Kotetsu shrugged cheerfully, shaking off his melancholy mood like so much dust. "I'm kinda full," if only because desert in a place like this was probably expensive, and he was already starting to feel just a tad bad. He could buy some dango from a stand on the way back or something. "Unless you want some."

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Yuzuya paid for the entire check despite Kotetsu's protests. "It's fine, seriously," he insisted for the third time. Had the kid forgotten his silence was being bought here? If he had, good for Yuzu, but... "You can get the check next time."

Outside, the dinnertime village streets was dying down into the quieter pace of night. Yuzuya nodded to Kotetsu, his gaze shying away from the younger ANBU's. The thought of his dead teammates brought up things he hadn't remembered for months. He felt like being alone for a while, and the sooner the better. He stretched his neck a little as if tired, and gave Kotetsu a half-smile. "Well... I'd better be going, got a mission leaving at 0500 tomorrow and I need some rest." He started to walk away, a lone figure in the crowd, and raised a hand in a parting wave. "Thanks for the company, Hagane. See you."

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"See ya," Kotetsu said, "thanks for the dinner!"

Yuzuya faded into the evening crowds; evening fell quickly in winter, and Kotetsu exhaled in a puff of white fog that obscured the streets for a moment, and when he looked again, Yuzuya was gone.

Kotetsu hummed briefly, "Dessert, I guess." And he started off in the opposite direction as dark fell over the streets, blanketing everything in quiet.

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