[Oh--oh, that's not the sort of thing she was worried about at all.
Nana blinks and feels her ears getting hot.]
...I'm glad you'll talk to me no matter what!! I like getting to talk to you.
But I like getting to bake stuff, too, and it's fun to see your reaction!
And it's a chance to test recipes out. So maybe we don't have to actually bake a thing every day, but I don't mind if we do that a lot of days. I don't think of it as a waste of time.
Reactions, huh? Watching somebody east something super spicy or super bitter gets you fun reactions~ But your food is always good! So I don't know what else to say besides that it's delicious! Oh- I did promise you those shrinky dinks, though, didn't I? I didn't forget to order them! Whenever you want to play with them, we can!
Something to look forward to after the dance~! I like that idea! It'd be the perfect sort of thing to wind down to, too~ I don't mind you baking for me- I'll just have to remember to save room between meals for all of it! And maybe you can teach me how to bake sometime? I can develop my own secret ingredients, and get to see people eat my stuff too~
[ Secret ingredient... aka spicy or bitter or cricket. ]
[Yuya stifles a laugh.] Okay, if we get the lead parts for sure!
[He knows Nana isn't planning to go for it, but maybe she'll change her mind when the script is finished? Yuya thinks she's well past being fit to take the lead in any play they put on.]
I told you, right? I'm writing the script, so I can edit it however I see fit~ I'll make it work for you!
[ In Nana's case, he isn't worried at all about her ability to perform- he's seen a performance, impromptu and impressive enough that it even silenced him for a good few moments after, so he's positive she could fit any role that's there.
Despite, yeah, the fact that she'd also mentioned to him that she likes being in the background supporting everybody else. It's a bit of a waste, if they went that route. ]
Anything can work for a story, you know~ Writing's a lot like how illusions happen: if you can think it up and make it connect, it can become reality! Something like that!
[ Sort of like how he can take the Bee Movie script, of which he's never actually watched the movie itself before, and turn it into a demon possession play. And he likes to believe it works. ]
[ But he does have the skills for it. The creativity, the silver tongue, the ability to plan far far ahead and connect things in as widespread a web as he needs to and tie it all back together. Telling as story, a made up story, is basically how he lives his life, making up thoughts and beliefs and actions and words.
Amazing~!!! I didn't think anything could rank at the same level as Mama! I thought she was the pinnacle? Nothing in the world should be able to compare??
yeah that's still fucking true she's #1 and rain is the world fucking weeping in gratitude that her feet fucking grace its surface because she's a fucking GODDESS
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