"Sometimes I think you take far too many things as ease," Kaede lifted her chin as she tapped a finger to an elbow of her crossed arms. "But, you do have a point - one would have to be utterly foolish to attack our rag-tag collection."

Dropping her arms, she sighed. "I'm still going to add more triggers - or priority is keeping that boy safe. He went through an uncovered area, so we're lucky you were watching him from the window. Until then, shall we call the staff to dinner? It is late."

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Ryuu smirked at the girl's sudden expectation - did she not know him? Of course she did. She was, after all, his counter-part in the eyes of the others -- minus the amount of heavy flirtations, perhaps -- but certainly in expectation. "My pretty parasol, I did not say I would do all the work myself. After all, I can only handle the smell of animal blood for so long before I get ... hungry."

He flashed a devilish smile as he spoke, rolling up his sleeves just the same before going to his knees before the tub and tugging her down beside him. "They say we're both half-assed, so we might as well prove them right. You do that side, and I'll take this one - perhaps Sakuya-sensei will give us a both a treat for our hard work."

The case was very unlikely, but that much was evident in Ryuu's tone as he begun wiping down the end of the tub. 

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After checking in on the young master and finding him asleep, and then mistress to find her sleeping also - her dinner tray ready to be carried off - Kaori took the dishes to the kitchen. The staff had not had dinner yet, so perhaps Kira and Haruo would be preparing their table. Kaori herself did not need food, nor could she taste it, and visiting the kitchen was actually a sad experience for her. It was very rare that she would join the staff at the staff table for meals, but would sometimes go there to complete small tasks such as alterations to clothes or to read a magazine since sometimes other staff members would come through in their downtime. Ryuu lingered, and was often kicked out by Kaede, but Kaori had not liked being alone - regardless of how shy she acted. Her mixed feelings aside, she secretly hoped to see the others so she could tell them about what happened before the others had a chance.