Its been awhile since we had last gathered. It has been roughly a month since Shiro passed away and, surely, he would probably tell us to have dinner together and be friends, instead, he would want us to continue. I suppose it would be rather nice to get together and talk. I wondered as to how we should go about it, double since Ryuuko isn't known for her manners, actually, she is quite known for making the choice of getting up from her seat and walking (on two legs, by means of holding onto the table) around to snatch food from someone else's plate, double the case if its a dessert.
Nevertheless, she had grown used to their time-to-time visits but she still didn't seem to warm up to Nonon. Actually, the last time she had seen her, she had decided to push her down the front steps. She didn't succeed, however, while that was the case, it didn't stop her from slapping her square in the eye when she had gotten close enough. Later that day, she decided that Nonon needed a punishment of sorts for being there, in which case, she bit her on the hand.
Clearly, as to be expected, Ryuuko didn't seem to quite so keen on a gathering. However, she was irritated to begin with and probably hungry. She didn't know how to read a clock, regardless, seems to know what time it was or what it was nearing. It was a good two and a half hours from dinnertime, yet, I was cooking early. Our friends offered to bring food, so I won't be cooking much, I know, but it was right to start early as to be prepared.
She watched, fascinated, yet keeping her distance, except to probably grab a tidbit of whatever was left over. I would swat her hand away but she would reach, eventually grabbing at a bone. She wouldn't eat this precarious object but she would suck on or gnaw at it. I found that amusing, double as she found the bone to be a plaything and pacifier of sorts. It kept her amused until our guests came.
Secretly, I found it funny that she opted to take that bone in which amused her and hurled it square at Nonon. From what I didn't know nor expect, she had aim, as it the bone hit Nonon square in the shoulder, narrowly missing her face. Fortunately, most of Ryuuko's food can be eaten with a spoon, so we needn't worry about her severely injuring someone. "My," Aikuro said, "does she do this often?" I responded that she doesn't but that she doesn't like Nonon much, to which he shrugged and suggested that she probably didn't like her because she didn't know her.
We started dinner with conversation about what everyone was up to since we had last seen each other, while Nonon and Ryuuko were shooting daggers at one another. Wordlessly, our little sister seemed to be making threats, glances, gestures, and all. Nui glanced at her, as she was gesturing, before saying, "I'm not translating any of that!" Nui seemed to be better at reading Ryuuko's gestures, as I didn't initially catch exactly what it was that she was gesturing, besides that it seemed to be threats and insults, however, the moment she said she wasn't going to translate it, I caught on and admonished Ryuuko, saying, in harsh whispery tone, "That's not nice."
She understood and stopped but still continued to shoot daggers. She had an expression that said, "Stay on your side of the table, Nonon!" Actually, not only did she have the expression, when Nonon moved to be excused, she said, "Your side, stay, Nono!", which meant what she intended it to mean. Nonon continued on her way, to which she got something of a hiss when she took her seat again. "I did nothin' to you!" Nonon said, to which Ryuuko took it as a challenge. It took only about a few seconds and she was over where Nonon was, glaring at her hard.
She stared at her for a good minute before reaching up to scratch her face. Nonon hadn't any bit of time to anticipate that and flinched back, leaving Ryuuko to say, "Nono's side!" before pointing to where she was initially, saying, "My's side!" She returned to her place, still glaring daggers. She wouldn't be glaring daggers for long, as she turned to address Uzu, saying, "Zuzu?" before going over to his spot to snatch a tidbit. He didn't mind this, however, and let her do that, as she played with green returning to brown hair.
She then went over to Gamagoori and compared heights, before swiping an apple slice, eating that one before being offered another, taking it appreciatively and patting Gamagoori on the head. She went over to Houka's spot, in which case, instead of taking food, she instead took his glasses, the object fascinating her. I suppose she was looking to add them to whatever collection of fascinating things she had found, considering that she doesn't know what glasses are.
With glasses still in her hand, she crept over to Nui, saying, "Nuggie!" She didn't take much from her plate besides a piece of chicken and a fork before asking, "Loohn?" I suppose she wanted Nui to sing to the song "Au clair de la lune", regardless if anyone knew why besides that she enjoyed it. Instead of singing, Nui hummed instead, leaving our little sister content, prompting her to return to her spot but not without creeping over to Aikurou's spot to snatch another bone, the which she had thrown at Nonon.
She seemed to have let her alone after that, opting to ignore her until dessert, in which case, she decided to hobble over to where Nonon was and snatch of her dessert to add onto hers. She went back to gesturing to which Nui responded again that she wasn't going to translate it, however, she added that what she was gesturing was lighter than before (i.e her not swearing).
She didn't seem to bother Nonon through the duration of the visit, to which Aikurou commented on saying, "I guess she just doesn't like Nonon much or, rather, she just doesn't like her in the house too much, in which case, she's showing Nonon that this house is her house. Alternatively, she just doesn't like her in general."
He was right, as just as she was leaving she tried to trip her, however, she stopped and just hit her with a shoe, instead.