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[thalassophobia]

I don't think you get to make fun of me for a thing like that on a day when your mom cooked your lunch, too.

[ He doesn't mind it, though, not at all. He's already decided his mun is harmless, and affectionate teasing is the worst he'll get from her. ]

Anyway, I'm sure lots of people at my school have moms who pack their lunches for them, yeah?

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[pawnicked]

There's nothing wrong with that.

[thalassophobia]

[ Whoa, a cat...! Normally, he'll try to pet a cat if he sees one, but that...might not be the most polite thing to do in this situation, so he'll just keep his hands to himself. ]

That's what I thought, but my mun told me I should start doing it myself soon.

[ Maybe when he turns eighteen, he'll give it a shot... ]

[pawnicked]

[ She might not mind if he pet her, but she's not going to outwardly say HEY PET ME ]

If your mom doesn't mind making them then I think it's okay. It's only bad if you're making her, but that doesn't sound like the case.

[spaceheart]

Having a mother do a thing like that for you is definitely something to be cherished!

[thalassophobia]

Well, it will be easier to think back fondly on it than when she does my laundry.

[ He appreciates the clean clothes, of course, but they just don't have the same idealistic appeal as a lovingly-packed lunch. ]

[spaceheart]

I can definitely see why one would be preferred over the other—

Though perhaps it's better to take advantage of not having to do both whilst you still can.

[thalassophobia]

You think...? My mun's been telling me I should probably start doing these things on my own pretty soon.

[ Oh no, directly conflicting opinions. ]

[blue_distance]

...

[If you were embarrassed about it, he'd cook your lunch for you, Makoto. It'd be mackerel every day, though.]

[You don't sound particularly bothered by it, though, so he's going to stand here and stare at you until you manage to read his thoughts.]

[thalassophobia]

[ He didn't even think to be embarrassed until his mun started teasing him about it, but even then, he trusts she didn't really mean anything by it, so he'll try not to let it get under his skin. ]

[ Instead, he'll just take a moment to decipher that look you're giving him, not even bothering to hope it doesn't have something to do with mackerel at this point, and-- ]

You don't need to worry about me, Haru. I'd hate for you to waste so much mackerel for my sake.

[ Let's be real, man, he'd be choking it down by the third or fourth day. ]

[blue_distance]

It's nothing. [Parents send plenty of grocery money anyway.] But if it's not bothering you, there's no sense changing anything.

[But it'd be slightly different mackerel every day! Mackerel with pineapple! Mackerel with curry! Smoked mackerel by itself! Grilled mackerel with lemon!]

[all of the mackerel]

[thalassophobia]

[ It's a texture thing! He's too used to eating something vastly different each day, so just switching up the taste of the same old fish time and again simply won't cut it. ]

If anything needs a change, it's probably your lunches more than mine.

[ It's so pointless to even suggest it, but he's still compelled to try. Although he may not know much about nutrition, he does know a person can't survive on mackerel and popsicles alone. ]

When was the last time you ate a vegetable? And be honest.

[blue_distance]

[SCOWL]

Yesterday. I had leeks.

[on mackerel]

[thalassophobia]

[ Okay, you got him there... ]

And before that?

[ He's probably setting himself up to be wrong again, but it's not like he can figure out every little detail that goes through your head, so he has to make sure. ]

[blue_distance]

Peeled ginger. [with mackerel] I do know what nutrition is.

[He just gets roughly twice the protein an average human needs via fish, and it's not like he eats junk food... besides squid. Squid is good, okay. It swims.]

[thalassophobia]

[ Wait, does ginger even count as a vegetable? Sure, it grows in the ground, but you can't really eat much at once like leeks... ]

Haru--

[ Ah, it's probably pretty nutritious or something. It's not like he really knows about this, and he'd rather not be proved wrong twice, so he'll let it go. But he's going to look this up later, definitely. ]

...If you'd like, I could ask my mom to pack an extra lunch for you now and then.

[blue_distance]

[No, it doesn't really count. But he wants to prove Makoto wrong.]

I wouldn't want to trouble her.

[He's serious. Your mother is a nice woman, and although he'd never, ever admit it, he thinks of her a little bit as his second mom sometimes. She's also probably too bust for something like that, right?]