The few times Jinsoku falls on Yasutsuna, his wallet always pays the price.
The first time was also their first encounter. Yasutsuna was going out to eat after a conference between the six Demon Generals. The usually clam Queen Yukari seemed rushed, saying that it was an urgent meeting. Something about he Holy War again. And she had to give them their monthly pay checks. So, in the end, he had to end his lunch meeting with Wind Pier almost immediately after the two had met up.
He sighed, and ran his hand through his perfected hair. He could hear the ladies around him squeal. What's up with them, squealing just because I messed up my hair?
The noises died down quickly. The land trembled violently, and the people around him backed away. Yasutsuna was too hungry to care. He continued walking in the direction of the cafe.
'Watch out!' Someone shouted from above him. Yasutsuna grunted as the person handed on him and they both tumbled down.
'Aww, crap. I'm gonna be late for my delivery.' Yasutsuna looked up. The guy was dressed in all greens and black. He quickly got up and offered a hand to him. 'Name's Jinsoku. Sorry for landing on top of you.'
Yasutsuna was still a little dazed. 'Uh, sure? I mean, wait, you're not hurt, are you? Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Yasutsuna, the Wind Demon General.' He took Jinsoku's and and he pulled him up.
'Nah, I'm fine. So you're the Wind Demon General?' Jinsoku questioned as he picked up his cap from the floor, probably knocked off when he crash landed. 'Do you know who Queen Yukari is? I've got a delivery for her.'
Yasutsuna had two options: eat his lunch according to plan, or do this delivery man a favour.
'Yes I do, follow me.'
He couldn't risk getting anything late for Queen Yukari, after all.
Along the way Jinsoku talked about how fun his job was.
'Seems fun, your job. Jumping through time and space ain't so bad.'
'Yeah,' Jinsoku chuckled, bringing a loose fist in front of his mouth. 'My boss ain't such a fun person though.'
'Is Chronos your boss?'
'Yeah. Though she's the person who made this job possible. If it weren't for her, I'd probably still be penniless by now, and I wouldn't have met you along with some amazing people.'
'Me?' Yasutsuna jabbed a finger into his own chest. 'Me? How am I significant?'
Jinsoku whistled. 'Who knows~?'
After they had gotten the delivery done, Jinsoku offered lunch to the hungry Yasutsuna.
Jinsoku insisted on bringing Yasutsuna to the cafe and treating him to lunch. As an apology, he had said.
'Raikiri! Hey dude, here with Light Blade?' Yasutsuna waved at the youngest Demon General.
Raikiri got up and bowed. 'Yes. It's a pleasure meeting you here, Yasutsuna-san. And this is...?'
'Jinsoku,' the delivery man extended a hand towards Raikiri, the same hand that had been extended to Yasutsuna a while ago.
Wait, what was he thinking about again?
Yasutsuna snapped out of his thoughts as Jinsoku's pale green eyes stared into his own forest green ones. 'Earth to Strange Cushion.'
He felt his face flush. 'Too... Close...'
Jinsoku seemed like he had just realised that and blushed faintly. 'Sorry.'
'You know,' Yasutsuna fiddled with his fingers, 'maybe I could treat you to lunch today...'
It was unlike him to be this nervous. He wondered what made him feel like this.
Jinsoku's eyes sparkled. 'Really? Thank you!' Yasutsuna felt his heart skip a beat.
So cute...
'Alright! Let's sit down then.'
Little did Yasutsuna know that his wallet was going to be emptied in no time.
Jinsoku had fifteen bowls of rice, four plates of yakiniku, and two dishes of mixed vegetables. Yasutsuna himself could only have one of each.
'How do you eat so much?' He asked, propping his head on his arms.
Jinsoku looked up from his lunch, his face dotted with rice grains. 'Even if my job's really fun, it costs me a lot of energy. Plus, Chronos pays me so little I can only afford one bowl of rice per week. It's always the tip that I get from customers that's keeping me alive, you know.'
'I see.' Yasutsuna looked down at his suddenly very interesting shoes. 'Would you mind if I treat you to lunch some time in the future? Wait, I mean-'
'I don't see any reason not to,' Jinsoku stated as he finished his last serving of vegetables. 'I'd love to, to be honest. But I don't really have all that free time, you see, so maybe next time I deliver to Queen Yukari, I'll drop by and ask around for you? Then we could meet up and have lunch.'
'That seems fine.'
Jinsoku glanced at his watch. 'Gotta go, Dante's got a delivery in ten. See ya?'
Yasutsuna's heart fell a little when he heard that Jinsoku already had to go. 'Yeah, see ya. Have a safe trip.'
'Thanks!' Jinsoku shouted, as he disappeared out of the restaurant door on his skateboard. Yasutsuna could only stare at his already fading back.
'So, you lovesick?'
Yasutsuna jumped. 'Oi, Light Blade, quit scaring me like that. Why are you still here anyways?'
'Raikiri's gotta go train; he's a first-class demon after all. Gotta keep fit.' Light Edge made himself comfortable in the seat opposite of him. 'So, you gonna answer my question or not?'
Yasutsuna could feel his blush growing. 'No. Definitely, absolutely, NO.'
Light Blade chuckled. 'You're such a tsun. That Jinsoku guy's kinda pretty too. How'd ya pick up guys like him?'
'I'm not a tsun. And, are you going to try pickup lines on him the next time you see him? You better not, to be honest. To your third sentence, he just fell from the sky and crash landed on me.'
'I see,' he got up and waved at him. 'Gotta run, my next execution's at two. See ya later!'
'See you,' he answered, as Light Blade waltzed out of the restaurant while flirting with the waitress at the door with a seductive look.
