Lunch Time

[Amaya Takahashi]

Amaya walked side by side with Karatsu, her face tilted toward the sky, enjoying the breeze and the cool rain that ocassionally fell.

She openned her eyes as the smell of food grew stronger. She shifted her purple gaze toward Karatsu, "Its kind of nice to be away from the lair for a while isn't it? No Hidan screaming about how he's going to kill someone, or Deidara blowing stuff up, or Tobi running Deidara crazy."

She really didn't mind all of that, but sometimes it was nice to have a break from it all. Especially since trying to match the personalities of them all, or stay indifferent could be difficult.

She spotted the new stand on the left and put her hand on Karatsu's shoulder, "This is it. It looks nice," She stated.

She removed her hand and walked in front of him and into the doorway and took a seat. She noticed that there were a few other people already sitting down.

[Karatsu Sasaki]

Karatsu stopped as he entered and opened his wallet again. Once again, the picture was noticable, but out of sight range. Karatsu pulled out alot of money. It could make Amaya wonder how he has so much money. Maybe he was the "unknown theif" Kakuzu had been complaining about? Karatsu sat down and looked around the room. When no one noticed that two akatsuki members were in their restaurant, Karatsu pounded his fist on the table so hard, it made the utensils jump. A man looked back, and jumped backwards whe he saw the two new arrivals. The other customers began to leave.

[Amaya Takahashi]

Amaya raised her eyebrow at Karatsu, "You know, sometimes its like I can't take you anywhere." She joked and watched as more of the customers left. She smiled an apology to the stand owner and quickly made her order request.

"So, what are we going to do after we leave here? Go back to the lair?" She asked. Then, out of the corner of her eye she spotted someone sitting not too far off. She turned and smiled at the new comer, even though it wasn't seen.

"Hey you," She said quietly.

[Reap Kanboku]

Reap had been sitting in the restaurant when the entrance of Karatsu and Amaya pricked the back of his mind. Almost dropping his chopsticks he would sigh very slightly and focus his senses back on the food, the loud sound of someone slamming their fists on a table top caused him to reach up an rub his left ear before dropping his hands back to the table and sliding until he felt his glass in his hand. Lifting the cup to his lips he would take a sip an place it exactly two inches from his bowl of food an resume eating the slightly oversalted food happy to have something in his belly after having finished his fasting.

[Karatsu Sasaki]

Karatsu looked over to Amaya. "Well, what would you like to do? I'd rather not go back, since those two idiots are probably just going to rant and rave about something stupid." Karatsu looked the owner with very intimidating eyes and ordered the fugu sashimi. He signaled the cooks to hurry. Karatsu looked at to the other end of the stand and saw Reap was the only one who hadn't left. "Reap's here too? Hey, what're you doing here?" Karatsu was trying to sound as mean as possible in a joking way, but he was really upset. He hoped it would be just him and Amaya. There would be no way in hell he would let either of them know that, though.

[Reap Kanboku]

Reap tilted his head as if he was looking at the two and gave a slight smile "Hello to you too Karatsu, I thought those were your" he pauses fixing the words in his head "delicate tones, I heard earlier." He laughs slightly and then drops the cash for his meal on the table while simultaneously standing and forming a cane from the ink that flowed from his left hand he would begin to tap and find his bearings "I was just finishing, so don't worry you two can enjoy a nice meal together" he turned tapping the two's toes and expertly maneuvering past them headed towards the door.

[Amaya Takahashi]

Amaya's eyebrows drew together for a brief moment, looking from Reap to Karatsu. When Reap got up to head out the door, Amaya quickly stood up to tap his shoulder.

"You really don't have to leave now do you? It doesn't look like you finished your food." Amaya said, feeling alittle guilty as if she were running him off.

She then took her seat back beside Karatsu, "My lovely partner can sometimes be alittle overly dramatic in his joking. Besides, I was thinking of talking him into joining me for a trip and I think that will be about enough alone time with me that he can handle." Amaya said, still looking at Karatsu.

Then she broke her gaze from her partner and focused it back on Reap, "So why dont you sit down and join us for a bit longer?"

[Karatsu Sasaki]

Karatsu kept an uninterested face as Amaya mentioned a trip somewhere. He was curious, but he wouldn't ask until later. He hated how she was starting to understand him so he might as well put on a good enough act in front of anyone else.

[Reap Kanboku]

Reap kept a blank expression as he tapped the cane on the lower half of the door, "I don't know, it's really up to you two" he said quietly, he didn't want to impose his company on the pair. He kept moving the cane in the shape of a five-pointed star across the door tapping at each point lightly.

[Amaya Takahashi]

Amaya bit back a sigh, "Really Reap. You were here first and so you shouldn't leave. Now please sit back down. Here, you can sit beside me." Amaya stated.

She pushed out the chair just enough to where he could sit down if he decided to.

"Besides, you really have to tell me about how you use your ink. Like do you have to concentrate for a bit before drawing the picture?" She asked.

[Karatsu Sasaki]

Karatsu sighed. He didn't want to care, so he decided to try the newly arrived food. "About (censored) time..." Karatsu broke a pair of chopsticks and reached for his mask and took a very deep breath. He needed to keep his breath held while he ate or else he would be exposed to open air. No one, not even Amaya had seen his face without his mask on. Ever. Karatsu was focused on his food so he didn't think about the others curiosity. He stopped and looked at Amaya who was looking at him. "Do you mind?"

[Amaya Takahashi]

Amaya looked away from Reap when her food was delivered, she quickly thanked the cook and right before taking a bite, she saw Karatsu reaching for his mask out of the corner of her eye. Of course Amaya was curious as to what her partner looked like under the mask but hadn't ever thought to mention it before. Not wanting to miss the chance, she had been trying to get a look without being completely obvious about it. Apparently she hadn't tried hard enough.

"Do you mind?" Karatsu asked.

Amaya smiled, alittle embarrased at being caught, "Oh sorry Karatsu. I can't help but think of how unbelievably good looking you'd be without that thing. I betone of the reasons you have to wear the mask, is to keep from having our missions at risk by drawing all the girls to you." She said in a semi-joking manner.

She then looked away to give her partner a bit of privacy and also to eat her own food before it got cold. She figured she'd be able to sneak a peek later.

[Karatsu Sasaki]

Karatsu pulled a curtain out of nowhere closed. It may be true that he didn't want to be seen eating, but he really didn't want Amaya to see the blush on his face after her comment. He inhaled deeply again and grabbed his mask. It came undone like clockwork. The screws in his jaw seemed to unscrew themselves. He took his mask off and opened his mouth while he was still holding his breath and stuffed his face. He held his mask back to his face, but it didn't reattatch. He needed to breathe while he was eating, so he held his mask against his face just close enough to be safe.

[Amaya Takahashi]

Amaya playfully tugged on the curtain, not hard enough to pull it down, or to even be taken seriously. "I don't like having things between us Partner," she said, her tone light and playfully teasing.

She shook her head and fought back a sigh, then turned back to Reap, to see if he was going to answer her questions about his talent.

[Reap Kanboku]

Reap leaned against the door carefully a large black ink spot forming around where his body touched, "normally I don't have to think, I just draw it in my mind then put it into the air." He smiled and looked up listening to the back-and-forth of the two before wandering blindly (duh) back to his food and sitting. Another pair of black inky chopsticks sliding from his fingers as he began to eat with a blank expression. Back turned, not really paying attention.