crazy when I come here.” As they near the food court, Sayori looks around. “How about pizza? I could really go for that right now!” She turns to Yu to hear what he wants.

<Pose Tracker> Yu Narukami [KDA] has posed.
Yu makes a knowing ‘Ahh’ sound, and bobs his head again as she raises her brow in that ‘You know what I mean’ kind of manner at him. “Yeah, I see.” So her sister was a Persona user, that’d make her easier to identify at least. As she mentions introducing them sometime, he says, “That’d be nice. … I’m sure you’d enjoy Sumaru also. It’s a big campus, very beautiful. Lots to see.”

         Having some of her bags handed to him, he promptly takes them and distributes them across both hands and proceeds to follow her to the food court silently while staring at them. This girl must have a hard time not buying everything she likes, he thought to himself. “Yeah.” He replies at her offer of getting Pizza. “Sure, I’ll treat. If that’s alright.” He wasn’t certain about it, but he felt he probably had more money with him than she did… especially considering her recent expenditures.

<Pose Tracker> Sayori Kaizumi [KDA] has posed.

“I haven’t been to Sumaru much before. The few times I was there I realized that it’s waaaay different than Inaba.” Sayori remarks, thinking that it’s different from Port Island too. “Anyway, it will be fun to go there sometime again.” Of course, they would have to watch out for demons and the like but the younger girl doesn’t really know that much about the demons in Sumaru even if she’s at least heard of what’s going on there.

As Yu takes the bags, Sayori thanks him again, trying to avoid looking at the other stores they pass by too much. Shopping was so addicting for the girl unfortunately. It’s good that she made a good paycheck at the rink and from helping her step mom coach. With Yu’s agreement on pizza and his offer to pay for it, she beams. “Oooh. Thank you sempai!” Reaching out for her bags, “I can take them and find us a table. I like ham and pineapple on my pizza. It’s weird but soooo good.” She smiles and then turns to find a table, picking one the closest to the pizza place.

<Pose Tracker> Yu Narukami [KDA] has posed.
Yu listens quietly as Kaizumi-san speaks to him, nodding where appropriate and seeming fairly involved… for Yu. He doesn’t say so very much but anybody who knows Yu even slightly ought to know there’s one thing he isn’t: Rude. He isn’t too particularly talkative either, but that’s mostly habit…

         Regarding ‘fun’ at Sumaru, he recalls the nearby Malls there and grins to himself in an amused fashion. Given what he knows about her, she’d really like Sumaru! They had at least two malls. /At least/. “Yeah, Sumaru itself is a great place. There’s malls and other things..” When she thanks him for offering to pay, his grin grows a bit wider. “Sure. Ham and Pineapple, I’d like to try that.” After she’s taken the bags from him and moved away to find a seat, he then turns to the woman at the ordering window and says, “Large, please.” Assuming she’d heard the discussion..

         After a few moments wait, Yu returns to the seating area carrying a large red and white Pizza box bearing a rather stylish yellow Junes logo. He makes his way to wherever she’s settled and lays their meal on the table gently, setting a paper plate and utensils infront of her that he had been carrying on top of the box. “Hi.”

<Pose Tracker> Sayori Kaizumi [KDA] has posed.

“Malls are good!” Sayori says enthusiastically. “Junes is okay but I like visiting other ones too.” Getting out of Inaba was nice too. Though, she also remembered what came of her last visit to Sumaru and she shakes her head. Stupid rumor shadows and all but at least it was taken care of now. Of course, she would have to watch out if she went to Sumaru and make sure no one was talking behind her back or something.

When Yu returns with the pizza, Sayori seems ready to dig in. She only waits briefly before opening the box, smelling the air. “mmmmm, it smells delicious!” After that, she hesitates to see if Yu is going to grab a piece first. If not, she will gladly grab a piece first. “Thank you again!” There is a slight pause, something is missing… Finally, she looks up at him, “Ah. We need drinks. I can get those! What do you want?”

<Pose Tracker> Yu Narukami [KDA] has posed.
Having given her a plate and utensils, Yu promptly takes his own from atop the box and sits down on the opposite side of the table. As she opens the pizza box, and the scent of freshly baked cheese, tomato sauce, ham and pineapple wafts through the air towards him… Yu inhales briefly… taking it in. Wow, it smelled really good! Though, at the mention of his having forgotten drinks, Yu facefaults a bit. How in the world could he forget something like that? Yu was usually pretty single-minded, but not that much! “Ah…” He quickly stands again, even at her offer of getting it, and shakes his head. “It’s alright. I need to go back for napkins anyway. What would you like?” He did, too, after all this would be quite messy.

         Provided she tells him what she desires, he does indeed return to the front counter to grab some cups and napkins and proceeds to fill the beverages from a machine sitting by the window. Having filled both cups, he then promptly returns to the seating area… glancing at a couple nearby him who were in a fairly heated argument in public. A rare thing in Japn, though they both looked to be foreign so..

         Setting her beverage upon the table at her left side, he then proceeds to walk by the wooden bench he was sitting on at the opposite side of the table. “Sorry about that.” He chuckles. “A little absent-minded I guess…” Having said, he then places his hands in his lap and watches for clues as to whether she’s going to do ‘it’ or him. It being, the traditional Japanese declaration of ‘Gochisousama’ usually said before a meal.

<Pose Tracker> Sayori Kaizumi [KDA] has posed.

Sayori frowns and almost protests when Yu says that he will take care of it. She backs down quickly though and nods. “Thanks… again.” That’s really nice of him, she thinks. “Um, just a coke is fine.” She smiles and watches as he leaves to get the drinks and napkins. Out of courtesy Sayori will force herself to wait until he gets back before eating.

She may glance slightly at the couple arguing but Sayori doesn’t really think too much about it, even if it’s a rare thing. The smell of the pizza was distracting. When he returns, “Ah. It’s perfectly okay. I am looking forward to this!” She smiles and is about to give in when she remembers… A quiet and quick ‘Gochisousama’ is uttered from the girl and then she takes a bite, ‘mmmming’ a little as she does so.

As they eat, Sayori makes small talk. “So, if you want to and are in town again… come by the rink! I can give you a discount!” She winks at him a little, not really caring to ask if he had skated before. If someone like ‘Yoh’ could skate then surely Yu wouldn’t be too bad at it. “You don’t /have/ to skate but it would be great if you could!” Now that she thinks about it, perhaps another KDA outing would be called for soon.

<Pose Tracker> Yu Narukami [KDA] has posed.
“Gocchisousama.” Yu says simply, bowing his head in a sign of respect, and then partaking of the pizza himself… lifting a rather large slice of it from the box. Setting it down gently on his plate, he responds “Sorry.” to his prior rather forceful show of chivalry. “I’m pretty used to doing things. I didn’t mean to slight you in any way.” He smiles, then, in a friendly manner, hoping to disarm any potential tension.

         As the pair proceed to eat, Yu mostly lets Sayori do the talking. He interjects little things here and there, but doesn’t seem particularly talkative until she mentions the rink… and winks at him. Placing his pizza down upon the plate gingerly, Yu dusts the crust off of his fingers onto his plate and finishes chewing before offering a reply. “..Yeah. I’ll have to do that sometime. … I have actually skated before, but that was a long time ago.” Still, anyone who’d been around Yu long enough would know he’s into sports and he’s very athletic. He may not be the greatest ever, but he had the balance for skating. “I’ll come. When do you work, anyway?”

<Pose Tracker> Sayori Kaizumi [KDA] has posed.

“It’s okay sempai!” Sayori smiles at him. It was nice, though perhaps surprising to her. “I didn’t really expect it but I appreciate it!” She didn’t want to seem ungrateful after all. That would be even worse in her mind. Her dad has always taught her to be grateful for what she had even if she is a bit spoiled.

The talk of skating is an instant winner for her. “That’s great! There is an arcade there too and a small snack bar.” Sayori adds. “Anyway, I work after school during the week sometimes and almost every weekend. My schedule kind of changes a lot but…” She pauses briefly to take a sip of the Coke. “…I am almost always there. Of course, you could always call me too.” She figured he still had her number from their previous meetings but if not, she would gladly offer it again.

<Pose Tracker> Yu Narukami [KDA] has posed.
Yu seems very gladly to hear that his thoughtlessness didn’t bother her. “I’m glad. I’ll try to rmember next time to let you do it if you want to.” Yu wasn’t anymore accustomed to people not wanting him to do than she was desirous of people doing everything for her. That said, he begins again to lean toward the pizza box to fetch another slice when his phone begins to sound out a ringtone. It was a cutesy theme, oddly enough, or at least it sounded that way coming out of his phone. Looking down at his belt, where the phone was clipped, inquisitively… Yu picks up a napkin and quickly cleans his hands off so he can check it. Grabbing the small yellow flip phone off of his belt, he opens it and stares into the miniature screen for a moment. “I… have to go actually.” He closes the phone, and then offers her a politely apologetic bow, “I just got a reminder I need to be somewhere. It was nice seeing you again.” ..And given she replies to him rather quickly, he turns away from the table with that and proceeds to walk out of the food court in a hurry.