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[leaveittomother]

WHO: Ai, Luna
WHERE: Ai's house
WHEN: Febaurry 8th
WHAT: Someone is going to get a surprise dinner. Family is important? Something like that, yeah.
WARNINGS: To be announced. For now, nothing, but it might change.



[Even with Luna moving in there really hadn't been a moment to recognize that. Ai supposes that Luna probably wouldn't want such a thing. This probably wouldn't be her last home, after all. Still... It seemed rather cold to do nothing especially considering what date was coming up. Luna, even if she's only known her for a brief time, deserved better than that.

Ai's no chef but there were a few dishes she could cook moderately well. One of them being hamburg steak. The preparation was familiar to her. Something that she could do almost automatically as her thoughts turned to a faint memory. Of moving in with a man she couldn't recognized--taller than her with clearly dyed hair. Something about how empty that scene felt...

Ah, it was best to keep focusing on the meal. That's when she turns around--]

I didn't expect you home so soon! Help me set the table, will you?

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[chaoticwhimsy]

[Luna did have a tendency to turn up unexpectedly. Especially given the power she hadn't quite gotten around to telling Ai about lately. She'd turned up in the entrance way a moment or so before, and had just been stepping silently into the kitchen when the woman turned around almost like she had heard her!]

[Well. She was going to have to work on that. But she offered her a grin anyway.]

Sure, okay.

[She didn't actually mind chores like this, at least when they were questions instead of demands, and started across the room to help.]

So what's for dinner?

[leaveittomother]

[Maybe it just was Luna's unpredictable nature that made her show up out of nowhere. Surely that's all it was. Ai would learn the truth the hard way. Oh well.

She smiles back.]

Good.

[She knew that ordering kids around wouldn't usually work. It was best to make it a request.]

Hamburg Steak. It's a bit of a specialty.

[chaoticwhimsy]

[Luna helped with the plates and knives and such as they talked, setting them out on the table.]

Never had that. So is it hamburger or steak?

[This food is like a riddle! Once the plates are set she comes back to try and peer at what Ai is cooking.]

[leaveittomother]

More like a meatloaf, actually.

[They kind of look like flat, round meatballs.]

See, you grind up the meat and put it together with breadcrumbs and onions. [She hums slightly, tapping another pan that had been pushed to the side.] I also prepared gravy. Usually there's rice, too, but I didn't have the time.

[chaoticwhimsy]

Oh. [Luna wrinkled her nose.] Never had meatloaf that was good.

[But hey, maybe a first time for everything?]

So like, you grind up steak to make it? Isn't that pretty expensive?

[leaveittomother]

Aha, well. You'll see.

[Always a first.]

No, it's ground hamburger not steak.

[chaoticwhimsy]

I guess we will! [She giggles softly.]

So why's it called steak huh?

[leaveittomother]

If you could tell me then we'd both know. [It's time for a giggle of her own.]

[chaoticwhimsy]

[She giggles at that too, like they are sharing some ridiculous secret, and then spins around in place.]

Okay! What do we have to do now?

[leaveittomother]

[That just gets her to giggle even more.]

They're just about done--[She moves the pan just slightly.] Could you bring me a plate?

[chaoticwhimsy]

[Quick as a blink, Luna is standing next to her holding out a plate.]

Tadaa.

[She has clearly already figured out where everything is. That's...good?]

[leaveittomother]

[She's a good kid. She smiles a bit as she places one of the steaks on it.]

Okay, now I'll need another plate, please.

[chaoticwhimsy]

[She basically has infinite energy, especially when she's in a good mood. Woosh, of to the table the plate goes, and then she's back with a second one, and once she has the food, that goes off to the table too.]

There, all set!

[leaveittomother]

[Ai blinks for a moment then giggles as she gets the gravy.]

You're a fast one, Luna.

[She picks up the gravy, pouring it on both plates.]

What do you think?

[chaoticwhimsy]

I had some soda earlier. [She explained with a smile. Sugar hiiiiigh.]

It looks great! I bet it tastes good too.

[Yes, she is buttering her up. Not for any specific reason, it's just automatic with her and adults.]

[leaveittomother]

Oh? Well, well. That explains that. [She thinks it does, anyway.]

I sure hope it does. I want to do my best, after all.

[chaoticwhimsy]

Well I'm not gonna say no. [She giggled as she went to sit down.]

But trust me, you can't do any worse than other places I've been.

[leaveittomother]

I certainly hope so. It would be a shame if I couldn't do that much.

[She gives a giggle of her own as she sits down.]

[chaoticwhimsy]

[Luna grinned.]

You'd probably have to try hard to not do it, really. They...well. [She shrugs as she cuts up her food.] It doesn't matter.

I'm just glad I'm here instead of there!

[leaveittomother]

[She gives a small giggle.] No, you're right. It doesn't matter at all.

[Ai, for all her faults, probably wasn't the worst person. Even if she had begun to remember things about her own past.] I'm glad you're here, Luna.

[chaoticwhimsy]

[Luna smiled at that, a genuine one, and did she almost look embarrassed? But it passed pretty quick.]

Well, I am pretty amazing, so.

[She giggled softly, and then fell silent as she absently chewed on her hamburger steak. Which was tasty. After maybe thirty seconds she looked up again.]

So, I was kinda wondering...how come you're doing the foster thing? I mean, instead of just havin' a kid.

[leaveittomother]

Haha, don't let it get to your head.

[That was adorable. That is, until Luna asks her question. She focuses on her food for a moment.]

There's a few reasons for that, I suppose. The main one being pregnant doesn't sound appealing.

[chaoticwhimsy]

Oh I guess I get that. I don't really get why you'd wanna be all fat and waddly and gross for a whole year anyway.

[Luna you are thirteen you have no idea...]

Get through all that and your reward is a little monster!

[She giggled again.]

[leaveittomother]

[She giggles a little at that. Yes, she'll take advantage of Luna's youth for not explaining the difficulties of trying to go against the wishes for grandchildren.]

Yes, that would be quite a trial.

[Then another giggle.]

Though, I wouldn't call you little.

[chaoticwhimsy]

[Luna grinned a bit at that.]

I notice you left the monster bit in there.

[leaveittomother]

Are you going to argue it?

[She doubts it.]

[chaoticwhimsy]

[Luna just giggles again at that, popping a bit of food in her mouth and giving the woman a grin.]

[She does not, however, argue the point. At all. Oops.]

[leaveittomother]

I suppose that just means I have both a little and large monster living in my house with me.

[The little one being the cat, of course. She giggles again, covering her mouth.]

[chaoticwhimsy]

Yup. Though the little one is way better behaved than I am.

[Hey, Luna was warning her, that was fair.]

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[leaveittomother]

She eats less, too.

[That is true.]

[chaoticwhimsy]

[Luna leaned back a bit.]

Sounds like you would've preferred just getting a kitten, hmm?

[leaveittomother]

I'm more of a dog person.