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I mean, it's not like anyone asked.

[Johnny. Please]

Then I guess I wasn't fucking talking to you, was I?

I guess not. But you gotta watch out whenever you talk in public spaces like this--just about anyone can hear you, you know?

[Kaoru smiles. Politely.]

No shit.

[Johnny, temper]

Who's gonna take issue with me talking about my appetite, you?

I just don't see the reason you have to lie about being hungry or anything.

Why would I be lying about that.

[Johnny this has to be the worlds stupidest argument, why aren't you aware of this you dumb bag of hair]

I have money, I can buy my own hamburger if I was actually hungry, maybe I'm just reminding myself.

I think you ought to buy it.

[Kaoru's still being cordial, to his credit. He's only looking out for your well-being, buddy.]

Why would I get something I don't fucking want?

[No, I'm going to be an obstinate asshole instead because.... look, a dog]

[That's fine. Kaoru can argue forever.]

Because you're hungry.

[Do you really want to look at this cranky baby for that long]

I'm not!

[It's not like Kaoru has anything better to do on a day off, anyway.

He could go into a spiel about all the little things the guy before him's giving off that makes it obvious he's lying, but he decides maybe it's best not to say things that could easily be dismissed as bullshit.]

I'll buy you a burger if you don't want to buy one with your own money.

[Hug a baby, pet a dog, donate food, sleep in, anything is better than talking to Johnny.

He's also the biggest bullshitter here because he never had any money to begin with which was why he's so defensive about not being hungry.

And his brain hamster has been violently hurled off it's wheel. If you squint you might see all the anger that was building up just kind of vaporizing because now he has no idea what to do and all this defensiveness is useless]

... Uh...

[Best comeback ever]

Don't worry about it. I'm pretty hungry too, so I might as well.

[Bullseye! Kaoru's proud of himself to some degree, but he doesn't bask in it and instead offers the other man the same polite smile. Man, if he isn't tempted to turn that smile into a smirk, though.]

I'm Kaoru. You want a burger, right?

[Fuck you, man, Johnny thought that was a boss ass lie. He also is painfully aware how bad it'll look if he punches a guy for offering to buy him lunch. He looks annoyed, but at least it isn't outrage because that would be stupid]

... Yeah sure, whatever.

Johnny.

[An expected response, but Kaoru doesn't mind. He only nods his head (he figures a 'nice to meet you' isn't necessary) and makes a brief jerking motion with it to get Johnny to follow him.

Patience is a virtue and all that.]

Are you from around these parts?

[Luckily, Johnny isn't that taxing on patience unless you argue with him]

No. Came in pretty recently. From a small town outside Houston, Texas.

Huh. Texas is pretty huge, isn't it... how's it feel to be in the city?

[Finding the nearest fastfood restaurant, Kaoru enters it. He does his damnedest not to cringe at the noise that immediately fills his head and all the sensations that come with it, though he does bring a hand up and his head down to lightly pinch the bridge of his nose for a moment before glancing Johnny's way again.

If they stay too long, his head's going to end up killing him.]

What, uh--what burger did you want? Fries and a drink, too?

Real big, biggest state in the Union. I've been in cities before, can't say they're ever nice.

[Johnny doesn't seem to much care for it in here either]

Cheese burger with bacon, large fries and a coke.

[Nothing complicated.]

[So Kaoru orders. He gets a regular burger and fries for himself and a glass of lemon-lime soda because he's pretty lame.

They find a table pretty easily, but his head's still killing him. He hopes to nullify this with a sip of his drink, but it's no-go.]

You're not a city guy, then?

Not really no.

[He likes his open roads. He just starts tearing through that burger and fries because he was really, really lying when he said he wasn't hungry.

At this rate they won't be in the place long]

I'm usually on the road.

The road?

[Kaoru only now realises how surprisingly civil this all is in comparison to the immature argument from earlier, but he doesn't comment on it. He does, however, push his order of fries forward in as subtle a manner as he can while biting on his own burger (with a considerable amount of ketchup).]

No destination or anything?