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Perhaps Aoi should have expected something was up when Ginji had told her Oodanna had grown a taste for pocky during his last stay in the Apparent realm. Oodanna never seemed one for sweets, but the idea of surprising him with a gift was too good to pass up that Aoi failed to think that perhaps her kitsune friend was plotting something. Too happily she got to baking, cooling, and dipping the thin biscuits into chocolate, leaving plenty for the other members of Tenjin-ya to enjoy the sweet treat. She even set aside a batch to be sent to Orio-ya too, but right now she needed to deliver Oodanna his portion, marching up through the inn to his room.
“Oodanna are you busy?” Aoi asked knocking on his door.
“Aoi?” Came the reply from the other side, Oodanna quickly moved to open the door and greet her with a grin. “Well this is an unexpected but pleasant surprise, here come in,” Oodanna said, shutting the door behind Aoi and quizzically looking at what she had brought. “What brings you here?”
“Ginji told me you finally picked a favorite food, so I figured I’d finally make it for you,” Aoi said, her smile proud and perhaps just a tinge smug. “Here you are, pocky sticks!”
“Pocky… sticks.” Oodanna’s expression went from that of confusion to a wide grin. “Ah, I see, yes perhaps I had mentioned something like that to Ginji… But only if it’s eaten in a specific way.”
“Specific way?” Aoi repeated, confused.
“Surely you’ve heard of the pocky game before, right Aoi?”
“Oh.” So that’s what he meant. Her face went slightly red, both from the embarrassment and the fact she’d been tricked into this.
“Shall we play a round or two?” Oodanna offered. Aoi knew she could just walk away if she wanted, but the memory of the undersea dragon’s palace and what had almost happened drove her to move forward, a pocky stick set between her lips and pointing upwards at Oodanna like a challenge. “Well someone seems eager,” Oodanna said as he bent down just a bit, beginning to munch his way forward, seeing just how far Aoi was willing to go.
He’d give the human woman credit, he certainly didn’t expect her to meet him halfway unexpectantly, but perhaps this was what was deserved considering all his teasing. And when their lips broke apart Oodanna could only reach for another pocky stick and ask. “How about another round?”