Sushi Station- Wednesday evening

[notconflicted]

Date night was a thing that was happening, so a place had been picked more or less at random. And after nearly three years here, it was a place Sia had somehow managed not to go before.

So after they were seated and everything, she said, "I believe this is the first time I've ever eaten anywhere with 'Station' in the name."

[For the date!]

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[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

"Me too," Four admitted, staring around a little worriedly. He'd never had Japanese food before but he wasn't going to admit to being worried. "Not that we're really swimming in restaurant options back home."

[notconflicted]

"Have you had this before?" she realized.

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

"No," Four admitted, "but if the restaurant's still open, it can't be terrible, right?"

This also explained his addiction to Moobyburgers.

[notconflicted]

"Exactly. And it's good to try new things," she said with a little smile. "It's nothing bad, I promise."

Hopefully he didn't turn out to hate raw fish.

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

Four smiled at her. "I trust you."

[notconflicted]

"Good," she said. "We can get a variety of things to share, too. And you can figure out what you like and don't like. I won't even make you use chopsticks."

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

"I think I'd be really terrible at eating with sticks," Four agreed. "Have you had this before?"

[notconflicted]

"I have," Sia nodded. "I figure that as long as I'm here I should try anything I can't have or don't get to do back home. Within reason, of course."

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

"Not a lot of roasted gremlin, I'm guessing?" Four teased.

[notconflicted]

"I don't even want to know what would happen if I tried that," Sia said immediately. "I can guarantee it'd be embarrassing."

She'd probably end up on a pole.

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

But on a pole like Jaina or like Han?

"So far they've kept clear of me, so I'll just hide behind you if they start coming," Four decided, picking up a menu.

He didn't understand any of the words other than "rice", but details.

[notconflicted]

Maybe both?

"Oh, thank you for that," she said dryly, looking at her own. "They already go straight for me anyway."

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

Four glanced at her over the top of the menu. "Are you still going to like me if I admit I only understand tea and rice on this thing?"

[notconflicted]

"Yes. Because the first time I tried it I selected things at random," Sia admitted. "The rolls are the easiest. They almost all have fish, but other things included with it."

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

"What kind of other things?" Four asked. "Nothing moving? Because I'll do it even so, I just need to gear myself up for it."

[notconflicted]

"Um, rice, seaweed, sometimes cream cheese or sauce," Sia said. "Nothing moving."

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"Anything spicy?" Four asked. "I like spicy."

Because it was the opposite of Abnegation cooking.

[notconflicted]

"They definitely have those," she said, marking a couple down on the order form. "Are you willing to trust me on which ones to get there?"

Especially since she was already doing it.

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

Four's lips quirked up and he poked her leg gently with his foot under the table. "I'm willing."

[notconflicted]

"I promise I won't steer you wrong," Sia teased. "I wouldn't want you to start seeing me in a bad light."

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

His smile deepened. "You'd have to give me something really terrible for that to happen."

[notconflicted]

"Then lucky for both of us I really don't intend to do that," Sia said. "I'm liking this too much."

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"Me too," Four said. "So...classes. Have you had any yet?"

[notconflicted]

"Creative Problem Solving, where we had to jump off the roof," Sia said. You know, just another Tuesday. "Otherwise I have nothing until Friday. Yourself?"

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

"I've had the technology class with the new teacher with the weird beard," Four said. "Then one tomorrow and two Friday."

He grinned. "You had to jump off a roof? That's how we get in the Dauntless front door."