Virgil and Katou's Hot Date (Semi-Closed RP, Backdated to right after Katou gets settled)

[superherogifted.livejournal.com]

Since Katou had friends in the park Virgil was sure he'd want to hang with, he waited a few days to let Katou get settled in before he decided to make good on his promise of a date. But he didn't have much going on himself, so a couple nights later he prepared to go meet Katou. He first went for the civilian clothes, but decided instead to go for his jeans as well as a white button-down over his Static t-shirt and the worst tie he could find. Then, he collected a bouquet of flowers and knocked on the door of the auditorium.

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[katoustheshit.livejournal.com]

"Probably the same," Katou said. "I don't really have much of a preference, as long as it's not that veggie shit. Too bad you guys don't have Japanese style pizza here. I could really go for some nori and bamboo shoots and squid and Shisho leaves." Actually he didn't particularly like Japanese Style pizza - he really did like the Western kinds of pizza the best - but he figured it was probably enough to weird out an American.

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He laughed. "I never got the point of veggie pizza. If you don't want pepperoni you could just get cheese instead of all the weird stuff they put on. But some people who order the pizza in my house back home don't seem to get that," he added bitterly. Years of suspicious eggplant pizza had taught him that.

"Squid?" he said, making a face. "I mean, I guess to you guys barbecue chicken pizza must sound like the height of weird-- no, I can't finish that sentence. Squid?"

[katoustheshit.livejournal.com]

"Actually," said Katou, "Barbecue Chicken's pretty popular over in Japan." He paused, then said, "Hey, you guys have any squid ink sauce?"

Truth be told, anything that stained his mouth black was bad news, but this was too good to pass up, especially as Virgil seemed weirded out at just the thought of squid on a pizza.

[superherogifted.livejournal.com]

"No," he replied. "It's pretty safe to say there's no squid ink sauce. You're just messing with me, right?" he asked pleadingly. "There's no such pizza topping..."

[katoustheshit.livejournal.com]

"Nope," said Katou. "It's pretty bitching. Everyone in Japan eats it on their pizza and their pasta. In fact, it's kinda weird to use tomato sauce. Looks like someone killed someone and slopped their blood over the food. Don't know how you guys can eat it without feeling guilty."

Okay, now he was fucking with Virgil, but squid ink sauce really did exist.

[superherogifted.livejournal.com]

"Squid ink pasta," Virgil said. "I don't believe you." Then again, he knew very little about Japanese culture. It could be true, and different stuff did seem weird to different cultures. He shouldn't be a jerk about it.

"Sorry, I'm sure it's good, I've just never heard of it. All the pizzas except the barbecue have tomato sauce, though, so if you're not cool with that I guess you could have the barbecue or we could make pepperoni without the sauce?"

[katoustheshit.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Katou said. "Anything with tomato sauce can have squid ink sauce too." That much was true, at least.

He shrugged at that. "No, I'm fine with tomato sauce. It doesn't taste bad, even if it does look like blood. Besides, I don't really feel like preparing food."

[superherogifted.livejournal.com]

"If you're sure," he said. "So, pepperoni it is?"