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"How mighty generous of you, fair Aurora."

Not having tea as an option was always rather disappointing, but nothing he couldn't overcome - the water spigot worked well enough for an option, despite paying full price for a soda. Perhaps if he was feeling adventurous, he'd try for their lemonade when it came time for a refill.

Setting the drink on the table, he offered her a passing wink as he turned back towards the counter, where the cook was busy retrieving fresh fries from the frying basket. The grease was drained, the fries were dabbed, seasoned and finally dumped in the parchment paper that lined the red plastic holder. Cheese was quickly piled on top of it, not wasting any of the molten heat still coming off of the potatoes. Overall, the container looked cheap - it probably was cheap - but the smell alone made his stomach growl and the trip worth it.

He set the basket down on the table and moved to take a chair... but paused, brown eyes glancing over towards her, then towards the seat he'd chosen across from her. Without saying a word, he slid the chair over towards her, creating a new seat for himself beside where she sat.

"Hope you don't mind," Came the casual comment, the young man reaching over to drag the basket between them. "I prefer the view from this angle."

Plucking an especially cheesy-looking fry, he slid it into his mouth and began chewing, not even bothering with any condiments. He at least waited until swallowing to add, "You're the first person I've taken here, you know. I'm interested in what you think of it."

"Four out of five, you say?"

He seemed amused by her rating, though not allowing it to waste the opportunity to pop not one, but two more fries in his mouth as he chewed thoughtfully on the crunchy snack. Swallowing, he grabbed one of the provided napkins from the metal dispenser and wiped the excess grease from his fingers. "I'd like to imagine one day achieving such a rating as that, myself."

A few more fries, a few moments of silence and he was back to asking questions. "So, with a limited palette of sans meat, where do you tend to frequent, as far as food goes?"

Eyes watched her, listening carefully - a guy had to take a few notes when it came tot his sort of thing, after all. One arm casually slid to rest on the back of her chair, mindful not to startle her with the subtle gesture as his other hand moved to grab yet another fry to munch on.

"Stressed? Who's stressed?"

His hands moved up in a who, me? gesture, feigning innocence of the implication. "If anything, this works out perfectly. I get to show you all of my favorite spots and you can pick your own favorites from there. Then, when you see a place you like, we can try it out."

A sensible plan, if he'd ever thought of one. However, being mindful of her seemingly frugal lifestyle and sensitivity to spending money, he was quick to add, "I'm not too bad in the kitchen, myself."

Which wasn't necessarily a lie, per se, but it might have been a bit exaggerated. Being able to cut up vegetables and boil water did not make for an experienced five-star chef. "Maybe we can make something wonderful together soon, hm?"

Without thinking, he leaned over and pressed a kiss on top of her head. Lips brushed against the turquoise of her hair, the smell of coconut teased his nose. His arm moved up to gently wrap around her back as he pulled away, his grin nothing short of cocky as he swiped a messy glob of cheese from the fry making its way towards her mouth. The finger slid between his lips, pulling away gently as he made an audible tsk sound.

"Beautiful, I'm afraid that your expectations are on the rather low side, if spending time with me is all you want." Idle eyes glanced over towards the clock, the young man mentally determining how much time they'd have left to themselves for the afternoon, "Because I intend to give you all my attention and then some."

He was gentlemanly enough to wait until she was finished swallowing her bite before dipping down to steal a quick kiss. Like everything else he did in life, Akio threw himself into it whole-heartedly, always to the fullest. And Aurora, whether she realized it or not, now had Akio Yoshida and all of his whole-hearted self all to herself.