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sure
im at 1418
do you need help with them?

right down the street! i remember
i can handle it
thank you though
ill be right there ok?

sure
ill wait outside

ok!

[He doesn't quite leave right away, instead opting to pick out a couple of the cakes from the basket (the idea being to give some variety to the selection, but really... they're all pretty much identical, aren't they?) before zipping down the street to house 1418. He's fairly fast, so that should make up for a few extra moments of loitering, he figures...!]

[Furuya, true to his word, is on the porch waiting for Mihashi-kun. The rain isn't as heavy today but still, it is raining. He doesn't feel like it's been overly long, and even if it's raining it's also nice and cool out, so he's fine with sitting outside for a little while. He stands when he sees Mihashi-kun approaching, though.]

Thank you for bringing these...

[Given the rain, even if it is a fairly light one, the sweets obviously need to be protected well! Mihashi shows up carrying the container close to himself in order to keep it from getting too wet. An umbrella or anything like that has been forgone in favor of just a hat, but it's effective enough, he figures. It really is only just down the road, after all.

And, oh! Furuya really was waiting outside for him...! He wasn't actually expecting it, despite the text saying so, considering the weather... but he looks pretty pleasantly surprised at this turn of events. Furuya-kun is a good person!]

It's no problem. [And up to Furuya goes the container.] Um, take any you want.

[He tries to be, he's just not always terribly good at it.

Furuya lifts the top and peeks inside. They look really good and he carefully plucks a couple out.]

Did you want to have one now?

[Furuya's never given him a reason to think otherwise! So as far as Mihashi's concerned? Good person.

He had sort of figured he was just going to drop them off and take his leave, but if he's offering...]

We could! If you want.

[It seems kind of rude to just take food and send Mihashi-kun back out into the rain, but it might also be rude to keep him.]

If you want to stay. We can go inside.

[But turning Furuya down after he brought up the offer in the first place would feel rude. Manners sure are weird.]

S-sure, for a bit. [A good compromise. He wouldn't want to impose for long, after all.]

[It's hard to be polite. Hopefully they'll be better friends soon so it's not as necessary.]

OK. Come on in.

[You have a friend who doesn't go to Seido coming in, Furuya... be cool...

Be prepared to be greeted by a house filled with paintings and homemade knickknacks and knitted things... as well as the odd kiddie pool of water. Life with an octopus for a dad.]

[Strive to be the temperature you love the most. Keep your chill.]

Pardon the intrusion. [Spoken quietly as he walks in and takes off his shoes. Everything in here feels really homey, it's actually really interesting to him. (The kiddie pool doubly so, but that's just because it's so... Unexpected. Huh.)] is all this, your family's stuff? ['Family'.]

[Chill is not as easy as it looks, but he does his best.]

Yes. My father likes to decorate and make things. And he needs the water. [Pause.]

Have you met Takasu? He's an octopus.

[An octopus... like, a literal octopus? How does that even work? It makes the pool seem a little more reasonable, but...!!

After a second of shocked silence, he shakes his head a couple of times.] I haven't. [But, he guesses, it's not that much weirder than one of his own 'parents' being a country?] He must be - really talented. [He's trying to imagine a for-real octopus knitting or painting. Incredible...!]

He is. He has a human torso and arms so he can use his hands for things, but he also has tentacles instead of legs he can use. He can cook and knit at the same time.

[He was kind of weirded out at first but Furuya's grown very fond of his octopus father here. It helps that Takasu's kind and considerate, too.]

What is your family like?

[So... like some kind of octopus mermaid? That just makes it more weird to imagine! Still kind of incredible, though, but he's not sure how much of it he can fully believe without seeing it himself.

Not that he has any reason to doubt Furuya. That's just... a lot of bizarre information to be delivered so casually.]

They're... kind to me. [That a fairly succinct way of putting it.] Germany-san works a lot, and Count D-san really likes animals. [He hesitates for a second, and adds,] We have... a lot of dogs. [And a few other, more odd types of animals running around, but the dogs are something of a stress point, and therefore most worth mentioning. Apparently.]

[Basically, but for some reason he just considers himself an octopus. Furuya just sort of goes with it.]

Do you have two fathers? [He knows it's not that unusual, but given that one is an octopus and one is a princess, his parents actually seem like a couple so he's not sure about Mihashi-kun's family, if it's the same.]

We have one too. His name is Glen, he's Veronica-san's really. He's a good dog but he's usually with her. [Because he gets the feeling dogs are some kind of thing to be pointed out like that.] How many is a lot?

[When they reach the kitchen, he brings down a couple of small plates and gets out a couple of forks, then sets them at the table.]

[Give him just a second to absorb that questions - he hadn't really ever thought about it in terms like that before.] I guess? [Two guys in parent roles... that certainly would make them a pair of dads.] It's a little... strange - the think of them as dads. [Neither of them are much like his actual dad, and treating a couple of people he doesn't know very well like parents feels pretty strange.]

We have three. [~~More after the gentlepups show up......~~] They're - well behaved. [And he'll do his best not to worry about the one here unless it shows up.]

[It's easy to ask questions. With a minimum of words, Furuya can make the other person do a lot of the work of talking. He doesn't even realize he's the one moving things along... or that he's putting other people on the spot.]

There aren't many girls here so that makes sense, kind of. And I don't call Veronica-san or Takasu mom or dad either but they're nice to me so it's not so bad.

[That's a surprise.] Three? What kind are they? [A little headtilt; he's not completely unperceptive.]

Do you not like them?

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[Mihashi's used to having someone else take the lead, but this is... a bit different. He's not used to being expected to filling most of the conversation. He isn't about to complain, or even point it out, it's just... definitely something.

He feels that whole 'they're nice, so that's good' thing at least, and nods a couple of times in agreement.]

They're, um, a retriever, a corgi, I think? And... something else. [This is really not his area of expertise, but he motions with his hands to indicate a somewhat larger sized dog.

As for if he likes them, well... he doesn't want to say anything bad about Germany's dogs.] They're... well behaved. [And that much is true. But totally not an actual answer to the question. Good job.]

[Furuya's not really used to the whole 'using his words to communicate' aspect of socializing, either but questions aren't so hard. He's curious about Mihashi-kun, too, which helps.

The third dog looks big. He can kind of understand why it's got Mihashi-kun a little skittish.]

Did you have pets before you got here?

[Nonverbal cues are just so much easier. With that thought, he shakes his head a couple of times at the question. It's one he can, at least, offer up a little exposition on without much prompting:]

My parents both - work a lot.

[Among other reasons that made a pet an unwise decision. But that one's the easiest to explain.]

[Furuya starts setting the cakes onto plates, offering one to Mihashi-kun when he finishes speaking. There's more to that than he's saying but it's personal, he can tell.]

My parents were worried we'd have to move again, so we never had one either. I heard one of the houses here had a lion, though. That makes Glen seem small.

[The plate is accepted with a soft,] Thank you. [Before he quiets down to listen to what the other has to say.]

A... lion? [Is that even legal?? Ah, but something else he said is interesting, too.] Um, did your family move a lot...?

You're welcome. [Mihashi-kun is so formal. It's easy to tell he doesn't usually live in a dorm full of aggressive teenage guys, but it's still a surprise to Furuya. He's so... nice.]

That's what my teacher said. He brought it with him to school one day. [Furuya is very fond of Katsura-san.]

Not really but at first they weren't sure. Or maybe my mom just said that. We only moved once, when I was in third grade.

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