<div class="floatleft">(http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w190/Rakykia/riku_zpsi7fmnqcu.png)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: large;">Fukui Riku</span>(https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=237289.msg11683867#msg11683867)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Home<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Birdie<br/><hr/>Torikai's formality when she exited the bath caught Riku by bit of a surprise. Suddenly she was a proper Japanese lady as well? Riku listened to her, looking a bit serious though smiling nonetheless. For some reason Riku felt like he had now done something embarrassing, though the only real mistake he had made was mistake Torikai for a foreigner and maybe skipping straight to friendly, but he tended to do that quite a lot anyway. Only when people went back to formalities did it feel awkward. To make amends Riku bowed and tried to apologize, "Uh... I'm really sorry, Torikai-san. Hopefully you won't be mad. I should have noticed, since your Japanese is perfect."<br/><br/>Her compliment on how the food looked made Riku feel a bit better. He sat down with the last dish after removing the cooking garments and smiled. He was a bit meeker and more careful with what he spoke and how he said it after Torikai had come out as a local. "Thanks. I hope you'll like it. Now, itadakimasu," Riku declared and promptly encouraged Torikai to start, "Please go ahead Torikai-san. Would you like some sake with that? I don't know much about these brands, but they say this years' Akita Seishu was exquisite. I'm sure you'll like it." Already hoping that Torikai would accept, Riku had raised his bum from the bench and was waiting in a half bow with the sake jug hovering over a small cup. He looked like if the ears and tail were real they would have been wiggling excitedly right about now.