Another Ayame one for you Ayame fans. I hope you guys enjoy this one. This one also has to do with food. We all like to eat, right?
"Gure! I'm hungry!" Ayame cried.
"It's about time." Shigure said not looking up from his book. He knew he was being rude to Ayame. After all it was him who had invited Ayame and Hatori over to his house. Now he was ignoring his friend because he was engrossed in his book? Yea...it was rude. But it was a good book. On the other hand, Hatori knew how important it was that Ayame was hungry.
"When was the last time you ate, Ayame?" he asked.
"Well, technically it was when I brought Yuki that cheesecake. I only ate it because it was there. I wasn't really hungry. I really can't remember how long it's been since I've eaten." Ayame answered.
"Would you like to go out to eat so you can get filled up?" Shigure asked still looking at his book.
Ayame nodded his head and smiled. "How fun. Let us eat til we can't fit anything else in us!"
Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru who had overheard the conversation from the hall walked in. Tohru walked right up to everyone but Kyo and Yuki kept their distance from Ayame. He looked at them and waved. They wondered how he managed to look so innocent.
"If you're hungry then go home and eat." Kyo said.
Hatori shook his head. "Ayame's home lacks food of any sort. Just a few things here and there. Not enough to fill him up. Not at the moment anyway." he told them.
Ayame kept that smile plastered on his face as if the teens knew what the adults were talking about. Was it important that Ayame was hungry? Yuki got hungry all the time. No one did anything to help his hunger. What was so special about Ayame? Well, he decided that he wanted to know.
"I'm hungry too. Will you feed me?" he said.
"I'll pay for you to eat at the restaurant with me, Yuki." Ayame told him. Yuki shook his head in annoyance. He didn't really state his question correctly. Hatori, smart man that he was, caught on though. He knew what Yuki wanted to know.
"Ayame doesn't get as hungry as you do, Yuki. In fact he is the exact opposite. He almost never eats." Hatori said.
"Never? That can't be possible." Tohru said looking at Ayame.
Ayame shook his head. "We zodiac members make the impossible possible!"
Shigure put down his book and looked at the kids. "Ayame is a snake. Do you know how often snakes eat? Not that often. Certainly not as often as annoying little rats." he smirked at Yuki. "Snakes will eat one large meal and then not have to eat for a good while afterwards. When Ayame does get hungry he comes running to Hatori and me asking for food. You really should stock up your home with food, Aaya." Shigure told him.
"I don't want the food to go bad." Ayame said.
Hatori smiled and hit Shigure on the shoulder to get his attention. "You remember when Ayame went a whole year without eating. I was so scared. I X-rayed him and everything. He was getting so aggravated." he stopped to laugh. "His body isn't like normal humans. It's so weird."
"I remember that. Me and you begged him to eat something but he would simply say 'I'm not hungry.' I thought he was going to die that year." Shigure laughed too.
"I didn't mean to make you two worry that much. I just don't eat when I'm not hungry." Ayame said.
Yuki stared at his brother in amazement. "An entire year? How did you not die?"
Hatori had an answer for him. "Ayame eats like you do when he gets hungry." he told Yuki. "The nutrients run through his body differently and make it possible for him to go that long without eating. And if he doesn't eat enough when he gets hungry he'll just eat more and more until he gets full. Then he can go a long time without eating."
"And thus he is not burdened with a food bill..." Shigure said.
"A little envious, Gure?" Ayame teased.
"I don't have as much envy as you do gluttony. Come on, Aaya. Let's get going." the dog said standing up.
Ayame started to bounce to the door. Him and Shigure exited the house. Hatori stood and got ready to follow them. "Come on, kids. We'll pay for you to eat. But prepare for a sight you'll never forget."
They got to the restaurant and the waitress gave them a big booth to sit in. Hatori and Shigure knew that Ayame had brought a lot of money with him so he could eat as much as he wanted. Of course he probably wouldn't get filled up by the time they were all done. He would need to eat again the next day and maybe even the day after to get full. When the waitress came back she nearly passed out from all the orders. Shigure, Hatori, Tohru, and Kyo's orders were reasonable. She's dealt with taking four different people's orders. But Ayame and Yuki went crazy. Together they ordered nearly everything on the menu. It took nearly an hour and a half to get all the food they wanted.But when it did come even Yuki stopped eating to see Ayame's eating style.
One of the things Ayame ordered was a large steak. It was bigger than any steak they had ever seen. This restaurant really went overboard. But it wasn't a problem to Ayame. He stabbed the poor steak with a fork and stuck it in his mouth. The whole thing...Hatori and Shigure went on eating like nothing was going on. They ate as if Ayame didn't just eat a steak whole.
"A-Ayame..." Tohru stuttered.
He ignored her and went on to some other meat items he ordered. Everytime he ate one he didn't bother to cut it or even chew it. He simply ate it whole.
"How do you do that..." Yuki said distantly.
Ayame looked at him with wide eyes. Was Yuki supposed to know the answer?
"Ayame can unhinge his jaw just like a snake. He can also swallow his 'prey' whole. It's what snakes do. There is no reason to blame him." Shigure said.
Kyo laughed at the fact he could open his mouth like that. "You're going to make someone very happy one day with that mouth of yours. And you have no gag reflex...yea...you'll make someone very, very happy."
Ayame winked then looked over at Shigure. "I already have."
Shigure giggled through his spoonfulls of food. Everyone rolled their eyes, but Tohru just sat there. In the end, Ayame ate but he was still hungry. Yuki was always hungry so there wasn't anything different there. Over the next two days Ayame ate more than anyone thought he could. He told Hatori he predicted he could go another year without eating. Hatori and Shigure prepared themselves for the worry they were about to endure.
Where did I get the inspiration for this? Youtube has some videos of snakes eating animals...it's...interesting. The chapter wasn't that funny but I had to do it. The little sexual joke at the end was funny though...I think...