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Seiken was sitting at a table alone, and there was reasoning for that. First, he hated most people.

Second, he had made it clear that though he wasn't the most awkward to approach individual anymore, the basketball "star" was still grumpy- and preferred his space. People gave it to him due to that (though being a nearly eight foot intimidating monster probably helped).

Finally, third- the fact he was taking up most of the table by himself. The reason for this was because he had three trays of food- each tray stacked with steaks, chicken breast, pork chops, everything from racks of ribs to chicken livers and frog legs. If it was meat- it was on his plates. Every time his maw opened, the mouth lined with countless teeth glinting in the air, as their razorlike tips caught the light- someone glanced over.

Some turned green watching the way he just .. ate. He didn't stop. Chicken legs, bones and all, crunched to nothing in his jaw and swallowed. Steaks that usually people cut apart and took thirty minutes to eat, his claws cut in half, and two bites later it was gone. He didn't bother with utensils, his hands were too damn big and his claws made it difficult, even sheathed.

However, he caught a familiar scent- Havoc, his nose twitching as he glanced around before the man sat down suddenly in front of him. Blinking, he tilted his head- swallowing the mouthful of chicken, bone, and half a rack of ribs with several crunches before he responded. Not put off at all by Havoc's forward personality and communication skills.

"Cruise ..? No. Not really something I'd wanna do- way to much travelin- .." he halted, contemplating something suddenly. "Emily may like it though .. hn .."

Seiken tilted his head, not bothered by the shove- if someone else had done it they may lose a hand. You don't touch an animals food. But, Havoc and Emily were allowed- he didn't even bat an eye as he simply popped a chicken wing, bone and all in his mouth, munching and thinking on the cruise.

He blinked, however, as Havoc brought up the basketball team. He slowly frowned, swallowing once more before speaking. "Oh, right .. I never told you. I only joined the team because my girlfriend asked me to, Emily Strong." he explained simply as if it was the most casual thing in the world- despite the fact he had joined the team nearly three weeks ago.

With that he leaned back- she didn't actually like things like that, she'd probably rather stay home and play her video games in his lap. Now that he really thought about it. He had no desire to spend that much time with her "mask". Though, she may go just to make an appearance he supposed .. how annoying.

Seiken tilted his head as his friend squinted up at him, "Wut?" he asked through a mouthful of meat as he blinked a few times in confusion. Slowly, he swallowed as the man clarified what he was curious about apparently and he shrugged.

"Hnn .. like a month ago? Or something like that," he commented idly, frowning as he tried to count the days- it was harder than he thought it'd be. Likely because he didn't really give a shit- it was just a day they started to "go out" under her silly pretense. They had been mates before that, and he had certainly clarified their relationship since it was far deeper than "dating".

He shrugged lightly, "A few days after I joined the Basketball team, but we were technically together before that," he stated with a nod- keeping it low so no one else heard. "Eh, don't' spread that around though or she'll get puffed up and I'll have to deal with it later," he commented idly. He could put her in her place easily enough- but he'd rather not have to deal with a feisty kitten later.

"We don't go on many anymore .. usually she just comes to my house, or I come to her dorm .." he pondered idly, before blinking- realizing he didn't answer the question.

"But the few I took her too was usually dinner, a movie, we went to an-" he halted himself, and lowered his voice. "-arcade, despite no one knowing that one. Uuuh .." he trailed off, raising a finger.

"The rest were pretty similar .. I just asked my team-mates what "boyfriends" usually did and went with it .. it wasn't that hard. Boring, though. I'm glad we stopped .. the food I cook is better than most restaurants anyway." he commented the last bit with a bit of a shrug, before he popped a bite of food into his mouth.

It was more comfortable to actually just laze around the house with her in his arms or lap anyway- plus it made it easier to expand their "activities" on a whim.

"Why?" he asked with a puzzled expression, not having caught on that it was a "test". His slow-mindedness when it came to caring about things showing as per usual.

Seiken blinked, and then frowned. That hurt, a bit. Not much though- because he understood where the thought process was coming from. He reached over slowly and took a bite of food once more, debating the best way to explain it.

Eventually, several bites later as he debated- he would come to a general conclusion.

"I don't." he finally stated, looking down at his friend with a shrug, "But I do at the same time. It's .. sort of both, with her. I think that's why. She's probably the only person that can handle the animal side of me, just as much as the human side." he murmured lightly, before shrugging as he took another bite- hoping that helped his friend understand that this was not just "random dating".

It was a mate, a mate he had found that appealed to his animal instincts- as well as his human emotions that were so firmly led by those animal instincts.