whenyouneedme | INBOX

It's only natural that I couldn't come to your house empty handed, especially after asking for a favor out of nowhere. [ She explains evenly, setting her first fruit on the counter as she pressed the button for more. ] And it also wouldn't be right to leave you out of the end result when you were a crucial part of the project. Giving you both is completely logical.

Everyone comes empty handed though? So that's just something nice on your part. Which is fine, I appreciate it. You can do whatever you want.

But you don't owe me. I don't want anybody owing me anything.

Then I'm grateful. [ Gosh, did he have some kind of issue about this? Kyoko didn't quite roll her eyes, but the desire was there. Not that that changed the sincerity of her statements. ] And if I can do what I want, that means I can show gratitude however I want.

[Why yes, it was a Thing. Right up there with getting Thanked for stuff, but he could stomach gratitude a teensy bit easier.

He shrugged, rubbing his hand behind his head. That stopped real quick when he felt some more zip zaps under his fingertips though.]

S'long as it isn't out of your way, sure. I guess.

[ Knowing nothing of either the zip zaps happening or what exactly Kai's thing was, Kyoko frowned a little as she kept jabbing the orange button. Sit tight, she's gonna take like 20 of these suckers. ]

Kaito... I'm not sure how to say this, but inventing a dessert from scratch without a recipe, and using specially-acquired, ultra-rare ingredients... is kinda going out of my way in the first place? And I already can't remember the exact reason I offered to do this for Magolor. [ Her brow furrowed as she tried to think--did she say something kinda dumb and felt bad enough that she wanted to make up for it? That sounded right. ]

If I manage to make something good out of this, spreading around the results a little more will make the whole thing better, you know? Sharing with you would be a form of self-satisfaction, too.

[ Oh it was getting kinda crowded on the counter now, time to start piling POUNDS UPON POUNDS OF ORANGES into her bag. ]

So, don't overthink it.

[Take them, take the dozens upon dozens of oranges. He leaned back on his hands, shaking his head. He didn't really understand the issue here? Offering a treat to someone was an entirely different thing?]

I mean, yeah, s'kinda extra. That's just doin' something nice though.

[He grinned a bit.]

Magolor can be kinda extra too, but I support getting him a treat.

And I support treats for Kaito! [ Bag just about bursting at the seams as she carefully fit the last orange in, Kyoko jabbed a finger at him. ] Your days are numbered! It only takes one person to make it happen!

[He peered at that finger, heaving a resigned kind of sigh.]

Right, right. I'll take this threat of kindness to heart, I guess.

[He gestured at the fruit bounty.]

You good with that?

[ Drawing her finger up, she added a second to make a V. We're all good here buddy. ]

I've carried heavier burdens than a couple oranges before! And since they're free, they're practically weightless!

[ Kyoko, that's. That's not. No.... ]

[There was a blink.]

Ah. Is that how that works.

[No!!]

[ Choosing to treat that as a rhetorical question, Kyoko simply grinned as she shifted around to get going. ]

Well, I'll say it again, but you're really helping me out with these. I really mean it, thank you for letting me barge in and take them so suddenly!

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