estoria | loaded the bullets with my blood in the rounds

[ somehow, kanda has only learned to make about two drinks during his tenure at this bar. this has lead to more than one disagreement, but mostly, kanda is aggressive enough to end most of those disagreements by looking meaningfully at the wine opener.

this guy, however, is a little more stubborn. kanda slams a hand on the counter to make him back off, snarling. ] You're still getting drunk, so why do you even care?

[ While Mizuki was still largely mystified by his presence in this new city, the bartending job was actually one of the things that he enjoyed. It was comfortable and familiar, though painfully reminiscent of home in a lot of ways, but he made do.

Tonight, he's off duty when he overhears Kanda's "disagreement" with a customer. Quirking a small smile, leans over the bar, pushing himself next to the irate man to face the younger boy. ]

Isn't it better to be a little more gentle with customers?

[ kanda gives the newcomer the most offended look he can muster, which is pretty damn offended. he looks like he might pop a blood vessel. ]

Who the fuck are you, and why are you talking to me?

[ The rather uninviting response to his greeting barely phases him, though he does push himself back a little, further from the bar in case Kanda's the type to get physical. ]

I'm Mizuki, I started working here recently. And I can help you mix the drink if you're having trouble.

Really?

[ ...though kanda did hear about someone else joining the bar as a bartender, he wasn't paying that much attention to the name. ]

...fine. Whatever.

[ he slides a glass along the table to mizuki more aggressively than quite necessary. ]

[ Amiable as ever, Mizuki offers the younger boy an approving glance before stepping back for a second so that he can hop over the bar easily. He's back on the business side now, and he takes the glass, asking the man for his order again.

It's not anything he knows exists back in Midorijima, some drink native to this city, but he's brushed up on the cocktails that Niteo offered. ]

It's not that hard. [ A comment made toward Kanda, as he picks a couple bottles of liqueur from the bar, pouring them into the glass before filling the rest of it from the tap—a strange kind of carbonated alcohol, not too potent.

He leans on the bar once he's done. ]

See?

[ the customer is clearly frustrated, but still, given his drink, subsides into sulking on the other end of the bar. kanda just glowers at him as if daring him to protest again. ]

See what? How to mix shit together?

You think you can replicate what I did?

[ He's not sure if his nonchalant attitude is going to irritate Kanda or not, but he's not really bothered with it. What's the younger boy going to do? Swing some punches his way? Well, even if he does, it's not like Mizuki doesn't know how to take a hit. ]

I'm a customer tonight too, I could use a drink. [ Like, a lot of them. ]

No.

[ he doesn't know how to do this kind of thing!! ]

Then pick one of these. [ he waves his hand at a wall of bottled liquors. as far as kanda's concerned, everyone should be satisfied with drinking one of these. ]

[ the commotion in the back of the bar is getting to be too much, for even a bar, so the boss has dispatched kanda to try and keep people down. he confronts the first person by dragging him out of a knot of alcohol and aggression by the shoulder, tossing him back to the ground. ]

Hey. The fuck's going on here?

[Well, that's a good question. One that probably won't be answered any time soon, judging by how drunk these people are, but still a good question. Kanda's only so lucky that most of them awkwardly break apart with his arrival, instead of trying to escalate things. That also allows him to spot Jason smackdab in the middle of this mess, holding some unfortunate sap in a chokehold while they try (and fail) to punch him.

He's totally going to casually grin at Kanda while this is, uh. A thing.]

Hey, it's you. I recognize you. Gonna buy me a drink, too?

[... He's not as drunk as he's pretending to be, and he knows that's not why he's here. He also might have made some people angry by more or less drinking them under the table and tossing the bill their way??? Oops.]

I work here.

[ kanda's gaze slides over the group, ignoring the people running away to focus on the guy jason's choking out slowly. ]

You're causing trouble. [ his intense glare says "you should stop". ]

Whoops, am I...? My bad.

[And just like that, he releases the chokehold, allowing the guy to fall flat on his face on the ground. This was completely and utterly intentional.]

No more trouble. [Aside from the mess, anyway.] Happy now?

[ kanda sneers, an expression visible even in the dim light. he lets whoever wants to run, run, but since jason's still here, he's not just going to let it pass. ]

No. You're bothering other customers. Ruining business. All that shit, so what're you going to do about it?

Gosh, aren't you awfully serious. [He's... so not impressed by that sneer. He's been subjected to worse, so he doesn't even hesitate to sit down on one of the stools that hasn't been flipped over.]

I'm just gonna go back to what I was doing before I was wrongfully [not really] attacked: I'm going to drink some more rounds.

Pretty sure they attacked you because you were being a douchebag.

[ kanda gives jason a dark look, not accepting that. ]

That's pretty slanderous, ain't it? I've been nothing but a gentleman all night long, promise.

[Yeah. No. He's not even trying to convince anyone here.]

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[ he's supposed to arrange flowers, which is much harder than it sounds, because he's shitty at it. kanda is currently settling for poking tall sunflower stalks into a bucket of water, and stuffing other, smaller flowers, in next to them.

well. he's trying his best. ]

[Veronica's idea of arranging flowers is to put them more or less in the same place and then to fluff them up a little with her fingers with very little regard to colour or shape. She had read books on the subject (because they had been at around eye level on the shelf and had caught her attention) so she's curious when she wanders into Thistle Do Nicely and sees a familiar figure fiddling with sunflowers.

Wary since the last time he'd told her to stop asking him questions, she hangs back a little and watches before deciding that if all else failed she could still apologize for annoying him.]

Why are you putting sunflowers with the littler flowers?

[ bless you, veronica. you're braver than many a man. kanda is trying to fit a sprig of purple flower into the bucket and turns with an angry look when someone interrupts.

ah. it's her. ]

Why shouldn't I?

[ if he sounds needlessly offended about this... well, he just doesn't want to be confronted about the fact that he's arranging flowers. or trying to, anyway. ]

[Brave? Or just foolhardy? Nevertheless, she returns his angry look with a quietly blank one.]

I never said that you should not. I just wished to know your reasoning, that is all. I read a book once that said flower arrangements reflect the feelings and thoughts of the one making them.

[Because his choices were...different, to say the least. (But that isn't necessarily a bad thing.)]

[ that kind of makes sense, actually. kanda just crosses his arms, first, in response. ]

I don't know how to do this shit. The lady who runs this place just told me to put some out.

[ and he has no idea how to do any of it. ]

Oh.

[She kind of assumed that he'd read about it if he was working here...well, no matter. She would have, but that didn't mean a thing.]

Shall I help you, then?

Do you have nothing better to do?

[ that's kind of a yes. ]

[Veronica stops to think about that before shaking her head.]

No, there is nothing better or more important than helping you right now.

[And since he hadn't said she wasn't allowed to help him, she walks a bit closer, reaching out for the flowers that he had been arranging.]

@MIZUKI

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