Takeshi felt a little silly, having to have his cooking approved by someone else. Truthfully he was in the dark about proper cooking techniques, roasting meat over the fire was about as simple as it got. Usually when he did that he cooked it pretty darn well, there was never any pink left over. Seeing all the different shades of meats though made him realize how lacking his own culinary skills were. Not that he minded terribly much, he got on with what cooking he could do. If nothing else for curiosity's sake he wanted to see how he had done, it being his first attempt. Kai didn't seem to mind terribly as they put him up to the task, not that he appeared to mind much of anything at the moment. Poor guy, how long had he been cooped up in his room alone? While rare Takeshi did in fact feel sympathy for other people, and he was experiencing it right now for the other boy. Choi and Yumi had been together near incessantly since they had all come back out to space, it was a small wonder two people who were always together might feel lonely when separate. Or at least Kai, he didn't have a girlfriend with him. Himself and Shu would probably be the same way if they were broken apart, in fact they had been.

"So it's okay...? It's really okay...?" Takeshi asked, smiling excitably. Alright, first attempt successful, what a relief. Albeit Kai wasn't exactly exuding enthusiasm, so maybe 'fine' was the equivalent of saying 'well it won't make me puke'. Either way, it was edible and that was all he cared about. Giving a nod for Shu to dig in he grabbed a steak himself, biting into it slowly as he wasn't sure of the flavors. A sweet steak was unique, to be sure, but not bad. Tearing off a bit he chewed it slowly, looking over at Kai. "Hmph...? Oh, it's uh..." he began, speaking through a mouthful of food. "On Earth it'd be around five in the evening, so late. In space though who knows?" Out here it was impossible to tell what time it was, time was basically irrelevant. They ate, slept and did things based on when they felt ready, that was it. No small wonder sleep had been tricky the first few days back on Earth. While nice to have some food in their mouths Takeshi was hard pressed to fully enjoy it, still bothered by Kai's loneliness. It reminded him so much of his own and Shu's and felt compelled to try and help it. "We might go train again, want to join us? Nothing serious probably, just some sparring. But we got room for one more."

Haku was shaken, but otherwise fine. For a Saiyan he really lacked a spine, if he weren't standing up straight he might not have one at all. He had to be strong, however slightly so if he was tasked with taking on Shu, Takeshi and T'charrl. Either that or the king was crueler than they thought and some nobody child had been sent to his demise. Giving Haku a patting on the back Vegeta opted to go after Viral, not before getting a nasty glare from him in the process. He supposed the Beastman had fair room to be bothered, he had snapped a bit there, but not without reason. Viral had shown a lot of promise in his control only to lose it, making Vegeta skeptical as to how in control he really was. Maybe it was a bit selfish too, but Vegeta had wanted to think he'd solved this, and finding out the contrary frustrated him. "Haku, go clean up, okay? Then find Takeshi and Shu again, they'll find something for you to do." They couldn't well let him wander about aimlessly, and while getting ordered around couldn't be very fun Vegeta doubted the kid was very new to that, all things considered. Waving partially he hurried after the Beastman, determined to settle things before they had a chance to fester. 

After all of that at least things couldn't get any worse. Shy of having a hole blown in his chest Haku was positive he had weathered the lousiest that these people could throw at him. Now he had to go back to Shu and Takeshi yet again, that was no fun. Like Vegeta had said he really ought to shower, he could smell himself starting to sour from all the juices. Wrinkling his nose in disgust the Saiyan went off towards his own room, closer to that of the Princes and twins. For all the lousy treatment he was getting this was still better than being with the king's people without a doubt. Sure, he was basically an errand boy, but there was no being beaten around or made a joke of, the former only if he was training. Really it was a blessing, being with these people, or a blessing in disguise anyways. Haku didn't fully see it that way, nor did he think of these people as any sort of salvation, just the next group to boss him around. If it meant being safe and getting fed, plus a place to sleep he'd be a good boy, he supposed. Not like he had much choice.