Bored as Hell!

"Gah! You're a hard nut to crack." She finished his serving and pulled him to a dango shop. Soon, half a dozen sticks of dango came, and Toshi held one out to him. "Here! Dango."

Juuroku looked at them. "Dango?" He awkwardly picked on up and inspected it.

"Sweet dumplings," Toshi explained, munching on some. "Try it!"

He tried it. "Again...Its...so....odd...."

"...what did they feed you?! Do you have taste buds?"

"I assure you I have taste buds. Military rations are all I've ever had. Along with food pills." He paused. "Is that....bad?"

"Yes! It's like you're all in black and white. You need some color in your life," she said, wagging her finger.

Juuroku looked at her. "I have blue eyes though..that isn't black or white.

"Hm? Really?" Toshi looked up into his face and smiled. "They're blue, alright. But where's the life in them?"

"I'm alive. I can breath and I have blood moting through my body. What are you talking about?"

"You have no free will. It's like...you can't do anything fun. No excitement," she said softly. "Like you're a meat puppet. A zombie."

"Zombies are dead...I thought we established I was alive. I'm confuzed."

"I meant, you don't control your life! You're like a puppet," Toshi explained.

"I'm confused....why would someone else control another's life?"

"To use them of course!"

"I still don't understand...."

"Uwah...nevermind, then. I'll assume the duty of showing you the pleasures of life!" she said, grinning. "Starting with food!"

"Ok...so what do we have now?" Jurroku looked at the food they had in front of them.

"These are pancakes," she said, pointing to a stack with maple syrup. "Try it! It's sweet."

"The things you spoke of earlier? They sounded unappatising."

"But they're really yummy once you try them..." she said, trailing off. "Just you wait, you'll see!"

"I guess....maybe...."

"Okay, now say aaaah!" she said, holding up a forkful of pancakes to his mouth.

( Gtg, bye ^-^)

Juuroku took the fork and a bite. After a short pause he took another from his plate. He slowly ate the stack.

"Sooo, how does it taste, Hooritsu-san?" Toshi asked eagerly, watching him eat.