ain't no party like a kumou party

[sunshrouded]

Who: the residents of the Cloudy Apartment (aka Tenka & Sousei & Soramaru & Nishiki & whoever else they might pick up....)
When: varies
Where: the best apartment Ever
What: Home is where the chaos is.
Rating/Warning: none at the moment!

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[In this nifty little space, I'm going to mention that Sousei and Tenka used the HOLO(gm) to make the entire apartment look closer to the shrine, complete with sliding screen doors and tatami mats. They tossed all of the chairs out the window and proceeded to get really low tables and cushions so that they could sit around as they normally do.

The kitchen is the only modern-looking part of the apartment because they realized that as much as they fail at cooking, what they have is already better than the kitchen of the shrine. They also bought a rice cooker because that's pretty important.

For now, everyone has their own room. Subject to change if this family gets bigger or they decide to knock down a wall to the next apartment over. Who knows, maybe that'll happen on accident.

Lastly, they kept the couch. Because Tenka liked it and he still claims to be The Rule.]

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[souperb]

[ fuck they opened it ]

... Hi.

[ to both of the #sohomo couple.

but god like she'd get lost please... she tries her best to seem neutral about the whole thing but this is still weird and surreal and she is torn between just wanting to go home now and staying.

of course, she comes in. then shoves what she's holding (gently) in tenka's direction. ]

There's your salsa and some soup, for you and [ .... slowly: ] Gloomy Gloomface. I wasn't sure how much I should've brought, so hopefully it's enough.

[sunshrouded]

Gloomy Gloomface doesn't need any.

[tENKA STOP. But otherwise he's just taking what was offered and blinking, actually taking time to look it over and brightening up considerably.]

Haaa, Milla-chan, you're great!!

Go make yourself at home in the living room and I'm gonna grab something to eat with the salsa.

[deontology]

[EXCUSE..........???]

Use my name.

[JEEZE. And to Tenka--]

Stop encouraging her with your ridiculousness.

[souperb]

I was just repeating what I was told-- [ to sousei, and then to tenka, with a slight fluster: ] And don't say things like that. It's just food.

[ great... what the heck, who just throws compliments out like that. she'll take that invitation, however, moving further into casa kumou and taking a seat on the opposite end of the couch from sousei.

this is so...... awkward...... ]

Honestly, both of you...

[sunshrouded]

I'm gonna encourage her all I want, Frowny Ponytail!!

[Haha, what name.

Anyway, Tenka's going to the kitchen to fetch something.... Probably chips, they have chips. He'll get chips and go to sit right in the middle of the couch because why not. Then putting the chips and salsa on the table - and realizing the oreos he had out are still there. Oh.]

C'mon, Sousei! Salsa...!! Specially provided by Milla-chan.

[deontology]

[??? What is wrong with you, Tenka. Suddenly Tenka is flopped between them and Sousei is thus resigned to not being able to shove Tenka because otherwise he would be shoving him onto Milla and that would be rude to their guest.

......]

You have been here for a month or two at best and you have already forgotten how to properly entertain guests?

[you invited her!! Where's the tea! why are they all sitting on the couch

this is all so wrong.]

[souperb]

[ this is why she should've stayed at home and cursed tenka and sousei to a salsa-less experience. but of course, curse her curiosity... curse the allure of companionship that she can't resist despite her saying otherwise... curse her fate.

ah, tenka's now way too close for her liking, though, and she shies a little bit away in response. ]

This is about what I expected.

[ the ongoing sitcom of tenka and sousei, featuring special guest milla, brought here just for her salsa. she knew all along... ]

[sunshrouded]

[oh shit right, tea. that's kind of what he invited her for.

But now Tenka's looking at the salsa and the oreos and the chips... He just sat down again. So now he's turning to Sousei-]

Sousei, can you make tea?

Just be patient, Milla-chan. Promise we'll get to the good part soon!

[deontology]

[what is the "Good part", exactly.... and why is he left making tea for Tenka's guest? It's only because Milla is partially also his guest and he was raised to have good manners that he stands with a huff of air, an aggravated sigh.]

...Fine.

[don't be weird while he's gone, because he's disappearing into the kitchen. At least he can avoid the awkward that way.]

[souperb]

[ nooo, don't leave her alone with the crabhead.... she's going to be roasted alive by these rays of sunshine. she was actually this close to offering to make the tea herself, if only because she can somehow find herself excused from having to sit in a room with the two of them...

... but, no, there sousei goes to do it when asked, and that's an issue all on its own because with a curious tilt of the head, an inquisitive: ]

... Is that actually Sousei?

[ when he's out of earshot. he just listened and went to do it what the fuck ]

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . . ]

Is there a reason why it wouldn't be Sousei?

[did his partner get replaced by a cyborg while he wasn't looking

does Milla know something he doesn't

and now cue Tenka's own suspicious glance over to the kitchen-]

That's not too different from normal but I guess I could've missed something....

[souperb]

[ ........... now she feels like the crazy one. but, that just getting up to do it-- no complaining? no do it yourself? no... something?? just "fine".

that's weird. of course, she's glancing to the kitchen too-- ]

I expected some kind of comment, besides fine.

[ ......... not too different from normal. these two are beyond comprehension. ]

[sunshrouded]

You're a guest and he's probably trying to make Mom proud or something.

[IF TENKA HAD TO TAKE A STAB IN THE DARK and also hit the target dead on

Still though, he's just laughing a bit later.]

Has he been a little shit to you too? I thought I got the reserved honor or something.

[souperb]

[ okay... she'd heard about the being taken in by tenka's family and all that, but she won't ask further given sousei didn't really elaborate on that. she has her respect for whatever little privacy he has sometimes.

but wow, that second part. a little shit? reserved honor? how do these people even sit in the same room together? ]

I don't know. He... says some annoying things sometimes, I guess, but it's always with the same facial expression.

[ there's understanding people, and then there's understanding sousei, and then there's understanding tenka.

she just gives up. ]

[sunshrouded]

[Nah Milla, the little shit face is the one where Sousei actually smiles and gets all overconfident and dumb. But Tenka's just snorting faintly at that and shaking his head fondly.]

That's because his entire being is annoying.... but he's not that bad. You could do worse for a friend, I guess.

If there's nothing to make fun of, then he probably wouldn't say anything.

[deontology]

[WELL, hope you guys don't mind that this heartfelt chat is going to be interrupted, but tea only takes so long to make. He returns, carefully carrying three cups, and sets them down on the table properly, two on one side, the other on the other.

They can sit properly at the table!!

On the mats on the ground, instead of on the couch.

Which is where he's settling himself next (on the side with one cup), as if he didn't hear a single word they were saying (and it's hard to say if he did or didn't).]

[souperb]

[ see, she was going to respond to that but sousei takes that opportunity to walk right in. the words die then, and anything she's about to say is filed away with a bit of a glance sideways, away from sousei. so transparent that they were talking about him, honestly... yet there's something embarrassing about almost being caught mid-talk by the person you're discussing.

at least she moves over to the table, taking her own seat on a mat. ]

... Thanks.

[ she can say. that much. ]

[sunshrouded]

[Tenka, meanwhile, couldn't care less if Sousei heard anything that he said. It was all very truthful after all. It's just how it goes.

Either way he's going to plop himself a seat the table next, merrily and bringing the oreos and salsa over there instead!! This is going to be the worst idea in the world but that's okay because at least they have tea to wash it down.]

Not bad, Sousei-kun. Maybe next you can figure out how to make actual food.

[.... rude....]

[deontology]

[EXCUSE YOU-- Sousei's reaction to Tenka is immediate and automatic.]

Shut up. Your attempts at food are no better.

[... right. Company. Guests. He simply nods in response to Milla then, because she's a guest and this is only natural.]

Of course. [... and then he's looking at the oreos and salsa and..........

n...o....???]