doesn't think that is a very good idea... Considering how self-conscious she gets about her weight.

makes a face. H-her weight wasn't t-that bad w-was it??

assure her that that isn't the case... So long she keeps the ice-cream intake under control.

i-is under control S-she's not eating that much! She's flustered and looking upset now, eyes going to admire her tummy.

might be feeling a little guilty now for having made a lady upset. "A-As long as you are not on your fifth tub or something, you will be_

_fine."

flushes at this. "Only on the second right now..." she pouts a little.

raised an eyebrow at the pout. "What's wrong?"

looks a bit sadly down at her ice cream. "It won't make me fat will it?"

almost hesitated on telling the truth just at the look. "W-Well, it would be a lie if I say it didn't..."

pouts even more. "B-but it's just ice cream..." ;`;

quickly looked away. "If it is not a daily thing, then you have nothing to be worried about..."

nods a little, looking appeased now. "Want some?"

shook his head. "As nice as that sounds, I would have to decline." A pause. "Not that I am surprised, but why are you binging on ice-cream?"

pouts. "I'm bored and lonely. Sakura is busy lately and it's cold and I hate the winter." She huffs.

"Ah, I see. I would have thought you enjoyed winter just purely for the snow."

pouts. "The winter is too cold. I don't like it very much."

"Why didn't you just move to a warmer state?"

pouts. "I mean it's still cold everywhere okay, unless I spend all my time in Hawaii...."

"Well, you could go there for a vacation..."

about that. "Maybe I could. I bet Sakura would go with me..."

sighed. He hadn't been seeing the male Japan around lately, actually. "Didn't you just say that she was busy?"

looks up at this. "Well I could steal her away right?"

frowned, "You could get her into trouble though, if she was busy with something important."

huffs a little and looks down at her fingers. "But I can't go without her."

"You are hopeless." he said with a sigh. "Do you have any tea?" By which he means he could afford staying for a while as company. Not that_

_she needed to know that part.

nods a little. "Sakura really likes tea so I have some Japanese tea in there if you want."

nodded. "That's fine. I will help myself to it, if you don't mind." he said, moving towards the kitchen.

nods at this and smiles. "Sure thing. No problem hun."

went on to search for the tea and made a cup for himself. "Do you want a cup as well, Miss Alicia?" he asked from the kitchen.

hums and hops up. "I'll guess I'll take a tea."

blinked in surprise. "I would have thought you absolutely detested it."

blinks back at him. "I don't mind her tea as much. And she still lets me put like a ton of sugar in it. And milk."

frowned a little, "Is that so?" He handed the tea he just made over to her. "Here, you can have mine. I can make another for myself."

nods and smiles, instantly added... a lot of sugar and milk. "I don't like tea but sugar is nice.

cringed a little. There goes a perfectly good cup of tea. He made another cup for himself. "Still, isn't that a little too sweet?"

about this for a second. "I've never drank anything that was too sweet. Doesn't happen."

snorted, "Let me correct what I have just said-- too sweet for a normal person's tastes." He brewed the tea and left it black without_

_adding in anything, the way he likes it.

about this. "I don't think so. Lots of people like it this way."

quirked an eyebrow. "Does Sakura put sweeteners into her tea?" he asked before taking a sip.

shakes her head. "Only if it's like that royal milk tea stuff she likes or something. There are teas she drinks sweet. But mostly she

doesn't." She brightens a little though: she didn't mind drinking tea if it was that tasty milk tea Sakura has.

scrunched up his nose a little. "Ah yes, one of those bubble tea things." He had never tried it before, having been too stubborn in his_

_beliefs that tea is the best as it is. He caught the slight shift in expression and was secretly pleased; seeing either of the Americas_

_downcast was an oddity.

blinks at that. "What's bubble tea?' She shakes her head. "I said milk tea! It's really good. Sweet too. Wanna try?" She hasn't the foggiest

idea what bubble tea was though so.

"It's milk tea, but with pearls." A pause as he thought for a bit. "Boba milk tea in your country, I think. And no, thank you." Although,_

_bubble tea came from Taiwan, so.

blinks at this. "You put pearls in tea?" She thinks about that. "That sounds dangerous." She taps his nose. "I don't really know much about

tea I guess."

"What a shocker." he said, voice deadpan but still managing to make it sound thickly sarcastic. He scrunched up his nose, "Try it when you_

_can, I am sure it is something you would enjoy."

giggles at him and gently tugs a lock of his hair. "You're in a nice mood today aren'cha?" she says to his sarcasm and pecks his cheek in an

amiable way. "I'll see. Maybe. I'm not too keen on tea anyhow."

made an indignant sound when his hair was tugged. "And you are not making it any better." He huffed and subconsciously rubbed at where_

_Alicia had just pecked him. He then turned to the television.

grins at how huffy he is. "Why do you got your panties in a twist huh? I haven't done anything bad."