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Evelynn Janna Villiers Bloomfield High to Ichiban's RamenA Small Snack Birb - Tsubomi Yuzuki
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Scowling, Eve gave the passenger on her back a shake, lightly tossing the girl side to side within the restricted area between the arms keeping her afloat. There wasn't much room to actually throw the girl, but surely, anything would have passed off as a warning in this particular position. As much as Eve shared Tsubomi's enthusiasm for food and taking smug pictures while enjoying it, she most certainly did not appreciate the sounds of a chipmunk hollering right next to her ear. Giving a moment or two for her ears to stop ringing, Eve turned her head towards the direction that Tsubomi had pointed to, the House of Lotus, and squinted. It was just like the other two dorm houses of Bloomfield, tall, timelessly elegant, and proud. Not to mention, something that she didn't want to try scaling just yet with a flailing peach-head strapped on her back.
"Listen, peach-head, if I lose my hearing at any time during the year, you're going to be responsible for buying my hearing aids, you pipsqueak." Eve grumbled, as she readjusted her hold on the ever squirming girl. "And for the record, I have absolutely no idea what camera you're referring to, but I'm sure you're right in that I'd probably know how use it - better - anyway," Eve chuckled, as she began her stride once more, heading towards the House of Lotus to retrieve the camera.
Luckily, Tsubomi hadn't picked the third floor, so while the halls were still buzzing with activity, they managed to get to the other girl's room relatively fast enough. This also meant that the raven haired girl had to drop the smaller, more compact peach-head upon entering the dorm lounge though - if only to squeeze by faster and open the door without performing circus tricks of any kind. Eve had stood by the door, waiting only a moment before Tsubomi rolled out with the camera tucked carefully in her hands.
Grinning smugly at the prospect of getting some delicious goodies into their stomachs, the duo headed for the gates - the final obstacle between them and their food. Before they completely cleared away from the Dorm Houses though, Eve gave herself a quick pat down. Her wallet was secured in her front pocket, her phone in her jacket's pocket, and most importantly, her keys were in the other pocket of her pants. Hopefully, she would return with those three very vital pieces at the end of their little trip - it'd be horribly embarrassing to find herself locked out or without a key on the very first day, after all.
"Got everything you need, peach-head?" Eve asked as she took the camera gently from Tsubomi, allowing the girl to check her pockets and whatnot as she peaked through the eyepiece of the camera. She'd seen other people use this before, but now that it was actually in her hands, she was at loss as to how to truly operate it. Perhaps she could google the information when they arrived at their destination? Speaking of, there were a few options around their immediate area, some worse than others, but the real question was which to hit first?
"Pretty much...and did you figure out the new camera?" Tsubomi answered absentmindedly as she checked again to make sure she still had her keys. She should have checked before answering but...eh. Details. The peach-head had her keys and anything else she needed was probably in her bag. But just to make sure she checked her small side bag a second time before looking up directly at her friend with a chipper smile.
"Got a particular place you want to explore? We can't go out too far, but I'm pretty sure there are a few cool places to try," Eve informed her, ignoring the previous question as her inspection of the camera came to an end. Gesturing towards the gates, she continued "I know there's a ramen place just around the corner, but we can also hit the convi, it should be quiet around this time so there ought to be a table or two open for us."
At the suggestion, the smaller girl nudged Eve with a bony hip and a mischievous grin. "The ramen place of course! Everything picture worthy is at ramen places!" That, and the peach-head wanted something warm and not microwaved on her first day away from home. "But miso or pork ramen…"
Eve gave the shorter girl a crooked grin, "If you're impressive enough, I'm sure you can manage to down two bowls," she said. Taking a second to measure her level of hunger, Eve let herself think for just a moment that perhaps it was truly possible to down two bowls of the warm noodles. She had enough money, and she didn't exactly eat the largest of breakfasts, so it was entirely plausible for her to down an extra bowl if she really wanted to. Maybe if Tsubomi were to order the extra one, she'd simply steal the peach-head's bowl instead, as if the peach-head would eat more than her.
Placing the camera back in Tsubomi's hands, Eve then rested her palms on the girl's shoulders, gently turning her here and there until the two of them were facing the gates of the school. "Well, whatever it is you want, you can decide when we get there, come on, let's go. I'm not going to stand around just to dry my ass out in this weather, peach-head," Eve grumbled as she gave the affectionately-named peach-head a slight push towards their destination.
Tsubomi blinked a bit in befuddlement at Eve before just shrugging and tucking the camera in the somewhat safe bag on her hip. Two bowls of ramen was a bit...tiny, in her opinion. Then again, her appetite wasn't exactly the most...normal either. "I don't know Eve, if your ass ended up drying up...you wouldn't have to buy pants anymore. And you know how expensive good pants are. Maybe we should have you stay out a bit longer to leather-afy your butt." The shorter girl only laughed before scampering ahead and away from any possible retaliation.
"You've been awfully obsessed with my bu- Hey! Wait up, do you even know where to go?." Eve called after the fleeing peach-head. Giving one last glance at the houses, Eve quickly spun on her heel and chased after the peach-head, who by now was just seconds away from the gate.
"Do you? At least I'll smell it sooner or later!" she called back, dashing past a few parents and the gates of Bloomfield High School. The girl barely paused at the gate to check for any oncoming vehicles before deeming it safe enough to cross the street. She then waved back at Eve while not-so-subtly sniffing the air for any hint of ramen. Which was, actually pretty prominent for such a busy day. Maybe it was a busy day at the ramen shop too? God, she hoped not.
Eve didn't have any trouble staying behind the girl's tail. Her long strides enabled her to cross more ground, though she kept a consistent distance between herself and the peach-head. After all, by the way she seemed to be dashing through the crowd, it'd only be matter of time before someone ended up catching an elbow, or getting their feet stepped on by the tiny juggernaut.
Crossing her fingers, Tsubomi jogged the rest of the way to ramen shop by following her nose. Glancing up to make sure she got the right ramen shop, Tsubomi then looked back and waved Eve over with a smug grin. "See? Ain't I just amazing?" she preened and glanced into the shop briefly to check how busy the shop was. "There's even a few seats available!"
As Eve came to a stop beside the short girl, Eve gave a small huff and gave the shop a once over herself. Like the shorter girl had informed her, there were a few seats available, and while the shop wasn't chaotically busy, the low humming and mummered chattering created a rather warm and inviting atmosphere - a nonintrusive one, a cozy embrace. Pushing the doors open, Eve nudged the shorter girl through the doors, "Yeah, remind me to bring you along whenever I decide to go for a hike," Eve replied to the smug girl, "won't even need to bring a GPS or a map with you as a compass."
As the two of them pushed towards the front desk, the girl behind the desk offered them both a smile, asking chirpily, "A table for two?", confirming, they were swiftly lead to one of the available tables, a menu delivered just as quickly as the girl went off to grab cups and tea. Eve leafed through the menu quietly, sitting in silence as the cups and tea were served in front of her eyes. As soon as the chick effed off, she leaned forward, whispering conspiratorially, "Hey want to take a few selfies with the menu? Set yourself a personal goal to try everything on the menu at least once yeah, with a picture to go with it?" Eve asked, turning the menu in her hand to present the many options and combos the shop seemed to offer.
Of course, the raven haired girl had many ideas to play around with the camera. The decor in the shop was rather cute, lanterns, traditional japanese landscape paintings and small decorations in nearly every corner, and the ceiling. If she had the time, she'd definitely pay the washroom a visit, surely this cute cozy shop would have a cute cozy washroom to go with it. Or at least a real cool sink counter. If not, they'd definitely take one right outside the shop. With the caption - 'Peach-Head GPS Finds Treasure. Day One.' … Tentative Caption.
Tsubomi grinned cheekily as she pulled her camera out of her bag. "Did you even have to ask?" she whispered back as she slid the camera across the table, over to Eve. Briefly glancing around the shop as if their conversation was too dangerous to be heard out loud, Tsubomi leaned towards her friend again to whisper, "What else did you think we were going to do? Take pictures of cute bathrooms?" she paused to sip her tea dramatically before gasping over the rim of the cup, at Eve, in mock horror. " Or…are you trying to make an panty album?"
Taking the camera with a gentle hand, Eve fiddled until her hands shifted comfortably over the frame of the device. As Tsubomi leaned forward and whispered in reply, Eve managed to pull up a rather nonchalant smile. Like hell she was going to let the stupid peach-freak actually get under her skin, without a comment in reply, Eve simply lowered her head to see through the eyepiece, snapping a picture real quick of Tsubomi sipping her tea, with a rather dramatic expression - one of mock horror, if one were to judge from the comically bulged out eyes. Satisfied with her first claim of the year, Eve set the camera down onto the table as a slip of film was quickly making it's way out from the top of the camera. Lifting the camera, and plucking the picture out gently, Eve gave it a few shakes here and there, before she pulled it in front of her.
Still drying and properly coloring itself, the slip was awfully white, though the outline of Tsubomi's face was evidently clear and slowly clearing up, and Eve knew that it was only a matter of time before her hair, nose and lips/cup were to come into focus. Without further ado, the raven haired girl pulled out her phone and quickly snapped a picture at the still-ghostly-looking picture of Tsubomi. It would be a great Halloween picture when the time rolled around, she noted to herself as she saved the picture properly.
"I'm still considering the panty album thing, so don't tempt me, peach-head." Eve replied, "at the same time, I don't exactly have plans to get arrested for molesting, or inducing public indecency, so perhaps I'll settle for drawing scandalously disfigured bishoujos instead." she mused playfully, before plucking the menu once more. "Mm. I got my eye on a pretty little thing, you ready to order something?" she asked, as she quickly skimmed down the list, picking both appetizer and main bowl quickly, resorting to her normal favorites for this quick little excursion.
"How can something disfigured be identified as a bishoujo, Eve? ...And that picture makes me look like a goldfish.." Tsubomi pouted, gently flipping the picture over as if the picture was too horrible to look at. It was definitely going to an album.
"And...hmm...I'll just get both miso ramen and pork ramen for now. I don't want my noodles to soak up too much or cool, she nodded as she quickly skimmed over the menu. Looking up, the girl waved over the waitress who bounced over to their table to take their order like she was some ramen fairy. After listing off their orders, while waiting for the waitress to bring their food over, Tsubomi glanced at the menu again before casually but genuinely asking, "Do you think I should order udon too? Haven't had that in a while either.
Long Story Short
Waitress sashays over and they order. They get their food momentarily, though they spend a lot of time taking food pictures, because bragging rights. After, they quickly throw the money down on the table and waddle back to the school gates. They are much tired and decide to retire to their own rooms. After all, they a lot to properly unpack and move around. Desu. When is dinner though desu. Also Eve took every picture with her. Tsubomi returns to dorm with … not very much other than wallet, cellphone, keys, camera and an empty photo cartridge or two...or three all stuffed into her small bag.
Extra note: This is the product of two tired and busy people who should not have let this post drag on but did. Due to said tiredness and busy...ness. We'll fix this post...when we feel more alive...maybe. Hopefully. (And unfortunately I don't think this has been proofread. Sorry if your eyes bleed but we're really really tired. *cries*)
