Catch-All for Minato

[specialdog]

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[specialdog]

What do you think is so good about them that you need to catch up?

They need to change, too.

[compendiem]

[ What's so good about them? Nothing much comes to mind, just that they're so different than how he is, how he thinks. If he's the outlier, then clearly the problem must be him. ]

It's hard to change so many people. Even one person is hard. But if it's myself, I can at least make the effort.

[ He sits up a little straighter, though he still remains seated on the floor. ]

Are you dissatisfied with people, Akane?

[specialdog]

Dissatisfied--I don't know if I'd say that... I'm just not good with people, so it can be tough sometimes...

[ They're variables she can't control, here. Just like before. But she isn't the problem! Other people are the problem. ]

[compendiem]

[ Just like him. Except Minato likes the fact that they're all so different and unpredictable; it makes them interesting, if inexplicable. ]

I wouldn't have imagined, if you haven't told me before. You seem to get along well with everyone.

[ But mostly because they get along, sort of, and with everybody else during the trial Minato was asleep so he doesn't see any of it. Rose colored glasses, if you will. ]

[specialdog]

[ She sighs, mostly because she's not willing to explain the details to him, and it's... Complicated. It's always hard to decide whether she's telling him about the world she ran from or the world she ran to. ]

... There's a lot of people here who don't like me so much.

[ Minato, look at the cr chart. No one likes Akane! ]

[compendiem]

[ Minato is dumb and blind. Everybody loves Akane. ]

What is there to dislike?

[specialdog]

You shouldn't ask a girl to list her flaws, you know?

That's meeaaan.

[ She sounds more playful than she does upset about it. ]

[compendiem]

I can be mean.

[specialdog]

Mm... I guess I'll allow it. Since I like you so much.

[compendiem]

Yeah? I'm looking forward to hearing all your weak points.

[ He should feel more embarrassed about that than he is, but Minato just leans forward, leaning his elbows on his knees. ]

Maybe I can help think of ways to cover for them.

[specialdog]

[ She almost says it out loud: But then you'll be changing into what I need you to be, and not changing for yourself.

... But she's fine with that. That's what she wants from people. Minato just needs to be what she wants him to be, it's not like she really needs to worry about his personal growth. Who cares about that...? ]

Thanks very much. [ Playfully, despite the, uh, morbidness of it: ] I think first things first, we need to learn how to cook.

[ Wait, shouldn't that have been 'you' and not 'we'? Uh, don't read into it. ]

[compendiem]

[ When did this turn around to be Minato's flaws........... ]

I can cook. Did you try my pudding last week?

[ The fish blood tofu. ]

[specialdog]

[ Brightly: ] It looked gross, so I didn't try any.

[compendiem]

Appearance can be deceiving, right?

[ gestures at Akane ]

I could make it again for you, if you want.

[specialdog]

[ ... you need a lot more charm than you have to unlock that. ]

No. Don't you want to learn to make more and more new things?

[compendiem]

[ He's a bit disappointed about that decisive "no" but what can he do? ]

Hm... I guess it's best if I do. I said I'd teach others, so I have to be able to know how to cook myself, first.

[ It's too bad about Nana, who seems like she would be very happy teaching people how to cook. There's also Kara, but Minato is 97.8% convinced that Kara hates him, so that leaves... ]

Maybe Shirasu could teach us?

[specialdog]

[ The reason Akane needs someone to feed her now is because that was basically Nana's job. So now... ]

Kinjou-san...? He could teach us to make sweets, but real food is a little...

... Don't tell him I said that.

[compendiem]

[ A little...? Nothing. Don't tell Shirasu anything. Got it. ]

Is it that bad...? He brought me food sometime last week. It was kind of... [ hm ] But it wasn't inedible. Lots of texture. [ fish bones ]

[specialdog]

That's exactly what I mean. Fish bones shouldn't be in the food...!

[compendiem]

Maybe it was an accident? Like how Lea says you can cook sardines whole.

[ And Shirasu is as dumb as I am and assume trouts are the same thing ]

[specialdog]

If you're making accidents that big, you're a bad cook. It doesn't make you not a bad cook just because your mess up was a mistake!

[compendiem]

[ Good cooks are allowed to make mistakes too!!! Even if that mistakes almost kills a person. Multiple times. Everybody's human. ]

Maybe it was a new recipe... You're more confident in his sweets, though? Did he make one of the desserts at the party?

[specialdog]

Mm-hmm! He said he doesn't cook much except for sweets. I guess everyone has things they're good at and things they're bad at...

[ it's just that usually cooking and cooking sweets aren't different categories. ]

[compendiem]

I see... Maybe if he puts enough sugar into his other food, it'll be better?

[ Maybe the secret is treating everything like dessert, mask all the inedible stuff with sugar. ]

[specialdog]

Not all foods are supposed to be sweet.