Early Adopter by Sienna Eggler

Author:Sienna Eggler [Sienna Eggler]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Benekeid Ink, LLC
Published: 2023-10-23T00:00:00+00:00

10

More Than A Feeling

“When you invited me to dinner, this wasn’t what I had in mind.”

“How so?”

As someone who kept odd hours and was constantly on the go, Ryn favored quick and easy meals, and that often boiled down to instant ramen and take out. And this was the place to be.

Tetsuo’s Ramen was one of few places in the area that heavily relied on human workers, and even made the food right in front of you. Hearty slurping and soft chatter could be heard from all angles, and Ryn often joined in when they had a good bowl.

But every bowl was a good one, when Vik Tetsuo was in the kitchen.

Shae hunched her shoulders, voice dropping to a whisper. “I said I didn’t want anything heavy.”

“So order some soup or sushi.” Ryn snapped their wooden chopsticks free and tapped them against the counter. They switched it up every now and then, but Ryn chose the Buddha Bowl 99.5% of the time.

“Do you normally eat this?”

“Only on days that end in y,” they said, making room for the server to slide the bowl over.

“Hot hot hot,” zie said, setting down a platter of the requested ingredients.

Shae leaned over the bowl and frowned. “Where’s the rest of it?”

“Here.” Ryn blew on the steaming bowl. The noodles sat in the broth, soon accompanied by a hard-boiled egg, seaweed, and thin strips of chicken. They whisked the lot together with their chopsticks, resisting the urge to slurp up a mouthful of noodles.

“What’s the point of all this? They didn’t finish making your food.”

“It’s fine, really.” They twirled a length of noodles around their chopsticks, catching a surprise chunk of lobster on one end. “I wanted it like this.”

“Why?”

Ryn tucked the food into their mouth. An explosion of flavor hit their tongue—seaweed, salt, a dash of vinegar, garlic… “Mmm…” They scooped up some of the broth with their spoon and held it out to Shae.

“You don’t seriously expect me to eat that, do you?”

“Just taste it.”

Shae held her hair back and tentatively lowered her mouth to the spoon. She sucked on it, nodding by the end. “Mm! It is good.” She licked her lips, eying their bowl with hungry eyes.

“Get your own,” they said, curling a protective hand around their bowl.

“Maybe not that, but tempura shrimp and miso sounds good.”

“It’s really fucking good.” On nights when they sought a light meal, that, or the equivalent, was their go to.

“Can I get another sip,” she said, as the server put in her order.

“Only if you promise to share.”

“Until then—”

Ryn slurped loudly from their bowl. ‘Not now.’

“Why not,” she whispered. “Do you really think someone will overhear?”

They raised their eyebrows at the server flitting from table to table. “I can’t talk business with ramen emptying my sinuses.”

“Fine.” She huffed and contented herself with stealing spoonfuls from Ryn’s bowl, and they let her; there was more than enough broth to pass around, and they’d be full before the last drop was drained.

Ryn liked coming to this restaurant

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