[ okay FIRST OF ALL holy shit she's so cute. she will probably feel that go across his emotions like she could read his thoughts? he does manage to keep it together, and listening to her idea as he takes the mason jar...
...it seems like he likes it a lot! ichiro perks up a little as the concept clicks, and starts to grin. ] Oh, yeah? I dig it. What're we judging on, looks, or taste, or both?
[ this sounds really fun! and ichiro tends to cook breakfast for himself most days anyway, slipping in when the cafeteria staff aren't around - it's just a force of habit - so this is perfect. a little competitive, a little creative. a little them. ]
[there's a little answering fluster and... smugness from her.... sometimes you know you're literally inhabiting an otome villainess' body so you know you're pretty but anyway,]
How about both? Points for concept, aesthetic, and taste.
[but she seems pleased he likes the idea! relieved.... there's this odd feeling like she wants to tell him something - a tilting hesitation - and then ultimately a resigned feeling to leave it for later. it's better to enjoy the moment for now.
instead she'll go to retrieve another apron, settling it over his head and helping to secure it.]
[ oh this apron is so girly. he can't help but laugh a little when she pulls it out - he usually wears an apron when he's cooking at home, it's not like it's weird!! but ducks his head to let her take the apron and put it over his head. it's a very intimate little moment, like something out of a dating sim, but he ends up smiling down at her a little as she's putting it in place, unable to help it. if he picks up on that resigned feeling, he lets it settle and doesn't say anything, letting the moment pass too. emotional sensitivity!
anyway he's ruffly now. wow. adorable. he pulls a little bit on the end of it when it's on him, amused. ]
Are you trying to make me gap moe? [ TEASING definitely big teasing playful vibes. but he nods along to the points system because that sounds good, and to the prize. can't have a game without one, right. ]
A favor. To cash in whenever? I'm down. Are we on a time limit?
[SHE ANSWERED SO FAST - but she's similarly amused, giddy and pleased with his frilly little get-up. precious. she'll move to pull out her cell phone from her apron pocket, turning it to the selfie camera as she holds it up to try to get a picture of them both with the aprons in frame. she probably has to hold it up high.]
[ don't just SAY THAT he - laughs?? he can't help it?! iris please he is the opposite of moe!! also stop using nerd terms! he is just one man!!
anyway as she pulls out the selfie camera he ducks his head over her shoulder to beam into it, jostling into the frame (and a little closer into her space) without any trouble. the smile's from ear to ear, flashing a thumbs up at the camera, and he glances over with a thrill of delight running through his emotions at the competition. ] Bet.
[ and the second the shutter clicks - they're off!!
alright, parfaits are kind of. cutesy? he's not great at cutesy. he has never been great at cutesy. it has to be good, though, cause it's iris, so he starts measuring out yogurt to make sure it's at least decently even, and then adding things! mixed berries. small chunks of pound cake, like a crepe from ikebukuro. more yogurt - oh, chocolate, of course, it's gotta have chocolate!! he is taking this very seriously but it's losing a little bit of its aesthetically made layers as time ticks down rapidly. rip. ]
[they're off!! she rushes to also make her parfait immediately, cracking her knuckles beforehand before getting to work. in comparison, this is a deeply unfair competition because she's entirely in her element. design work, crafting flavors and recipes together, and trying to be thoughtful about it all? it's a little unfair.
but she'll alternate the layers of yogurt, oats, slicing up some strawberries in the shape of hearts, tossing in some kiwis, a few more raspberries here and there, and then she'll dip a fork into some melted chocolate, applying gentle pressure with her finger so that she can flick some dots of chocolate all over the parfait
and because this is an unfair competition, she aims the fork up a bit more across the table at him to flick some chocolate splatter at him. food fight ♥
[ he is in the zone over here, working hard on making this look perfect, when suddenly there is chocolate in his line of sight? ichiro makes a surprised noise as it splats onto his apron, and then looks at iris who is a CHEATER with her perfectly made parfaits, he knows that she's an amazing baker!!!
and then, because the other law of being ichiro yamada and competitive is that you have to be competitive and also an idiot, he gives up on layering his parfait - he was adding whipped cream! to just
squirt the whipped cream can in her direction? only a little but also RETALIATION ] Hey!
[oh she is so proud of herself - there's just so much mischief coming from her. even with the squeal of surprise that comes with the whipped cream, some of it catching on her skin, she laughs and flicks some more chocolate in his direction, aiming for the face now.]
[ there is now chocolate splattered on his face. he's starting to look like saburo. too many dots! ]
Oh, that's it, c'mere -- [ he's stilL ARMED so he's just going to spray at her with the whipped cream can again, jostling into her space to do so in playful roughhousing. fine! be that way you're getting cold whipped cream on your shoulders! he's too nice to put it on her cute dress or in her hair.
[NOOOOO - she gasps, startled, and squeals] C-Cold! Cold!
[IT'S SO EARLY AND HER SHOULDERS ARE SO BARE can't believe that all her cute fashion choices are ended up her hubris. anyway it's time for violence because she's going to dip her fingers into the edge of the yogurt container before whirling around to smear it across ichiro's neck
[ he actually yelps when there is suddenly very cold yogurt on his neck - his voice doesn’t quite crack but his emotions give off the equivalent of a squeal of his own, nearly jumping out of his skin with a . ] Shit!
[ COLD there’s like nothing within reach to properly get second revenge with so he just blindly aims with the whipped cream can, reaches bag and grabs - are those blackberries? sure - and then just yeets them at her in retaliation! he is squirming away from this yogurt assault but really not going far either because. He has to win this food fight. (?) ]
[oh she laughs. there is a sadistic, deeply amused delight at his reaction as she loses it - and then proceeds to get hit in the face with blackberries. deserved probably, and she's still giggling as she reaches out to catch some cheerios in her hand and toss them at him
pocket cheerios!! she's trying to get them stuck in the yogurt. ichiro is now going to be a parfait.]
anyway he's cracking up laughing when she gets hit with the blackberries, because she makes a funny face - cute - and also because it tickles to be suddenly attacked by cheerios? he lifts his arm up to try and block it but fails. there are cheerios in his hair, and one definitely went down the front of his shirt, but he scoops up one of those fallen blackberries and ducks in an attempt to smoosh it against her cheek, using his bulk to take these cheerio hits and menace in closer to do so. i hope you don't have any cute makeup on. ] Take that!
[ the five minute timer has got to be about to go off but that's okay. ]
[it's not yet the weekend so she isn't using copious amounts of makeup to hide her dark circles - but she's losing it when he smooshes the blackberry against her cheek with a plaintive - ]
Hey!
[and then flailing her arm out to reach for the nearest piece of fruit - cherries, okay - and just going to try to slam them into his mouth even as she nearly tips over and just holds onto his arm for balance. the five minute timer goes off and she absolutely throws her head back in laughter]
[ god. he manages to catch iris, emotions flaring a delight of "haha, sucker, got you now!" when she yelps, but is laughing so hard he's almost doubled over, which creates the absolutely perfect opportunity to get cherries shoved in his mouth and squished up against his face, in a juicy, staining mess.
he looks like a squirrel for a second like that, comically so, and then bursts into a pfft that he can't hold back, stumbling a little bit as he tries not to choke on a mouthful of pITTED FRUIT thank you iris, shoulders shaking. even so, he lets her grab onto his arm and doesn't overbalance either of them, wiping his mouth with his wrist so he can deal with this cherry mess and beaming at her afterwards, even if it's with a - ]
[she's giggling still, amused and delighted even with the MESS that's been MADE IN THIS PERFECTLY FINE KITCHEN. her shoulders are shaking and she's nearly out of breath, just trying to get the words out in between her laughter]
We, ahaha, we didn't set any rules against interference... It's not cheating if the guidelines didn't exist...
[JUST THE WORST but she'll look amused anyway as she reaches for the whipped cream canister. she'll at least give him a direction this time, pointing at her own mouth and then saying - ]
ichiro ends up just grinning at her kind of stupidly around the cherries in her mouth, his emotions just as bright as if the sun had made it into this now very messy kitchen. he's still snickering too, and though it takes him a second to get the directions because he, too, is an idiot.
[it's fine! all she's going to do is press the nozzle of the whipped cream can so that he can get some whipped cream with his cherries. that she shoved into his mouth during a food fight.
she's considerate.]
There! That should balance out the flavors a little.
[anyway you lost the coinflip.
so in an alpha week compulsion that hits so fast that she can't think to stop herself, she tilts her head just enough that she lick a stripe of yogurt off his neck. (you voice) he's a whole snack.
whatever he was going to say dies in his throat immediately -- ichiro doesn't jump but his emotions pretty much go !!!! as his entire face turns an almost violent shade of red. he drops whatever he was still holding ( a blackberry, probably) and it hits the floor with a sad little plop noise.
he has no words here just sort of giving off - stunned, embarrassed, flustered, and yeah, definitely Into It (i hate that you made me consider this) and his jaw flaps open and then shuts, very quickly.
ichiro. swallows this whipped cream and cherry mess as if he's going to say something but all that comes out is: ]
the feelings were: alpha-typical attraction, self-satisfaction and possessiveness.
the feelings now are: surprise, mortification, alarm, and so much embarrassment it could probably tranq a herd of elephants. she brings her hands up to her face - oh she still has yogurt on her fingers - to try to cover her blush but it's going all the way up to her ears and dusting all over her neck and shoulders. she's so red.]
P-P-P-Pardon me, I don't know what—
[on thursday morning, iris finally learned it was alpha week.]
[ his brain's restarting please hold. his hand does come up kind of stupidly to the side of his neck? he mostly just looks embarrassed and flustered and also like he's trying to make sure iris doesn't feel bad?!
HHHHH ]
Uh. It's not your fault, it's - whatever's -- weird shit was going on this week, I, uh. It's okay, you don't have to apologize.
[ holy shit. uh. okay. Okay! ] I'm gonna - [ he makes a gesture over to the sink. the sink! and goes to scurry over and quickly escape so he can get some wet paper towels so they can clean up a little bit and also so he can try to stop thinking about that. he is going to think about it forever. cool! ]
[SHE DOES IN FACT FEEL BAD, I'M SO SORRY. there's so much going on with her tornado of emotions. embarrassment is the most overwhelming one, but there are those odd few notes of fear and emotional trauma peeking in. it's fine. she waves her hands to try to fan at her own face, whirling around so she's not facing him]
Um, right! We - made a mess.
[okay but her audacity in saying this when she a ) started the fight and then b ) tried to clean it by licking him.
there's another flare of embarrassment as she rushes to go find a broom. ESCAPE. ESCAPE!!!!]
[ they've got this. they've got this! everything is fine and absolutely no one is going through it right now. thank goodness for this incredibly interesting washcloth.
... and the worst of it is that even though he's also flustered, he picks up on those little notes of fear, and feels the squeeze of worry tight around his chest. while iris is turned around, she might hear a weird smacking noise - that would be the sound of ichiro smacking both of his hands against his cheeks. get it together. get it together!!! ]
...Does that mean I win by default, cause you started the fight? Pretty sure I did.
[nooooo she didn't mean to make him worry. it's like emotional pingpong for a second there, her fluster getting worse for a moment even as she gets a broom and - yeah, she honestly needs a towel before she drips whipped cream on her nice dress that he avoided.
it takes her a few seconds to find her verbal footing before she responds, still in the middle of wiping off her shoulders.]
... sounds like a bargain coming from an unconfident competitor.
They're both screwed up! [ the competitive nature is returning over the embarrassment, at least - a very familiar feeling, and one much easier to grasp on to than the fact that his heartbeat is still going way too fast and he's going to be thinking about this for the rest of the day.
he's still turned around for the moment, but does kind of turn over his shoulder to look at her, glad for the easy distraction. because... even if that. that was A Lot, just now, the rest of it beforehand had been a genuinely fun time, and one very sorely needed, so it's nice to lean into it. ]
Mine might've been a work of art before it melted. [ it really wasn't ]
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...it seems like he likes it a lot! ichiro perks up a little as the concept clicks, and starts to grin. ] Oh, yeah? I dig it. What're we judging on, looks, or taste, or both?
[ this sounds really fun! and ichiro tends to cook breakfast for himself most days anyway, slipping in when the cafeteria staff aren't around - it's just a force of habit - so this is perfect. a little competitive, a little creative. a little them. ]
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How about both? Points for concept, aesthetic, and taste.
[but she seems pleased he likes the idea! relieved.... there's this odd feeling like she wants to tell him something - a tilting hesitation - and then ultimately a resigned feeling to leave it for later. it's better to enjoy the moment for now.
instead she'll go to retrieve another apron, settling it over his head and helping to secure it.]
Loser owes the winner one favor within reason.
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anyway he's ruffly now. wow. adorable. he pulls a little bit on the end of it when it's on him, amused. ]
Are you trying to make me gap moe? [ TEASING definitely big teasing playful vibes. but he nods along to the points system because that sounds good, and to the prize. can't have a game without one, right. ]
A favor. To cash in whenever? I'm down. Are we on a time limit?
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[SHE ANSWERED SO FAST - but she's similarly amused, giddy and pleased with his frilly little get-up. precious. she'll move to pull out her cell phone from her apron pocket, turning it to the selfie camera as she holds it up to try to get a picture of them both with the aprons in frame. she probably has to hold it up high.]
Five minutes after we take this picture!
[SPEED ROUND]
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anyway as she pulls out the selfie camera he ducks his head over her shoulder to beam into it, jostling into the frame (and a little closer into her space) without any trouble. the smile's from ear to ear, flashing a thumbs up at the camera, and he glances over with a thrill of delight running through his emotions at the competition. ] Bet.
[ and the second the shutter clicks - they're off!!
alright, parfaits are kind of. cutesy? he's not great at cutesy. he has never been great at cutesy. it has to be good, though, cause it's iris, so he starts measuring out yogurt to make sure it's at least decently even, and then adding things! mixed berries. small chunks of pound cake, like a crepe from ikebukuro. more yogurt - oh, chocolate, of course, it's gotta have chocolate!! he is taking this very seriously but it's losing a little bit of its aesthetically made layers as time ticks down rapidly. rip. ]
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but she'll alternate the layers of yogurt, oats, slicing up some strawberries in the shape of hearts, tossing in some kiwis, a few more raspberries here and there, and then she'll dip a fork into some melted chocolate, applying gentle pressure with her finger so that she can flick some dots of chocolate all over the parfait
and because this is an unfair competition, she aims the fork up a bit more across the table at him to flick some chocolate splatter at him. food fight ♥
good thing he wore the apron!]
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and then, because the other law of being ichiro yamada and competitive is that you have to be competitive and also an idiot, he gives up on layering his parfait - he was adding whipped cream! to just
squirt the whipped cream can in her direction? only a little but also RETALIATION ] Hey!
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Oh, I'm so clumsy today...! Pardon me!
[SHE'S SO FULL OF IT]
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Oh, that's it, c'mere -- [ he's stilL ARMED so he's just going to spray at her with the whipped cream can again, jostling into her space to do so in playful roughhousing. fine! be that way you're getting cold whipped cream on your shoulders! he's too nice to put it on her cute dress or in her hair.
(for now) (probably) ]
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[IT'S SO EARLY AND HER SHOULDERS ARE SO BARE can't believe that all her cute fashion choices are ended up her hubris. anyway it's time for violence because she's going to dip her fingers into the edge of the yogurt container before whirling around to smear it across ichiro's neck
DEAL WITH THAT COLD AND SEE HOW IT FEELS]
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[ COLD there’s like nothing within reach to properly get second revenge with so he just blindly aims with the whipped cream can, reaches bag and grabs - are those blackberries? sure - and then just yeets them at her in retaliation! he is squirming away from this yogurt assault but really not going far either because. He has to win this food fight. (?) ]
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pocket cheerios!! she's trying to get them stuck in the yogurt. ichiro is now going to be a parfait.]
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anyway he's cracking up laughing when she gets hit with the blackberries, because she makes a funny face - cute - and also because it tickles to be suddenly attacked by cheerios? he lifts his arm up to try and block it but fails. there are cheerios in his hair, and one definitely went down the front of his shirt, but he scoops up one of those fallen blackberries and ducks in an attempt to smoosh it against her cheek, using his bulk to take these cheerio hits and menace in closer to do so. i hope you don't have any cute makeup on. ] Take that!
[ the five minute timer has got to be about to go off but that's okay. ]
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Hey!
[and then flailing her arm out to reach for the nearest piece of fruit - cherries, okay - and just going to try to slam them into his mouth even as she nearly tips over and just holds onto his arm for balance. the five minute timer goes off and she absolutely throws her head back in laughter]
T-Time!
[MENACE]
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he looks like a squirrel for a second like that, comically so, and then bursts into a pfft that he can't hold back, stumbling a little bit as he tries not to choke on a mouthful of pITTED FRUIT thank you iris, shoulders shaking. even so, he lets her grab onto his arm and doesn't overbalance either of them, wiping his mouth with his wrist so he can deal with this cherry mess and beaming at her afterwards, even if it's with a - ]
Che... cheater. [ whoo. god. ]
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We, ahaha, we didn't set any rules against interference... It's not cheating if the guidelines didn't exist...
[JUST THE WORST but she'll look amused anyway as she reaches for the whipped cream canister. she'll at least give him a direction this time, pointing at her own mouth and then saying - ]
Open.
[cherries taste better with whipped cream,]
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ichiro ends up just grinning at her kind of stupidly around the cherries in her mouth, his emotions just as bright as if the sun had made it into this now very messy kitchen. he's still snickering too, and though it takes him a second to get the directions because he, too, is an idiot.
but this will probably end fine.
he opens his mouth? aaah ... ]
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she's considerate.]
There! That should balance out the flavors a little.
[anyway you lost the coinflip.
so in an alpha week compulsion that hits so fast that she can't think to stop herself, she tilts her head just enough that she lick a stripe of yogurt off his neck. (you voice) he's a whole snack.
(she'll have a meltdown in a second.)]
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well
whatever he was going to say dies in his throat immediately -- ichiro doesn't jump but his emotions pretty much go !!!! as his entire face turns an almost violent shade of red. he drops whatever he was still holding ( a blackberry, probably) and it hits the floor with a sad little plop noise.
he has no words here just sort of giving off - stunned, embarrassed, flustered, and yeah, definitely Into It (i hate that you made me consider this) and his jaw flaps open and then shuts, very quickly.
ichiro. swallows this whipped cream and cherry mess as if he's going to say something but all that comes out is: ]
Uh.
[ jesus ]
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oh!
the feelings were: alpha-typical attraction, self-satisfaction and possessiveness.
the feelings now are: surprise, mortification, alarm, and so much embarrassment it could probably tranq a herd of elephants. she brings her hands up to her face - oh she still has yogurt on her fingers - to try to cover her blush but it's going all the way up to her ears and dusting all over her neck and shoulders. she's so red.]
P-P-P-Pardon me, I don't know what—
[on thursday morning, iris finally learned it was alpha week.]
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[ his brain's restarting please hold. his hand does come up kind of stupidly to the side of his neck? he mostly just looks embarrassed and flustered and also like he's trying to make sure iris doesn't feel bad?!
HHHHH ]
Uh. It's not your fault, it's - whatever's -- weird shit was going on this week, I, uh. It's okay, you don't have to apologize.
[ holy shit. uh. okay. Okay! ] I'm gonna - [ he makes a gesture over to the sink. the sink! and goes to scurry over and quickly escape so he can get some wet paper towels so they can clean up a little bit and also so he can try to stop thinking about that. he is going to think about it forever. cool! ]
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Um, right! We - made a mess.
[okay but her audacity in saying this when she a ) started the fight and then b ) tried to clean it by licking him.
there's another flare of embarrassment as she rushes to go find a broom. ESCAPE. ESCAPE!!!!]
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... and the worst of it is that even though he's also flustered, he picks up on those little notes of fear, and feels the squeeze of worry tight around his chest. while iris is turned around, she might hear a weird smacking noise - that would be the sound of ichiro smacking both of his hands against his cheeks. get it together. get it together!!! ]
...Does that mean I win by default, cause you started the fight? Pretty sure I did.
[ that's a distraction enough!! ]
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it takes her a few seconds to find her verbal footing before she responds, still in the middle of wiping off her shoulders.]
... sounds like a bargain coming from an unconfident competitor.
[their parfaits are definitely almost melty...]
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They're both screwed up! [ the competitive nature is returning over the embarrassment, at least - a very familiar feeling, and one much easier to grasp on to than the fact that his heartbeat is still going way too fast and he's going to be thinking about this for the rest of the day.
he's still turned around for the moment, but does kind of turn over his shoulder to look at her, glad for the easy distraction. because... even if that. that was A Lot, just now, the rest of it beforehand had been a genuinely fun time, and one very sorely needed, so it's nice to lean into it. ]
Mine might've been a work of art before it melted. [ it really wasn't ]
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