[Early in the afternoon, Chekov (uncursed, although it's not easy to be motivated when the City is being plagued by laziness) dutifully makes his way to the apartment that Hei and Pai share. Checking up on her for Hei hasn't been hard or unpleasant; Pai might be a killing machine (even though Hei didn't admit as much, Chekov can read between the lines), but she isn't bad company. Odd and somewhat demanding, perhaps--not bad.
He knocks twice and waits for Pai to come to the door.]
I HEAR YOU. [Unfortunately, Pai's hands are a little occupied at the moment. To give herself something to do while her brother is incarcerated, Pai has been trying to improve her cooking. Tonight she's making spicy orange beef over fried rice. But the sauce seems to be taking forever to cook and the beef is getting cold and she's so hungry and if she weren't a Contractor, she might start crying. But crying is pointless. Crying won't make the food cook any better, and it won't get her brother out of jail.
With a quiet hiss of frustration, she turns off the stove and goes to answer the door. The look she gives Chekov is flat.]
It's just not necessary. [Chekov may be a useful asset, but he's not a part of their team. He's an asset, not a comrade. The idea of being babysat by him is offensive.]
[There's a slight twitch in her forehead, although she doesn't deign to look back at the kitchen. It might gall Hei to waste so much food, but Pai knows she can get Chekov to buy her all the food she wants. That homemade dinner of hers is a lot cause.]
[And after the weekend is over there is a delivery to Pai's door. The only other thing with it is a small unsigned card marked Thank you. She doesn't really need to know why.]
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sleepingstar) wrote2023-09-02 08:22 pm
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He knocks twice and waits for Pai to come to the door.]
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With a quiet hiss of frustration, she turns off the stove and goes to answer the door. The look she gives Chekov is flat.]
What do you want?
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...To say hello? Are you cooking?
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[She steps aside to let him in, because she knows he's doing this for her brother. Even so, she says:] You don't have to keep stopping by.
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Maybe not. May I take you somewhere when you have finished eating?
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Where?
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[Hei did tell him to get Pai out and about.]
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I want hamburgers.
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Nothing would please me more than to buy hamburgers for you. [This is not entirely true. It's not untrue, either.] You are hungry now?
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Yes.
delivery [9/9]
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