godbent | 14th: The Fetishes of Haruhi Suzumiya

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[Okay so she's still on the tailend of recovering from the cold she had when she came back from the draft, but by now the fever has (mostly) subsided and she no longer feels tired all the time which leads her to make an important announcement:]

Keiichi, come pick up your stupid boyfriend, he doesn't need to creep around my house and play nurse anymore! Or... Minako! You get over here and help me get him in a proper nurse uniform if he thinks he can hang around like this! Neku, you're a man, why haven't you kicked him out yet--

[And then there's a scramble because... Minato may or may not have taken note of her doing this. Fuuuuuh. Oh wait-]

Oh and Edward! Chime in!

[Aaaaand here she's forced away from her book :C She's been bedridden/otherwise kept mostly at or around home for a while now, so for Brigade people assume she has not been at meetings since she got back. And aside from her message that she was alive right when she got back (here) she hasn't exactly gone out of her way to contact anyone.

So anyone can tag even aside from the summoned people]

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What are you baking?

[Moving to try to take a peek.]

Just some cookies.

[See... cookies. She doesn't try to stop him and some of them are done, after all]

[Cookies, he sees them, and sees some done. Reaching out for one...]

[No objections here. She just keeps up with putting little circular dough-balls on this new sheet. Something to do, at least]

[Cookie snatched then and munching.]

You sure you are feeling well enough to be doing this?

Yeah, it's not like I'm doing anything stressful or important or sensitive.

[With a sigh, that is]

Making food is pretty important, you know. Any reason in special or is it just to have something to do?

Mostly just having something to do.

They are quite good. Tasty.

[Reaching for another...]

Of course they are, I made them! That's like telling a bee it makes good honey. Take as much as you want.

Why are they good just because you made them? Are you a professional cookie maker or something?

Because I'm a good cook and baker. I've been doing it for years, you know.

For years? Don't your parents cook?

Well... dad's too busy and mom, she's- [There's a sheepish but nostalgic laugh here] I actually didn't know until sixth grade that boxed lunches were supposed to taste better than school-bought sandwiches.

[... Petting your head now.]

Poor, poor you. At least she didn't cook bad enough for you to get poisoned, right?

No, she's not that bad. But I still picked up cooking since an early age to help out.

Not that bad? Is there anything she can make that you like only when she makes it?

[....Uh.

Uh. She taps her fingers on the counter as she has to think about that.]

...Miso soup, I guess. She puts creative things in it.

As long as it tastes good it shouldn't matter what one puts in those, right?

Not all creative choices are created equal, Keiichi. If something was art every time you tried something new than a dog might win a Pulitzer for happening to step on sheets of paper five or six times or a baby might outdo da Vinci. It's like with aliens - something like Roswell is obviously superior sighting-wise than "eyewitness" accounts, or crop circles are better than supposed abductions - aliens are artists, not kidnappers, you know.

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