Board Thread:Konoha General RP/@comment-28929139-20170602193354/@comment-28929139-20170602231417

She smiled with a gratitudinal nod to his kind words and touched a hand to the body of the tea pot. The blue willow toille that was printed across the teapot, teacups, saucers and sugar boat all had the motif of dragons and phoenixes within its design but one of them had an extra detail of a little boy painted in somewhere. "You'll know him when you see him, he's painted on one of these."

She took note of Tiatsu's slightly morose chuckle. Even if she didn't know Tiatsu personally, or know his background, she knew that laugh all too well and it was indication enough that she need not press further on the topic. Perhaps there was a history behind the snark and distance and maybe after enough seatings and servings she may find out. Or not, in which case that was okay, but she would be sure to watch it unfurl just as well.

"Yeah, my mommy owns the teahouse, and I wanted to become a geisha like her but I think I like being a ninja more now. So I help out here when I don't have mission stuff." Now it was her turn to seem a bit somber, it was evident in the way she stared off toward the window or how she bunched up the apron in both her hands that there was more to the story. However, since they had first met, Kideme knew better than just to spew her personal affairs on a poor patron. But that bleak little moment was soon obscured by Tiatsu's next words. Her eyes lit up when he told her of how his father brought him here as a child and how he not only loved their house brew but this was also a sentimental venue for him. Oh how that warmed her heart, since if nothing else, Kideme took genuine pride in the ocha-okiya. She had something to say to that, but his food and customer service came first.

So when she returned with a matching blue and white porcelain plate full of food and golden chopsticks, she put it down and dropped down a handful of napkins. The presentation was impeccable with his sushi slices arranged in a large circle around the brim of the plate with his rice balls in the middle and a colorful swatch of soy sauce, Suna-imported mustard and wasabi just below that. "I'm glad you like it here. You should have seen when this place was first built. It took Gen, our tea-barrista a whole month of traveling just to gather the ingredients to make Jade juice. But anyway, I'll let you stuff your face in peace now, I'll check back with you to see if you found the boy."