queenoflogs | Extra Recipe: Bentou Boxing

Kazumi didn't know anything about Akiha, so at least she only had to worry about Akira's side of it.

"Hahah I guess, though it might kind of look like leading her along," she reasoned. Well, she might have felt that way herself if she had tried to take her kiss with Akira more seriously afterward. "Hmm, mostly just basic stuff! Though I did and oven and stove, that was probably the hardest! Actually, I'm not sure I did it right..." Any engineer would probably despair at the magically heating surface and temperature box. "...but it works fine, so!"

Fionna made a face. "Lead her o-she should be the one worried about other people thinking they wee being lead! Whatever. Anyway, Akira is kinda hard to read though. She likes music and pretty girls though. If I can say anything about her, its that she's real good at details and noticing people. If she tells you you're pretty, you kinda melt into a ball of wax."

She would know.

"For reals? I did a stove too, but we should totes check out how they work side by side. Glad it works!"

"Eheheh, I know what you mean," said Kazumi with a little blush at the melting comment. Some days it was hard living with Akira, in a brain-meltingly good sort of way. She was gradually getting used to it! Enough that meals were still on time without too much distraction from the compliments.

"Yeah, that's one of the biggest things I needed! If you have a stove and an oven, you can cook almost anything!"

"But you know, I like her though," Fionna remarked. "She seems pretty down to earth, and I think if she can help someone, she'll do it. I feel like she's the kinda person that could really have fun if she had the chance!"

She nodded. "I used to have to do it on a spit when I first got here, so a stove and oven are totes a big help! Hey, what else can you make Kazumi?"

"Right? She's really reliable, but really cool about it!" Kazumi agreed as she plowed through another sandwich.

"An open fire, huh? That kinda limits what you can cook." She considered what else there was... she hadn't exactly tried to make many things, since she tried to avoid going near the wild places too often. "Hmm, mostly just the simple things like plates and cooking utensils and frying pans... oh, though I've had to make oil and wine for some recipes! I guess I did end up using the dirt for food..."

Fionna nodded. "I really kinda wish I could play like her too! She played some real nice jazz music, and she made so many awesome sounds come from it. It sorta reminded me of cake and her clarinet, but this was sorta different!"

"Well yeah, but the it was all, like, roasted apples and pies and junk like that. Now that we have all this other
stuff to cook with, we have to use it and make more food, you know? I gotta go to the library, find different things to make!"

"Oh, really? I haven't heard her play; I'll have to get her to do it sometime!" Kazumi said with a giggle. She could really easily imagine it, especially with that suit...

"I could definitely share some recipes with you!" she suggested. "In fact, I was thinking about making a cooking group for doing that sort of thing, you know? Teaching how to cook and sharing recipes!"

"I did, and she was pretty great! I've never really heard music like jazz before, kinda sounds like music from before the war in my world! I hope you get the chance to hear it sometime! Just ask her!"

Fionna nodded. "Yeah, I think Xion was even trying to do that once, so it'd be cool if we can all get together. trade different kinds of food to make and help other guys to make stuff!I'm sure we can get other people into it!"

She munched on one of the fruits. "It's a real pretty day out too. We can go to the arcade or do just anything!"

"I'll definitely make a note to do it," nodded Kazumi.

"Xion? I don't think I've met her... but yeah, Sayaka was saying there was a group like that before, so getting it started again would be good! It'd be a great way to make friends."

Kazumi looked around as she munched on her sandwich. "It really is, isn't it? Though... I don't think I've seen bad weather the whole time I've been here!"

"Yeah, she was getting people to try and cook too. I think we should all just get together, teach each other and other people so that we can ave something fun to do where we're not constantly fighting. And that way I can totes makes something for Amam..."

She trailed off, blushing slightly. "Well, you know, it'll be fun to get along with other people too! I'm glad its been so nice! Maybe there should be another beach day without the rum!"

"Heheh, yes!" agreed Kazumi, giggling as she caught that blush. "A lot of the fun of cooking is making things for your friends! Or loved ones~"

She nodded vigorously at the party suggestion. "Yeah, in the day too so there can be more swimming and playing!"

"Yeah well, y'know, whatever!" Fionna said, reddening slightly. "You can always make something for Akira too right? People always like it when you make food for them!"

Of course, Akira was miss smooth operator, so who knew what her business was?

"So now that we know that, what should we do in the meantime?"

"Yup! Well, I cook for her all the time now... but it makes her happy, so I'm happy!" Kazumi giggled.

"Well, if you're done eating, lemme just back everything up and we can head to the arcade, if you still want to! Or maybe do something outside since it's so nice~" But it was nice every day, so it's not like it'd be too much of a waste hitting the arcade instead. That had been the point of this date anyway.

"Yeah, she kinda seems like the type that won't go hungry," Fionna observed, "because she knows how to charm the pants off ya. In my worls, we'd say she's kinda smoove that way."

Oh right, the arcade! "Yeah man, let's totally go and get to the arcade! I know I said that it was a nice day, but maybe we can go and play in the sun afterward! Right now, I kinda wanna go and get my head into some cool games!"

"Ehehe, basically," Kazumi agreed.

"Yeah, awesome! I'll get everything cleaned up; if you could just fold the blanket!" she said as she started packing up the remaining food. They'd made a pretty huge dent in it, but it seems like she'd made too much anyway.

Fionna nodded, understanding all too well how important it was that everything be neat and tidy and back to the way it was. She folded it neatly and slung it in her book bag, ready to go.

"Lead the way!"

"Alright!" cheered Kazumi as she started to head out, only to stop a few paces away, turning back to Fionna. "Wait, which way is it?"

"That way," Fionna pointed out, grinning and taking the girl's hand. "Come on, let's go! I'll race ya!"

"Hahaha, you're on!" said Kazumi, breaking into a run. Given they were holding hands though, it wasn't as if either of them would be pulling ahead anytime soon though]

That was a good point. All that wound up doing really was making it so Fionna wound up dragging Kazumi toward the beach, past the boardwalk where they finally came to the old fashioned looking arcade. They were pretty strange games, and sadly, there was no UFO among them.

"I think my favorite is the Unicorn game," Fionna said, chuckling. "I play that every time I come in here!"

Kazumi was a pretty good runner, but Fionna definitely made her go fast to keep up. All in all it was pretty fun and at least they managed not to trip each other up, running like that.

"The unicorn game?" asked Kazumi curiously, looking around. A lot of these she'd never seen before, but they looked pretty interesting.

"Yup!" Fionna said. "You pretty much just gotta stay up and grab the butterflies and not get killed! it's pretty simple, but the object is to not fall down. Give it a try!"

She moved so that Kazumi could get shot, humming the song to herself. "Always, I wanna be with yoooou.."

Giggling at Fionna's singing, Kazumi stepped up to the arcade cabinet and give it her best shot. Not surprisingly, she made the first few jumps before crashing into one of the big star barriers.

"Oh no, was I supposed to jump over that one?"

Fionna nodded. "You gotta stay afloat, Kazumi, and dash a lot so you don't hit anything. Come on, I know you can do it!"

Undettered, she still sang under her breath. "When its cold outside..."

"Wait, there's a dash on this thing?" Which was Kazumi's cue to dash right off a cliff and into the next platform. "Whoops... guess so!"

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