[She smiles and bows to him as he backs up, only rising from the bow once he's out of the room. Then she immediately sets to getting things together to cook - rice, vegetables, fish, cooking knives, seasonings... She keeps herself busy, looking for all the world like someone whose only intentions are to prepare a meal.
Once enough time has passed for him to be well on his way to the market, though, she sets some of the food down to simmer and crosses over to the flowers. They're beautiful, but in a room with no other decoration they also feel a little out of place, and so she leans down to smell them but takes a close, careful look to see if anything is being hidden nearby.
...at least it will be easy enough to explain away as her simply enjoying the scent of the flowers, should Kaoru forget something and return suddenly.]
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[She smiles and bows to him as he backs up, only rising from the bow once he's out of the room. Then she immediately sets to getting things together to cook - rice, vegetables, fish, cooking knives, seasonings... She keeps herself busy, looking for all the world like someone whose only intentions are to prepare a meal.
Once enough time has passed for him to be well on his way to the market, though, she sets some of the food down to simmer and crosses over to the flowers. They're beautiful, but in a room with no other decoration they also feel a little out of place, and so she leans down to smell them but takes a close, careful look to see if anything is being hidden nearby.
...at least it will be easy enough to explain away as her simply enjoying the scent of the flowers, should Kaoru forget something and return suddenly.]