Escape Within Nature [Saiko/Hono]

Saiko laughed as the conversation continued to progress. Then, after taking another bite of her food, the woman kept her gaze locked on Hono and spoke aloud:

"You are welcome for everything! But, you have to thank yourself. I'm not one to really prop people up on bullshit lies. The food really is great."

After nodding, the raven-haired woman let out a content sigh before pouring herself a glass of wine and soda together. It wasn't anything heavy as Saiko didn't drink hard liquors, but she liked her glass of wine every now and then after a good meal. So, when she was relaxed, the girl couldn't help but ask Hono another question.

"Oh? Tell me more about your brother and sister. Family stories are always amusing. Are they anything like you?"

Saiko was by no means a selfish person. So, with a happy nod, the woman pulled out a wine glass, poured Hono a cup, and passed it to a woman with a cheerful hum.

"Hell yeah, drink til' your heart's content!"

A playful laugh escaped Saiko's mouth as she was having fun, loosening up and enjoying the moment as she glanced at the night skies outdoors. Being in nature, in her home, and around a welcomed guest was all just great to her.

Honestly, she didn't expect to be able to be in a place where she had so many friends and good experiences a few years ago, so any time she had a peaceful moment like this, she wished it would last forever and let out a content sigh after taking another sip of her wine.

"Hey, your sister likes you a lot if she made a doll based on you! So you gotta take care of her and make sure you aren't giving her a bad influence."

Snorting, she then lightly jabbed Hono and said jokingly.

"After all: what would she say if she caught you drinking at a stranger house all alone in the woods? Bad Hono~ Hehehe"

"Feel free to use me as a test subject for that wine~ This body of mine is pretty hard to jack up."

With another swing of her glass, Saiko took a gulp and giggled as she noticed Hono getting passionate about protecting her sister. That was definitely a motivation for her to get stronger, and she commented on that.

"Y'know, when we are done stuffing our faces, that's a good reason to get stronger. If you have something you want to keep safe, obviously, you wanna get jacked, strong and buff to keep that thing safe. Would you be down for that?"

At that moment, even though Saiko was a petite mistress, she played and made a short pose flexing her nonexistent upper-arm muscles.

After laughing at herself, she relaxed into her chair and shook her finger at Hono when she mentioned jokingly about the food being poisoned.

"Wellllllllllllllllll, you'd need something pretty strong with all the fuckery going on in my body. Makes it hard to kill me, I think."

"Good, good. I'll help you ripped and tough, and not even Elyss will be able to bully you."

Grinning, Saiko then did another pose as she continued flexing on Hono for a bit. Though, when she mentioned someone fucking her body, Saiko had a faint aqua blush before gently bonking the head of Hono.

"No one is fucking with my body. For the moment."

She wasn't a saint, so that Saiko could admit that much, but she promptly adjusted to the next subject when the matter of her body came up.

"Oh, and if you are talking about my body, it's a long story. But, uh, it's half-demonic, half-shinigami. Henrex is supposed to help me remove the demonic half, so these are kind of my last few days as a mutt."

After a nervous chuckle came up, Saiko stared at her cup of wine for a moment. Of course, there was a darker depth to the origins of this power, her strength, and what it took to get it here, but was it worth spilling her guts over? So, after a few more seconds of silence, Saiko wouldn't dig too down deep unless asked.

"I'm just glad this nightmare is almost over, y'know?"

Did Saiko really hit that hard? Huh, guess she didn't know her own strength, as the girl only intended to bonk her playfully. Still, Saiko tilted her head at the demon comment.

"Mmmmmmmmmmmm, not quite. I'm still half shinigami; I just got corrupted with some bad demonic blood. Not sure how the recovery will be, but I'll be glad to have it removed."

Nodding, Saiko didn't feel too proud about it, but she wasn't one to shy away from reality. She had been doing that up until she had gotten back into the Gotei by the sheer grace of god and saved from Shadow Fall. So, to honor that, she would keep being as sincere as possible when the situation presented itself.

So, after smiling and accepting that fact, she spoke once more:

"I'd really appreciate that~ I think then you can stop cooking for an entire army, haha~."