Chaoji takes a nap – Failure
Lavi was smirked devilishly as everyone crowded into the cafeteria, ready for their annual Thanksgiving celebration. Allen studied his face, unsure of what he was so excited about.
"Lavi?" he asked hesitantly. "You've got this mysterious gleam in your eyes…"
Lavi rubbed his hands together as if he were plotting something. "This is our vacation, Allen. Our vacation from the beast."
"The beast…?" Allen repeated, still not understanding.
Lenalee sat next to him, pointing over to the entrance, where Chaoji was stumbling in. "I think he means Chaoji, but that's all I know. How is this a vacation from him?"
Kanda groaned, falling into the seat next to Lavi. "If anything, it's going to be a hell lot worse than usual. We're going to have to watch him stuff his face to no tomorrow."
"Worse than Halloween," they murmured thoughtfully, gazing off into the distance for a moment, recalling the previous holiday. With a shudder, they brushed the thoughts away, snapping back to reality.
"Don't you see?" Lavi cried. "Chaoji's going to stuff his face with turkey!"
"I don't want to see," Noise whined.
"Turkey is as effective as sleeping pills," Lavi reminded them. "Eat a lot of it, and you're out like a light. We'll get a vacation from Chaoji because today, he'll finally sleep!"
"Why doesn't he usually sleep?" Lenalee wondered aloud.
"It's his stomach," Allen explained. "He's always hungry, so he has to stay awake to eat."
"I've tried sleeping pills, but it's only worse because when he doesn't eat, his stomach growls louder than Krory's!" Lavi cried.
Krory blinked. "What?"
"You drugged Chaoji?" Lenalee verified, a little bit of shock in her voice.
Lavi shrugged. "Sometimes, a man's survival instincts block out his common sense."
"Survival instincts?"
Chaoji joined them, plopping down onto the bench next to Lenalee. It snapped underneath them, and Chaoji groaned. "Everything here is so cheap," he complained.
"It was designed for humans, not ogres," Lavi muttered to Kanda.
They moved onto a different bench just as Jerry came over, holding a turkey. "Here's yours," he told them, placing it down on their table. Allen reached forward and began cutting off pieces for everyone, and just as Jerry began walking away to serve the other tables, Chaoji grabbed his sleeve, stopping him. Reluctantly, he stopped. At this point, even Jerry hated Chaoji.
"Where's mine?" he demanded.
Jerry blinked. "Excuse me?"
"Where's my turkey?"
Everyone stopped eating and stared at Chaoji.
Jerry sighed. "I'll give one of the other ones for you and Allen to split, since you both tend to eat a lot." Allen frowned. He knew he ate a lot, but it was still really bad to be lumped in with Chaoji.
Jerry came over again and placed another turkey down. Allen reached forward to cut it again, but Chaoji swatted the knife out of his hands, sending it flying across the room (probably landing in one of Leverrier's cakes or something).
"Mine," he hissed in a deadly voice, snatched the entire plate away from Allen.
"It's for the best," Lenalee assured him.
So, as you expected, Chaoji stuffed the turkey down his throat, not bothering to use utensils. Half way through the meal, Kanda stood up and left, unable to watch any longer. Chaoji didn't stop to take a breath – he plummeted into his turkey, nonstop. It was not a pretty sight, and by the end of the meal, half the cafeteria was empty, where before it had been full.
Chaoji sat back, yawning, and waving away the napkin Miranda was trying to hand him, causing her to walk out, along with a few finders and Johnny.
Chaoji yawned again, causing Lavi to perk up. He winked at Lenalee and Allen, the only exorcists remaining in the cafeteria.
Chaoji seemed like he was just about to fall asleep when a few of Jerry's cooks came over with pies. Lavi's eyes widened, and he exchanged a nervous glance with Allen. "Wait a minute…"
Chaoji snatched all the pies from their hands and ate them like bite sized cookies, popping them into his mouth.
Lavi slammed his head onto the table, and with a sigh, Lenalee got up and left.
"What?" Allen asked, not understanding why everyone had gotten upset about pie.
"The sugar, Allen," Lavi groaned. "He won't fall asleep once he's high on sugar. The way he eats pies, he'll be awake the whole rest of the week." Allen and Lavi peered nervously over their shoulders to see Chaoji running over to Link to steal his pie, too.
Defeated, Lavi and Allen stood up, leaving the cafeteria.
Failure.
Author's Notes: Sorry I'm so late with the Thanksgiving chapter! I hope it was all right and that you'll let me know what you think!
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