<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Mashi didn't bother cooking in the mornings. He normally didn't have time and often settled for cereal and milk with a cup of coffee. The pot was still percolating when he showed up to glare at it for a moment. He down his meal in a record time and took his coffee with him outside to see to it Taiga's car would start later when the other decided to leave. Once that was done with he would go mope under the cherry tree with a cigarette and his coffee. He was so lost in his world he never noticed it Taiga came near him. <br/>
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He closed his eyes as he took a drag trying to understand what it was that made him not want to let the other go now. After much back and forth in his head he decided there wasn't anything logical about it and sought the other out. He found him in the kitchen, "Your car should start without a problem," He stated, "I'm sure you have things you wanted to do today and for the rest of your existence."<br/>
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His depressed attitude was still some what visible in the fact he hadn't bothered with an eye patch when he got up much less done much more than see to his hunger. </span>