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Dinner and Company.

Who: Nagi, Alice?, and possibly Schuldig and Bradley Crawford
Where Fifth floor, room 15
When: Dinner time! So, uh. Around eveningish.
Rating: PG? Possibly PG-13
Summary: Nagi invited Alice over for dinner, so consumation of food must happen.
the Story:
Fortunately or unfortunately, Nagi had alerted Schuldig to the plans he'd set in motion. Though it was true that he could have planned for dinner elsewhere, he'd chosen to keep things as simple as possible, and had, thus, warned Schuldig ahead of time that he was to be wearing clothing while Alice was around.

That aside, he'd prepared a fine meal-- Rather, he'd collected a fine meal. Takoyaki, Gyoza, Tempura, Onigiri, and other various assorted Japanese cuisine, as well as pot roast, steak, meat loaf, and several deserts.

Now, their room wasn't entirely huge-- decently sized, but not huge-- so several small tables had been set up, upon which the food and desserts were neatly placed. Upon a separate, smaller table, the utensils, dishware, and napkins were placed.

Strategic placement of all of this allowed for plenty of room for a table at which they could all sit. In the middle of the table, several candles were lit-- to add a bit of a ... well, he wasn't quite sure. They could have certainly done without it.

In any case, he opened the door and patiently sat at the table, awaiting the arrival of his guest.

He was so nervous.

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When the time he had promised to come got near, he grabbed his white jacket and left his room. Alice was wearing his normal outfit of the blue shirt, black tie, white jacket and pants. Going up the stairs, he wondered briefly what kind of person this 'Crawford' was. Was he like Nagi? Or Schuldig? Alice also wondered why Nagi decided to invite him to dinner, Alice didn't mind of course, but he still wondered why.

Reaching Nagi's room, he saw the door was open. Poking his head in, and seeing Nagi sitting at the table, he entered the room, waving slightly.

"Heya Nagi," he greeted, smiling.

At Alice's arrival, Nagi stood up, almost in shock. "A-Alice--" He blushed, and nervously turned his gaze away, suddenly second-guessing the whole dinner idea. He wasn't even sure why he'd decided to do it, anyway.

Perhaps ... perhaps he was trying to repay him for his kindness and generosity?

Perhaps he--

He composed himself, and motioned toward the tables. "I wasn't sure what all to get.... Drinks, desserts-- Ah, Whatever you'd like, it's over there."

Why did Alice continuously make him stupid?

"Wow, that's a lot of food, it must have taken time," he commented, walking over to the tables Nagi had gestured. Looking at them, he tilted his head at some of them though. "Hey Nagi....can you explain what they are?"

...Ah, explain the food. He hadn't even thought of that-- but he did recall Alice saying something about not being too familiar with Japanese food.

"This is Takoyaki," he said as he gestured toward the plate. "Takoyaki are a kind of dumpling with octopus inside. Gyoza are also dumplings, but they've got pork and vegetables inside them. ...And these," he continued as he moved on to each of the plates, briefly describing each one. When he finally finished, he turned to the drinks.

"Sake-- Japanese rice wine," he singled out the oddly labeled bottle and the small cups next to it. "There is water, orange juice, and hot tea, as well."

Looking at the food as Nagi explained it, trying to memorize which was which. Alice was a boy so he figured he could pretty much eat anything, but it was good to know what they had just in case. After Nagi had finished explaining, Alice thanked him and got a plate. He was a bit giddy, since he never had eaten some of the food, and never had dinner with another person.

Taking a bit of everything, and pouring himself water, he placed the plate on the other table and waited for Nagi to come as well.

After Alice had helped himself, Nagi did the same, and eventually returned to the dining table, setting his things upon it before taking a seat. His nerves had calmed, much to his approval, and he reached over to offer Alice a pair of chopsticks.

"I'm not sure when, or if, Schuldig and Crawford are showing up. It might be best for you to prepare yourself for the worst." Schuldig tended to be more than slightly eccentric, and he didn't want to risk Alice being caught completely off guard by it.

"...And if you don't like anything, don't worry about it."

Alice took the chopsticks; thankfully Haru-chan had taught him how to use these. He still wasn't used to it, and was a bit awkward with it but he managed to eat with it.

"Ah kay.. Um, what do you mean worst?" he asked, taking a takoyaki and nibbling it. He liked it and took a whole bite. "Mmmhm," he replied to Nagi's last comment, chewing on the food.

Alice's awkwardness with the chopsticks made him smile slightly, though not for long. "Schuldig tends to be outspoken and eccentric. He will say exactly what's on his mind, and may try to read yours."

Absentmindedly, he played somewhat with his food, using his chopsticks to push several dumplings around. "It may be best not to take anything he says seriously."

Alice then tried the Tempura, it was his first time eating shrimp and thought it wasn't tha bad.

"Uhh okay then. So I should just ignore what he says?" he asked. He remembering talking to Schuldig a bit while he was living at their room after the event with the zombies. Schuldig was a bit...well eccentric as Nagi had described, but he didn't seem too bad.

Next, Alice tried picking up the Onigiri with the chopsticks but it was too big and he was having trouble picking it up. Frowning slightly, he wondered how he should eat it.

"Not necessarily. As much as he tries to rile people up, not everything he says should be ignored." Schuldig was ... complicated; even Nagi hadn't completely figured him out yet, and they'd known each other for a large portion of his life. Such was the way of things, however. "The more you get grow accustom to him, the better you'll handle him."

Nagi raised an eyebrow at Alice's failed attempts to pick the Onigiri up with the chopsticks. "Use your hands," he said.

Once Alice heard Nagi's description of Schuldig, the first being that came into mind was the Cheshire Cat. (Well anything that annoyed and riled people up equaled the Cheshire Cat to him.) "Okay then, I'll remember that," he answered.

"Hands?" Alice asked, setting down the chopsticks. "So you eat it like a sandwhich?"

"Yes, I suppose you could say that." Finally, he began to eat, starting with his dumplings, and sipped at his tea.

"Crawford is the complete opposite of Schuldig. One could describe him as being somewhat like me." Nagi tended to be somewhat less talkative than Crawford-- unless he was around Alice, it seemed.

...There was no way to tell how they would treat Alice, unfortunately. While Schuldig had already interacted with him and there was some level of familiarity, Nagi was still uncertain on what, exactly, the German thought of Alice. Nagi also hadn't seen Crawford very often at all. Needless to say, he could only hope things went well if the both of them showed up.

Taking the onigiri in his hands, he took a bite of it. Alice had eaten rice before, and so far out of anything Japanese he had eaten, he had liked rice the best.

"Like you? Is he the same age as you?" he asked.

"No, he is older. I am the youngest." He certainly didn't act like the youngest, but that hardly mattered at all. He had, perhaps, one of the most important roles in Schwarz. Without them, they wouldn't be able to accomplish even half of what he did.

"YO BITCHES!" Schuldig said enthusiastically as he threw open the bedroom door. There was a struggling and very unhappy-sounding Nisei draped over his shoulder, cursing all sorts of obscenities quite loudly. Why he wanted such a terribly unhappy man with his feet flying so close to his face was anyone's guess.

"Nagi! How it's alright with you, I brought my new toy with me." Schuldig said as he placed Nisei on the ground again, grinning sweetly at him.

Nisei smoothed out his clothes with a bit of a huff when he was set down, frowning and knitting his brow just a bit. Toy? He found himself regretting that he had met the other face to face, even if just for a moment.

Arms crossed over his chest, frown still in place as he took a look around. The food looked good, but somehow he didn't feel comfortable just being dragged up here by the redhead.

Silence was all Schuldig got for now and an icy little glare, clearly the cursing hadn't gotten him anywhere.

At the sound of Schuldig's grating voice, Nagi abruptly stood up-- just in time to watch him set his aforementioned "toy" down. Nagi raised an eyebrow as he looked the dark-haired man over, and turned back to Alice. "I apologize for Schuldig."

Alice blinked as the two came in, although he was still sitting down. "Uhh..nah, it's okay." he answered back, not minding it too much.

Looking at the other black haired person that Schuldig mentioned as 'toy' he didn't think that was Crawford so maybe it was someone else? He didn't know who it was though.

He stood there unmoving for a few moments before offering a nod toward the both of them. Still silent for an awkward few seconds before he finally cleared his throat.

"Friends of his...?" He asked quietly, raising an eyebrow and gesturing toward Schuldig.

"Ja," Schuldig nodded, sauntering over to the food-laden tables to survey everything carefully. Goodness, Nagi really had gone all-out! It almost made Schu feel bad for barging in the way he did. Maybe he should be nice. Well... nicer. If it was important to Nagi, he could certainly try.

"Nisei, this is my roommate Nagi, and his girlfriend Alice. Boys, this is Nisei. I'll be bending him over later." Schuldig said all this as simply as if it were a normal introduction.

Oh, so this was Alice. There was the beginning of a smile before Schuldig's words reached him, mouth dropping open as he shot a look toward him. This man really didn't know the meaning of tact, did he?

Embarrassed? Oh yes, a blush settling on his cheeks and a deep frown. He felt that he should say something, to refute that but it was true wasn't it? That was the whole reason he had met the German in the first place. More silence from the boy, just reaching up to tuck some of his hair back behind an ear.

...Mentally, he facepalmed. Outwardly, however, he showed no sign of discontent. In fact, he looked as stoic as ever. "Pleasure to meet you, Nisei. Please, help yourself. As you can see, there is plenty enough for everyone."

If he hadn't been used to Schuldig's antics, he might have been appalled by the German's behaviour. In all honesty, he would have been worried for his health if he'd acted any differently.

He shifted his weight awkwardly, something of a sour look on his face before he managed to regain some of his cool. He nodded slowly, clearing his throat and forcing a smile.

"Such a generous host, even after we barged in like this~." He mused, taking a hand back casually through his hair. He could at least pretend to be a little comfortable.

Alice blinked in surprise and well..bluntness of what Schuldig had just said, but it wasn't something he hadn't heard before. (Really, that Cat was taught him all the bad things) Glancing over at Nagi and seeing his normal face, he guessed that this was normal for Schuldig. Still, Alice couldn't help but a tint of red show in his cheek.

"Er, um, nice to meet you in person, Nisei-san. Finally," he said, waving his hand a bit.

Far from going to fetch his plate, Schuldig seemed content to stand at the edge of the food-laden tables, picking at the food piece-by-piece. He was careful not to touch any other piece of the food in the process, of course. That would just be rude. No one else would want to eat it! If there was one thing he respected, it was another individual's desire for food. And thus he stood, leaning against the table and picking idly at the turkey.

It had been so long since he had anything like this... The most he could manage when he made his trips to the kitchen was cold leftovers before that blue-haired bastard chased him out again. He couldn't stand that guy.

"Nagilein, I should have you make food for us more often. So nutritious," Schuldig attempted a compliment, tilting his head to the side as he looked over at Nagi. "Did you wear your pretty maid outfit with the apron while you were cooking? I always liked that one."

...really, he couldn't make it two sentences without teasing.

"Do you think I'd let so much food go to waste?" He asked, looking to Nisei. "I was prepared for others." He just hadn't expected someone so ... mundane.

He regarded Schuldig with little interest and returned to his seat, casually prodding at his food. "You're showing off in front of our guests." Whether or not he was calling him out on an act meant little to Nagi-- he had ways of having his own fun, after all. Playful accusations, though they might have sounded completely genuine, were just that: playful.

"I'm not the one who wears the maid dresses around here."

"Oh ho ho! My little Nagilein has grown a pair!" Schuldig laughed heartily, finally stepping over to the table to take up his plate. If Nagi was trying to put him in his place, he could respect that at the very least. Really, that's all it took to earn the German's respect. Try to bust his balls back, and he was putty in your hands. But embarrassment, bashfulness... that was the fuel for his fire.

"Ah, but I should have expected as much," Schuldig continued with a little smirk as he went back to the food table to pick out his feast. "Alice is the girl in this relationship, ja? You must make him wear the maid dress."

Alice blanched at the thought of wearing a maid dress. He was NOT like the Queen of Hearts, he did NOT crossdress. Glaring a death glare at Schuldig, he stood up and walked over to him to yell in his face. "Okay, first off, I AM NOT A GIRL!!! Secondly, NO WAY IN HELL AM I GOING TO WEAR A MAID DRESS!!!"

Well, the outburst had been a little unexpected, Nisei's eyes widening as he watched Alice curiously for a moment. Just meeting or not, he sauntered over to him and let a hand settle on Alice's shoulder.

"Maaa, Alice-chan, no need to be so upset~." He offered with another forced smile and a gesture toward the German. "He just likes to think he's funny, that's all~."

Alice's outburst was ... surprising, to say the least. Nagi couldn't recall ever hearing, or seeing, a reaction like that out of him. In fact, he was ... rendered quite speechless for a few moments.

"Alice...." He said eventually, rising from his seat once more. This was definitely a side of him he wasn't used to seeing, as was evident by the look of complete disbelief on his face.

Well the truth was, that Alice was rather short-tempered. It's just that nobody annoyed him enough to make him yell like this. Before, back at Wonderland, he would snap every few minutes when talking to the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat and..well just about anyone at the country. Maybe the people there were just extra annoying. Although he thought he was better than the Mad Hatter, who would shoot anything that annoyed him. At least he only shot once in a while.

Anyhow, for some reason, him wearing a maid outfit annoyed him quite greatly, so he did the obvious reaction that came naturally to him. After the outburst, he noticed the hand on his shoulder. Alice turned around to look at Nisei, and also glanced at Nagi as well. He tilted his head in confusion on why Nagi seemed so surprised.

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