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Spica nodded, that was a good idea. "That sounds like a plan to me!" she said smiling, she knew the kids would love it and the older kids would be loving it not having the younger ones begging to play a game. "I think it'll be great for the lot of them, especially the older kids finally getting a break from them don't you think?" she said chancing a glance over to the counter where the food should come from eventually.

Tsuyoi lifted his head slightly sniffing the air himself, his stomach answering to the smell with a loud snarl. Tsuyoi wrapped his arms around his stomach and looked away, he'd regretably skipped breakfast and was starving by now. He gave a nervous laugh and smile. "Guess I should've eaten this morning, no?"

Minagi shook her head at her brother. "As always Tsuyoi!" she said turning her attention back to Kyou. "Yes you will!" she said confidently, she was still unsure on how she would repay Kyou for doing this for her but she'd figure it out eventually. She knew that alchemy would be an interesting way of making soemthing for Kyou, but she could still only make small things like clay figures and tiny plush toys. Jing had said she wasn't ready for harder things like combining items to make something more useful. SHe'd learn within the next year or so as long as Jing didn't move out. But the way things looked Jing's boyfriend would be moving in with them. Minagi liked Shessen though so it wasn't a problem. "That food does smell good doesn't it." she said sniffing the air herself sighing at the smell of cooking food.

Shizuma shrugged, "Ayn Rand is an old author, her book were written in the early 1900's so they're not too well known." he explain picking up The Funtainhead which was the larger of the two. "Yeah, you'll have to let me borrow that, I'll read just about anything I can get my hands on." he said looking at his reciet from the book store. "Hmm... I'm gonna need a new book shelf pretty soon if i keep buying books the way I do." he said with a slight laugh. It was a habit of his to grab anything that looked intersting.

Spica clapped at the great idea. "That sounds perfect," she said taking a glance at the trio again she couldn't help but keep looking over at them. "I don't thin my oldest will feel left out. My oldest has a daughter, a little younger than Tsuyoi. She's a sweet little thing, a lot like her father though." she said thinking about her little granddaughter, but it wouldn't be bad idea to bring Inara over as well, it would give Kisho and Melody a day to themselves. "I've got a lot of kids around my house as well, nine of them come from the Chunsa Center... well one is an old friend of mine Misoka Asagi. I knew him from my younger years, before...I forgot." she said scratching the back of her neck, she didn't usually like recalling the things she couldn't remember because it always made her a bit aggitated because she knew there was no way to restore her memories.

Tsuyoi laughed and let go of his stomach just in time for it to give another growl, making him flinch. "Darn, that food better come soon I dunno how much I can really take of this. From now on I'm going to eat breakfast or at least put something in my stomach in the morning." he said making it a permanent mental note that he'd never forget. Tsuyoi nudged Kyou when he asked Minagi about what she could teach him. "You shouldn't have said that." he said with a strange grin on his face.

Minagi gave Tsuyoi a dirty look but put a smile back on her face and laced her fingers together. "Well, I could..." she stopped herself, she wasn't sure if she could but once Kyou mentioned 'equal trade' she spoke again. "I could try teaching you a bit of Alchemy. It's the art of equivelant exchange. Like I can make things, but I can't make something with water if the thing I wanna make doesn't have water in it. For example," she though to herself for a moment "well, Jing my older sister she's the one who teaches me, but it's like; you can't make a soft plushie out of a pile of rocks. Or even a bowl out of a puddle of water. It just doesn't work. But I can't make much yet, small things. But I'm still pretty good at it. I could teach you the basics if you like, first you have to know the laws of Alchemy though." she said, hoping that she wasn't boring poor Kyou with her senseless rambling about the art she loved.

Shizuma nodded, "No problem, the moment I finish it I'll call you. No, I've never read that, I'll have to look it up, it sounds interesting." he said recording the name of the book and author in his mind to write down on his book list when he got home later that day. "A book club sounds great! Maybe we could even get a few other of the Banir Kinder into the book club with us and we could have meetings like once a month or something like that." he said, this was getting exciting, finally someone on his level. "I'll come over when Minagi and them go over as well." he said nodding and tilted his chair back to see if any food appeared at the counter.