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Sláinte. It means "cheers" in Gaelic. Not usually used for coffee, but it works.

[Granted most people here didn't know that, but he was going to say it anyway]

Ho, really? [he holds up his cup then] In Japan, we say kanpai! [he doesn't trust himself repeating that foreign word. it sounds hard!]

[Lyle raised his coffee cup again]

Kanpai.

[Then he took a sip of his coffee]

I like it.

[Osomatsu doesn't sit down until Lyle says that he likes the drink. because he was worried he'd have to make another one. he chuckles nervously and finally sits down, drinking from his own cup]

I'm glad! [he's relieved. he just made that up on the spot!]

[Lyle had wondered why he hadn't sat back down again, but finally he did seem to relax and sit again. Lyle just gave him a smile in response]

Relax. You don't need to be nervous.

Sure, you say that... [but... he is nervous. he doesn't know why. they're just hanging out, right? no expectations, no commitments. just two dudes having coffee together]

Yeah, I do say that.

[Yes, he knew there was that silent implication that this was a date. However, it actually hadn't been officially agreed that this was a date. It was too people getting coffee. Besides, Lyle didn't think it was worth stressing out about. If something didn't work, it didn't work. Easy as that.

But now for some different talk]

So what did you do back home?

[he jolts slightly at the question, and immediately looks sheepish]

I, uh... [he could lie here. Lyle doesn't have to know that he was a useless piece of garbage. but then if Osomatsu's brothers found out he was lying, they could tell Lyle a whole bunch of shit he didn't want him knowing about.

so Osomatsu will tell the truth]

The truth is, back at home, I wasn't anything special. I was still living in my parents' house with my brothers. I didn't work, none of us did. All I wanted to do was gamble and read magazines all day.

[Isn't that just like brothers? When you are trying to impress someone, they have to keep pointing out to them that you are human. To be fair, Lyle would have done it to Neil if the situation had ever arisen. So if Lyle had known that was the reason, he would have understood it]

Ah. Hadn't found something that interested you at that pointed?

I guess you could say that... Ooooor, you could say that I was lazy and unmotivated. That works, too. [a light chuckle] But, yeah. Comin' here, this is my first real job.

One person says lazy and unmotivated, another says that they are trying to find their perfect job. Spinning it so it sounds better usually works better.

[He gives Osomastsu a teasing smirk]

But having a managerial position is good. Especially for your first job.

[Osomatsu would love to make himself sound better. maybe he would, were he here alone. but he's a got younger brothers here who won't back him up if he stretches the truth]

Yeah, it's all right! [he takes another drink, knowing he has to be careful of what he says while he's in the place where he works] And, I mean, I'm still here. So... You know...

[Yeah really. Be careful not to say anything to insult your boss or your coworkers or make it sound like you don't want to be there. Those usually didn't end well]

Anything you like to do outside of work? Art or anything like that?

[Let's not tempt saying the wrong thing here]

Like hobbies? [ha... haaaaaaaa] Well, I read manga a lot, and I watch [AVs] movies. Back home, I gambled, but I haven't found anything like pachinko here. Or horse racing, either.

Manga? What's that? [Yeah, Lyle's not familiar with that.

But since it had been brought up]

Know how to play poker?

Manga are, like, comic books! Japanese comics! An' yeah, I've played poker a couple times.

Ah ha. So manga is a comic. I have never heard of it before. Also if its in Japanese, wouldn't be able to read it either.

Maybe sometime we'll have to play poker.

Well, we can probably find some that are translated here... And, if not, if there's one that interests you, I can read it to you!

[but who the hell knows if the quarantine has manga from earth...]

Sounds good. We look for some at some point. I mean if they have stuff similar to home then they should have manga.

What kind of things are manga usually about? Like superheroes?

[He's thinking of Western comic books...]

Oh, gosh. everything. You have manga about mundane cats, or other animals, all the way up to over-the-top magical girl stories. People write manga about everyday life occurrences, but then other people do supernatural shit.

Interesting. I'd definitely be interested in seeing what sort of options they have here in Quarantine. Wonder if they'd have any about giant robots.

[There's a little bit of a smug smirk at that one. Since he pilots a giant robot, he's kind of curious how someone would write a story like that]

I know there were a ton of those back home. Japan really loves its giant robots. [he chuckles and drinks more of his coffee]

Oh, do they now? Man, now I do want to see if they have anything here. I wonder if they have any idea how a giant robot actually works. I've seen at least a few of them.

[He picks up his coffee as well and takes a sip]

[ah, that's so fascinating to Osomatsu, that Lyle deals with giant robots]

Well, we could go to the library, if ya wanted. Bet we could find something on giant robots, even if it's not a comic.

Sounds good. Let's finish our coffee first before we go.

[It would be silly since Osomatsu had made these coffees and he was rather enjoying the one that had been made for him]

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