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The Vampire Armand ([personal profile] howheendures) wrote in [community profile] lastvoyageslogs2026-03-27 05:14 pm
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xxiv. picnic

Who: Armand, Aerith & Gojyo
What: Gojyo has invited Aerith over to cook together, nothing can go wrong!
When: end of March
Where: Gojyo's cabin (also Armand is there)
Warnings: discussion of various types of self harm & suicidal ideation

Gojyo might not necessarily give off the impression of a guy who has a kitchen, but everyone has their own mysteries! It might or might not be surprising that he has an organized looking cabin in general (though his furniture has yet to fall prey to... certain people's opinions on how they could be upgraded), but it's not a level of neat and organized that gives off the impression of any sort of obsessiveness.

The kitchen itself... definitely has the air of a place that mostly used by people who have extremely specific opinions on where everything should go and that it should remain in the place where it goes. It's a specificity that might not always match what someone else might consider a more obvious place, but that doesn't make it any less organized.

Aerith may have noticed a closed door when going through into the kitchen. Sometimes that means the roommate Gojyo may not have brought up in casually conversation is out. Sometimes it doesn't mean that.
cigsandbeer: (initially coloured image)

[personal profile] cigsandbeer 2026-03-28 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Gojyo, despite trying very hard to pretend otherwise, cares deeply about his people. That doesn't mean that he's always good at letting said people know what's up, so sometimes things like 'heads up, I'm bringing someone over today' and 'just so you know, I have a roommate' might end up not being said out loud. Sometimes some bad habits form when you've spent most of your life having had no one else around to accommodate.

Anyway! Having secured a recipe for taco rice from Hakkai and what necessary ingredients weren't already stocked in his kitchen, Gojyo opens the door for himself and Aerith with an exaggerated sweep of his arm.

"Well, welcome to my humble abode~ To your left, you'll find the famed kitchen, which does, in fact, exist."

Kicking his shoes off in the hallway (they always magically make their way onto the shoe rack anyway) he heads into said kitchen to dump his bag of groceries.
planetdialup: (but oh)

[personal profile] planetdialup 2026-03-28 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"It does exist. It's a miracle."

She grinned up at him, and made to slide her boots off, as well as set them on the shoe rack. She might have carefully set his shoes on there too before straightening up, without thinking much of it, before joining him in the kitchen.

"Here- let me help unload the bag." She noticed the door was closed, but didn't think anything of it. It could be a bedroom, it could be a bathroom. It could be a fighting ring as far as she knew.
cigsandbeer: (your jokes aren't funny)

[personal profile] cigsandbeer 2026-03-29 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
See! The magical cleaning fairy strikes again.

"Sure", Gojyo says as he puts the bag down on the table before he starts unloading. Aerith can help if she wants.

"You wanna get started right away, or should I put on tea?"

It'll be cheap bagged tea, but Aerith knows this by now. Gojyo might have worried, for a moment, that she was going to want to talk about that sad kid she'd encountered, but somehow it was easy to say yes to meet up. Things have been oddly easy overall this whole week.
planetdialup: (gave me)

[personal profile] planetdialup 2026-03-29 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup, magical fairy indeed. She made to drift over to help him unpack his groceries, moving to lightly to touch his arm.

"Let's have some tea. That'll go well for the tea, and we can have it while we wait for the rice to cook, right? Or something like that."

She didn't bring up that little boy. Not yet. That was something that he'd need some distance from she thought.
cigsandbeer: (leaning against something)

[personal profile] cigsandbeer 2026-03-30 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Gojyo, as always, doesn't mind the touch.

"You got it."

There probably is a selection of fancier tea on account on a certain roommate, but Gojyo defaults back to what he's used to when left to his own devices. He pauses the grocery-picking long enough to put on the kettle before going to pull out a bag of rice from one of the kitchen cabinets.

"Man, I haven't cooked a thing in literal years. Please treat me gently."

Aerith might recognise that as one of those stock polite Asian phrases.
planetdialup: (goes quicker)

[personal profile] planetdialup 2026-03-30 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
She smiled up at him, and she doesn't mind the cheaper tea. It was what she was used to. Though the phrase, stock polite as it was, still made her giggle, and offer a playful shove. Nothing too strong, just a playful touch she did with friends- like Gojyo.

It's not flirting, really!

"Only if you treat me gently too. I can make my way around rice and cutting things, but I'm sure not a chef."
cigsandbeer: (black shirt)

[personal profile] cigsandbeer 2026-03-31 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
It's not flirting, really. Gojyo's made his peace with that. Being 'just' friends is fine, too. He laughs a little.

"Guess that means I'm the one on stove duty today."
planetdialup: (I'm lost)

[personal profile] planetdialup 2026-04-02 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
"We'll share it. We can be not chefs together!"

She smiles up at him, happy. They're friends, she likes to think.

"...and if it doesn't turn out well, we'll feed it to Hakkai and run away."
cigsandbeer: (leaning against something)

[personal profile] cigsandbeer 2026-04-02 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Gojyo snickers at the idea of feeding Hakkai burnt food.

"You didn't need to use the kitchen, right?" he asks Armand, and come this point he doesn't miss a beat when Armand is just suddenly There.

Gojyo could probably have given a heads-up about using the kitchen. But, well, Armand isn't the only person with certain habits.
planetdialup: (a cruel)

[personal profile] planetdialup 2026-04-02 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Aerith looked, did a double take, and silently jolted. Suddenly Armand was there, and he was right there by the kitchen drawer and-

Yup now she's remembering what happened with the mistletoe on New Years. Why is Gojyo being so casual???

She's not saying a word. She's just jerking backwards, stepping around, and yup. She has made sure that the red head is between them.
cigsandbeer: (whuh?)

[personal profile] cigsandbeer 2026-04-02 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Aerith is suddenly placing herself behind Gojyo, what--

Oh. Gojyo reaches to smack the back of Armand's neck.

"Oi, don't do that when there's people around. You'll end up scaring someone."

And turning to Aerith and putting a hand on her arm:

"Sorry, sorry. This guy lives here, too."
Edited 2026-04-02 05:08 (UTC)
planetdialup: (the price?)

[personal profile] planetdialup 2026-04-02 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
It's not casually flirty to anyone else, if they weren't Armand. But, this was Armand. He usually acted almost stiff, disconnected, even bored. There wasn't any sign of his iPad either.

Oh, was Armand...in love?

Aerith felt her face flush, realizing after a few moments she was staring at the vampire.

"Hi Armand." Her voice was soft, seeming shy as she ducked her head, before looking up at Gojyo. Her hand went to touch Gojyo's in assurance as she continued with:

"Sorry. He surprised me. I didn't realize you were living together."
cigsandbeer: (chinhands)

[personal profile] cigsandbeer 2026-04-02 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
Gojyo can tell Aerith is tense, but that's pretty understandable when someone just jumpscared you.

"Yeah, I know. He literally tiptoes when he thinks no one is looking."

Gojyo is the most respectful roommate.

"And hey, I could cook this meal all by myself if I had a mind to!"

(Gojyo has not cooked a single meal since Armand moved in. Unless you count instant ramen.)
planetdialup: (the names)

[personal profile] planetdialup 2026-04-02 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah she was staring to get the vibes of they're roommates, not roommates already. No iPad, clear ease, jokes...well, this was happening.

Aerith tried to rally herself, giving Gojyo's arm a squeeze, before moving to drop her hand.

"I always thought that Armand glided, not tiptoed." She told Gojyo. "And I knew Armand worked in the kitchen. But if that means you don't want me to help you after all, Gojyo..."
cigsandbeer: (hee hee)

[personal profile] cigsandbeer 2026-04-02 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Tip-toe-ing", Gojyo insists. "With the raised knees and all."

Pleased with himself for now having planted that image of Armand in everyone's mind, Gojyo gathers three tea cups, three tea bags, and pours the boiled water. Armand also gets a cup because, well, he's here now.

"Yeah, yeah! Like such inspiring messages as 'dividing the burden of cooking between each other is next to godliness'."

There's probably a line something like that in a Buddhist scripture somewhere.
planetdialup: (of the living)

[personal profile] planetdialup 2026-04-02 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Aerith giggled quietly. "I don't think Armand tiptoes. Raised knees and all."

But she stepped away, making sure she had Armand and Gojyo both in her view- also to make sure that he wouldn't have his elbow jostled with him pouring tea.

"Well, he's teaching me how to make taco rice, since it came up during my birthday celebration." Aerith told Armand. "So I don't know if we'll be easing any burdens. Most likely we'll be making a mess instead. I'll help clean up though."

And be hyper aware of casual vampire the whole time.
cigsandbeer: (leaning against something)

[personal profile] cigsandbeer 2026-04-03 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
"We'll clean up after ourselves, don't worry."

Which probably translates to 'Aerith will clean up'. To Aerith:

"I've never actually made taco rice, mind. Just got the recipe from Hakkai."
planetdialup: (is the start)

[personal profile] planetdialup 2026-04-03 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
It absolutely translates to Aerith will clean up, they all know this.

"Well...we got everything we need for a proper taco rice according to Hakkai. Right?"

A pause.

"Oh, and where do you keep the milk and sugar...?" Since they were pretending that everything was normal and fine, she'd pretend it was normal and fine. And it would be!

Provided Armand didn't get too close or spill the beans. The former far more likely then the latter simply because...Armand did not care.

She knew that. She could see it staring her in the face.
cigsandbeer: (i'm an indecisive piece of shit)

[personal profile] cigsandbeer 2026-04-03 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Yep; got all the ingredients we didn't already have stocked", Gojyo confirms, taking a sip of his tea. For all of his Tea Crimes, he at least takes his tea straight.

Huh. Aerith still seems a bit on edge. Still freaked out over the sudden scare, or...?

"I'll have you know it's a delicacy. Apparently it transcends worlds, right, Aerith?"

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