Dual Point of View [ Tento | Rei ]

Tento was not someone who he would call a health critic freak. He was not one to count his exact carbs, protein, or fat. Check to make sure all his vitamin and mineral intake for the day was one hundred percent met. However, he was not one to eat junk food all day, or eat an unbalanced lunch very often. He had a generic ‘fit guy’ meal plan that tried to give a bit of everything while leaving space to give himself treats too. He was a healthy eater aiming for a healthy body, aiming to use it all for fuel to work out harder and train! Muscccccccles, and use were the name of the game in his program. He had a soft spot for brownies…and icecream. And boy could he dig into different types of rices with sauces.

“Hey, I would say that's making do with what you got and making it pretty good. Got greens and meat with carbs”, Tento said with a lackadaisical wave of his hand. It may not be seen as the best thing to eat due to the high carbs, it would normally result in sugar crashes sure. But it still could be a killer of a post workout meal depending on what you put in.

“It has been a long time since I had ramen actually, mind making me a bowl of ya specialty then?”. He spoke with a smile waiting to see if she liked the sound of it. He did crave chicken so hopefully she put that in it. Maybe one inside and one outside with sauce? Dipping or coated though, hmmmm. He was curious about how she cook it, he was starting to get into a real good mood. Fresh food made by a lady who was genuine about it was always the best!

Wait a second, now that Tento thought of it. Where…were they even going to eat? Back at Rei’s place? That would be right in the barracks, and that would be a bit thoughtless if there were others in there. Not a lot of room to cook. He doubted she had a private room. Wait, was this a soft date? Hmmmm. “Hey Rei”, just as he was about to voice this. He would feel Rei move away, his eyes catching her as she flashed stepped into one of the barracks. Being gone for a bit of time before she would appear again with portable cooking tools. A mass of a bag contained them.

“Oh, you got a bit of good stuff from the other side”, Tento said with a bit of interest. Trying to peak ever so slightly into the bag before stopping as she gestured back outside. It was going to be out in the open it seemed, a good idea given the fresh air.

Tento would then walk out and look around. Somewhat familiar with the structure of the division and where's where of things a little bit, but nowhere near as much as a member from its division with enough time living there. With a bit of time the two of them went out looking for a spot to eat. Friendly banter, with maybe one very very lightly flirtatious compliment, coming from Tento along the way before he spotted something in the distance.

A bit of space that seemed to not be part of the training ground or the barracks. Nestled under a few trees with a bench or two. He lifted a finger and pointed out. “How about over there?”.

As Tento let his social butterfly shine a little but as he rambled out responses to Rei’s question. Smile on his face, happy to answer her question and give her something to think about. Talking while cooking made the time fly by faster, at least in Tento’s experience. However, due to…mistakes in the past due to being distracted. It was something he was weary of doing too much. He hoped he wouldn’t distract Rei that much! “And what kinda things do you think that would have been, if you weren’t a shinigami? Concert t-shirt? Stuffed animals, classic games and consoles”, Tento said in a bit of a reminiscence. “Or more booze ehehe”.

Tento was happy to have Rei give a healthy back and forth with him. Her taking time out of her day to relax with him was nice and appreciated, even if it was related to a bet they had made. As Rei began to talk about her initial actions after reaching the spiritual realm, Tento titled his head. Rei had pieces of memory? That…was amazing! A great big wide smile came to his face as he heard it only to quickly remove it remembering the topic she was bringing to the table about it.

“You have your memories?”, he said in quiet excitement. “That is amazing. Usually people don't come with anything when they come over to this side…”. He felt a bit closer now! It was the first time he met anyone who told him they had even SOME memories of when they were alive. “I, have all my memories. But before today I hadn’t heard of anyone else. I, am sorry it's starting to fade. But hey!”, Tento said snapping his fingers in an ‘aha!’ manner. “What about writing them in a journal? It can give you something to always look back and smile as you reminisce while making new memories”.

Tento nodded his head. A bit of a dip of his brows. That…was such a shame. She was still so young, blank. She had time to find a career, explore hobbies. Fine love or choose a life through only friendship. “Oh…”, he said showing a bit of his immediate motion through his voice and words. “Man that sucks. Well, at least you got something to pick it up. I’m assuming you drinked with friends in celebration like a birthday party then??”.

As Rei answered his question, he would continue to nod his head as he moved to sit down and listen. He would help Rei cook if she asked for him to but given that this was a gesture done for him he figured he would sit out and wait. With a soft look he gave a thought about Rei in workout clothes. It was not like she did not look good in her Shinigami uniform, but she had a style about her in her workout clothes that was appreciated. “Fair enough. A good set of clothes is good to have. Can’t really get as comfortable doing different workouts in restricting gear”.

Given a thought, he wondered what was Rei’s casual style for day-to-day stuff? Given that they were regularly supposed to wear their shinigami uniform, Tento never got to see clothes that his fellow Shinigami would usually wear. Not really even when they were stationed in the world of the living. Boy, what he would give to be able to be a little stylish, and see the cool outfits everyone could come up with.

Tento had to tilt his head to the side at that. “Yeah, know. It is surprising that we don't have anything like that here. If only we could power stuff like that with spiritual energy or something”, Tento said in soft contemplation. It would be nice if they just had electricity out here. Given that kids could produce such an element, why hadn't there been a change for it?? He would love to watch movies, TV shows. He did not feel like he was missing out as the quality of shows were going down in his opinion. “Maybe they do and we just haven’t found out about it. I can ask around and see if I can hook you up if ya want”.

The more they talked about the technology they had the more he was curious. The phones she was talking about was something they did have. It was one of the ways that Tento talked to his comrades while in the order of the living and vice versa after all. Could send text messages, too. But those were special phones that only worked because they were the same type. “Well we do have phones for that. Your friends would need to have the grade you have for deployment in the world of the living though. And, I don’t think there's an easy chance of that happening. Not being souls and all that jazz”.

Tento had a shift of his eye go onto Rei. A look that was not of judgment but of a soft delighted surprise. It was of the nature one would have found a pleasant surprise. It seemed Rei liked fantasy books, or at least read them out of necessity to not get bored with her current limitations. He was a reader, and there were a few things he gravitated a lot too. Sci fi books, fantasy and adventure, writing forms. He was not an avid everyday reader but it was something he enjoyed to do sometimes in his down time. “Oh you got any new releases? It has been awhile since I read a fantasy book”, Tento said in a relaxed response showing a bit of a different side of his own. A tiny bit of excited interest showed in his voice as he leaned his body over in a tilt to come a little bit closer. “Wait, which one are you talking about? The Dragon prince? Rage of the Dragon? H.P and the Dragon stone?”. Tento said in a bit of growing enthusiasm. Given the…job they all had. It was not often that he found someone to talk about books and literature with, especially the specific topics of fantasy adventure. If anything the most he got was kido books or material about the shinigami arts.

“Oohhhhhh”, said Tento upon hearing Rei’s words. When he died he quickly found himself brought over into the shinigami world. He did not get to be a plus. What was that like? Would he have enjoyed it or was it better that he did not get to be a plus soul? “It is cool that you got some. If you don't mind, I would like to hear stories whenever you have time. Past and present”.