"You should show me a few of your tricks sometime, then," Tachihara says. Not that Jouno hasn't. Not that he hasn't kicked Tachihara's ass more than once. But it almost feels lonely when he hasn't been taught that kind of lesson by the older kitsune for too long.

Tachihara doesn't smell the coffee yet, but he knows where they are, he knows they're getting close. He still has some money in his pocket, so he thinks he might get himself a pastry, too, once they're there. "Did you have lunch already?"