[He can deal with the weird ittybitty egs; she'll just crack the normal-sized ones. It's simple enough to do and Chizuru falls into the motions with the practiced ease of someone who is used to losing herself in a task in order to block out the world around her.
Not that she really wants to block Kaoru out, but she's still a little ill at ease from the earlier conversation and she's retreating back into her shell, so to speak. She needs to calm herself down and get a better grip on her feelings because if she lashes out in the same way she did at just the mention of Kaoru possibly going to Tosa, she's going to hurt him. And she doesn't want that...
When she finishes with the eggs, she moves on to start preparing the udon noodles, quick and efficient. Soon they'll be eating this..! Soon...]
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[He can deal with the weird ittybitty egs; she'll just crack the normal-sized ones. It's simple enough to do and Chizuru falls into the motions with the practiced ease of someone who is used to losing herself in a task in order to block out the world around her.
Not that she really wants to block Kaoru out, but she's still a little ill at ease from the earlier conversation and she's retreating back into her shell, so to speak. She needs to calm herself down and get a better grip on her feelings because if she lashes out in the same way she did at just the mention of Kaoru possibly going to Tosa, she's going to hurt him. And she doesn't want that...
When she finishes with the eggs, she moves on to start preparing the udon noodles, quick and efficient. Soon they'll be eating this..! Soon...]