Li smiled slightly as Kaoru finally managed to make her mind up, but his gaze soon dropped to the table. He wasn't one to look directly at people for too long, no not with this mask at least. Had he prepared it would have been a more....interesting encounter for the girl, but hey it was what it was. He had to keep the image up for now at least. What happened at a later time and a different place was a completely different game.
The girls' gasp did surprise him quite a bit. After all weren't anbu supposed to be composed at all times and keep their mind completely clear? Or was she just putting up a better mask than he was? Surprise completely overtook him and he looked up at her wide-eyed for a second before he managed to catch himself and return to a more calm state of mind. 'Relax relax. Keep it easy. Keep it calm' He thought and pulled the sleeve down, covering the little accident he had had earlier. "Again sorry. It completely slipped my mind" Li apologized again, bowing his head ever so slightly. He ignored the girls laughter and dismissed it as not part of the conversation, seeing as how she still kept their distance from them. She really was an interesting one for sure. Was she really a better phantom than him? This really was starting to bug him now. He had to check it out later and unless she had used a fake name he'd find her again and with a more...appropriate appearance at the time. Yes that would take care of that. 'Focus focus!' Takehiko just barely stopped the malicious grin that he wanted to make and replaced it with once of kindness such as what his mask would use.
"Oh this?" He replied casually and looked around the room, making sure it was just them there. They were colleagues and they knew who he was so there was no real point in hiding his occupation. "I had to go retrieve some flower from the spine of the world and I got caught up in a thunderstorm. The lightning bolt hit just above my arm and singed my skin, I lost my grip and fell. That is about it really. Hahaha" Take said as if it was nothing and laughed stupidly. "Oh thank you for your concern, Ayumu-shifu, but I already dealt with that and had to deal with a bit of a nosy MiT. They really need to tell them to respect confidentiality a bit more." He quickly added and smiled at the two. This wasn't something he really wanted to discuss right now and if it hadn't slipped his mind he wouldn't have rolled his sleeve up at all, but hey old habits die really hard.
As if his prayers had been answered miss Aiya came in with his order - a rather large portion of food and it was certainly a lot more than he himself could afford that much was for certain. Before he could stop himself his eyes light up and he was lost in a trance, completely forgetting to thank the woman, then again nobody could blame him. The guy hadn't eaten in a good 24 hours or so with all the trouble he had had. It really wasn't a situation he wanted repeated. Takehiko quickly grabbed the chopsticks and skillfully began annihilating the food in front of him, becoming fully absorbed in it. At the rate at which he was wolfing it down it disappeared not in a matter of minutes but a matter of seconds. Two overfilled plates just disappeared from existence never to be seen again. "I'm sorry I should have waited for you to get your food. Where are my manners.... Now I need to make it up to you as well, Kaoru."
The girls' gasp did surprise him quite a bit. After all weren't anbu supposed to be composed at all times and keep their mind completely clear? Or was she just putting up a better mask than he was? Surprise completely overtook him and he looked up at her wide-eyed for a second before he managed to catch himself and return to a more calm state of mind. 'Relax relax. Keep it easy. Keep it calm' He thought and pulled the sleeve down, covering the little accident he had had earlier. "Again sorry. It completely slipped my mind" Li apologized again, bowing his head ever so slightly. He ignored the girls laughter and dismissed it as not part of the conversation, seeing as how she still kept their distance from them. She really was an interesting one for sure. Was she really a better phantom than him? This really was starting to bug him now. He had to check it out later and unless she had used a fake name he'd find her again and with a more...appropriate appearance at the time. Yes that would take care of that. 'Focus focus!' Takehiko just barely stopped the malicious grin that he wanted to make and replaced it with once of kindness such as what his mask would use.
"Oh this?" He replied casually and looked around the room, making sure it was just them there. They were colleagues and they knew who he was so there was no real point in hiding his occupation. "I had to go retrieve some flower from the spine of the world and I got caught up in a thunderstorm. The lightning bolt hit just above my arm and singed my skin, I lost my grip and fell. That is about it really. Hahaha" Take said as if it was nothing and laughed stupidly. "Oh thank you for your concern, Ayumu-shifu, but I already dealt with that and had to deal with a bit of a nosy MiT. They really need to tell them to respect confidentiality a bit more." He quickly added and smiled at the two. This wasn't something he really wanted to discuss right now and if it hadn't slipped his mind he wouldn't have rolled his sleeve up at all, but hey old habits die really hard.
As if his prayers had been answered miss Aiya came in with his order - a rather large portion of food and it was certainly a lot more than he himself could afford that much was for certain. Before he could stop himself his eyes light up and he was lost in a trance, completely forgetting to thank the woman, then again nobody could blame him. The guy hadn't eaten in a good 24 hours or so with all the trouble he had had. It really wasn't a situation he wanted repeated. Takehiko quickly grabbed the chopsticks and skillfully began annihilating the food in front of him, becoming fully absorbed in it. At the rate at which he was wolfing it down it disappeared not in a matter of minutes but a matter of seconds. Two overfilled plates just disappeared from existence never to be seen again. "I'm sorry I should have waited for you to get your food. Where are my manners.... Now I need to make it up to you as well, Kaoru."