Catch-all: Ling & Toi

[swordflash]

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week 5, sunday

[soba]

[ well, sometime after that big meeting

they're just all in the kitchen. was this on purpose? probably not because i cannot figure out a way to get them all here on purpose. but toi is just looking between them and then going to poke around the ingredients. ]

[goldpeony]

[He came waltzing into the kitchen and then just stayed because he's a nosy and bothersome teenager shithead. Not that he likes either Toi or Zenitsu or anything! Definitely not that.

He watches Toi dig around for ingredients, propping his chin up in his hand and his elbow on one of the counters.]

[swordflash]

[Was this on purpose? Probably not, but Zenitsu looks happy as he greets Jin Ling.]

Good afternoon, Ling!

[Then he wanders over to Toi.]

Are you making soba?

[soba]

... I dunno. I made some for Agni yesterday.

[ so he is not sure if

he wants to do it two days in a row ]

[goldpeony]

[Zenitsu gets an almost muffled "hey" of greeting. He watches the two of them be peanuts by the cabinets.]

Did he ask, "Why are you giving me this?" like he was an idiot.

[swordflash]

[Jin Ling just called Agni an idiot like it was nothing. He talks way too easily! Zenitsu almost throws him a look, but refrains from glancing over his shoulder.]

What are you making, then?

[Because Zenitsu wants some.]

[soba]

He did, but he still ate it.

[ at zenitsu's question though, he shrugs. ]

I don't know. I don't cook a lot.

[ it's easier to just buy food. ]

[goldpeony]

Figures.

[Typical Agni. He glances back and forth between the two of them without lifting himself out of his palm. He doesn't say anything for a bit, and then he drops his arm down on the counter, straightening.]

I can make it.

[swordflash]

The soba?

[Oh, well, in that case, Zenitsu will step out of the way to give Jin Ling some more room.]

You're a good cook, Ling. Have you tried Toi's soba before? That's really good, too!

[soba]

[ the only thing jin ling and toi do together is fist fight ]

... hm.

[ what is that in response to. is it jin ling apparently being a good cook. is it the compliment. ]

[goldpeony]

Any idiot can make congee. [Damn. That's all he cooked. The other stuff was already made. He moves around the counter.] No, he never bothered to give me any.

[Toi.]

Anya forced me to help her make some for him.

[So now he knows how to make it only because he had to help. But that's also how he knows how to make congee.]

[swordflash]

[Stop fighting. Stop being so combative, both of you.

Beneath all that bluster, Jin Ling is a decent guy, isn't he?]

Liar. She couldn't force you to do anything. You just did it, because you're a good guy!

[soba]

[ here zenitsu is, the anya stan, back in full forth ]

No, he has a point there.

[goldpeony]

That isn't why. [It's why, but shut up.] She made me help her make it for him.

[He starts digging around in the cabinets and everything.]

[swordflash]

[Who has a point? Toi!

Zenitsu frowns, but the expression isn't genuine as he turns to Toi.]

Come on, let's set the table. The three of us can eat together!

[soba]

[ you'll never know ]

You want to?

[goldpeony]

[He grumbles,] Who wants to eat with the two of you, [not a question. And yet he is continuing to fucking

DEADASS PREPARE SOBA FOR THE THREE OF THEM.]

[swordflash]

[Yeah, cool, whatever. Jin Ling isn't fooling anyone. Zenitsu is already grabbing utensils and whatnot to set out.]

A meal tastes better when you eat together. The more of us there are, the better it'll be!

[soba]

We're not inviting any more people.

[ he refuses

to deal with any more people in this kitchen ]

[goldpeony]

I'm tired of eating with twenty people, so I agree. Three is already too many.

[The last time all the disciples ate together, Lan Wangji came in with Wei Wuxian's arms tied gayly up in the Lan forehead ribbon, the one thing which should never be taken off or touched unless it's by someone you love.

Jingyi lost a chicken wing.

So yeah, none of that shit.]

[swordflash]

[What is this knee-jerk reaction? Even Zenitsu knows that it's too much for Jin Ling to cook for everyone who's still alive. (Helping? What's that?) No chicken wings will be lost in this kitchen.]

I didn't mean inviting the rest of the mansion. The three of us are plenty!

[soba]

If you say so.

[ but he isn't really arguing against the concept in general so

toi apparently approves.

but he will also judge. ]

[goldpeony]

[To Toi:] At least help him set it up right so he doesn't look like an idiot. [Does Zenitsu even know how to set up the table for soba?

Anyway

somehow some way, Jin Ling is going to make fucking soba, thanks Anya]

[swordflash]

[Listen, he's doing his best. Stop judging. Play nice.]

Yeah. Help me. Because I'm an idiot.

[soba]

You're both idiots, but at least one of you can admit to it.

[ they're both mean i'm sorry

but he will at least go to get bowls ]