It's 10 pm in Sapporo. Yoshida sat down in his chair, plate of meat pirozhki in lap. He cut on his HP laptop to see Milton, Kyushi, and Benton being active in the group chat. "I made meat pies with my mom, guys."
Kyushi jokingly asked, "Where's mine?"
"I only made enough for me, Mom, Dad, and Kwesi." Yo ate one of them. "I put seven of them on my plate. What are you guys having for dinner?"
Kyushi said, "I had pepperoni pizza. The restaurant I went to ran out of squid. Guess squid is a popular pizza topping... I also have wings."
"My mom made us sushi," Benton chimed in. "And she made us miso soup."
Milton put his reply in. "I'm gonna get me some curry tonight. I know a late-night place that sells dry curry; it's heavenly."
"I like you guys to meet Milton Zheng, our new member of our friend group. He works at an ice cream shop his dad owns," Yoshida introduced him.
Benton and Kyushi said hullo to MZ. Benton asked, "So, Milt, what do you do for fun?"
"I play Yu-Gi-Oh and Bakugan. I also watch movies," Milton replied. "And to top it all off, I play Call Of Duty and Modern Warfare. Did I mention I listen to classical music?"
"No," Kyushi said back. "I listen to electronica though."
Benton chimed back in, "I listen to anything, but it has to make sense. It's gotta have meaningful lyrics." He dug in his Burger King bag and ate a second Whopper he bought.
Yoshida entered the music conversation. "I listen to electronic dance music, or EDM. You know, dubstep, hardstyle, rawtrap, hard techno, deep house, downtempo, riddim, stuff of that nature. Also listen to rap (mostly trap and drill), dancehall reggae, and modern pop."
"I see," Milton replied stoicly. "Did I mention I'm single?"
"No," Benton said back. "I could be your wingman at the next dance, if you like?"
"I'd like that, but I like all races of chicks, as long as they don't annoy me off the bat," Milt explained. "So, you guys like combat sports? I like boxing, MMA, and Muay Thai."
Yoshida ate another piece of his pirozhki. "I wanna be a mixed martial artist. I also wanna be a freelance handyman, but that's besides the point."
Milton said, "I finally have my dry curry. I wanna continue working at the ice cream shop. I might do MMA as well. Or Muay Thai. Or boxing."
Yoshida ate a third pirog. "My favourite fighters are Israel Adesanya when he's not being boring, Khamzat Chimaev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Francis Ngannou, Shavkat Rakhmonov, Daniel Cormier, Merab Dvalishvili, Derrick Lewis, Uriah Hall, Demetrious Johnson, Nate Diaz, Nick Diaz, Leon Edwards, and Georges St-Pierre."
Milton took a spoonful of his dry curry and ate it. "My favourite fighters are Jorge Masvidal, Tyson Nam, Jairzhinho Rozenstruik, and Ciryl Gane."
Milton and Yoshida both said, "My least favourite is Jon Jones; he's a cheat."
Yoshida added, "My other least favourites are Kamaru Usman, Aljamain Sterling, Colby Covington, Belal Muhammad, Sean O'Malley, and did I mention Jon Jones?"
Benton ate the last of his burger. "I'm indifferent towards JBJ; he's an ass, and he keeps holding up the Heavyweight division."
Yoshida ate the last of his pirozhki. "Milton, do you like Pokemon?"
"Yeah. My favourites are Chesnaught, Rapidash, Mega Salamence, Farigiraf, Vaporeon, and Garchomp. That's also my team on Showdown."
"My Showdown team is Mega Blastoise, Gallade, a female Meowstic, Haxorus, Umbreon, and Sceptile." Yoshida uncapped a Sakura Pepsi and took a huuuge gulp. "We should all go to dinner together. I was thinking Mexican. Or curry."
Benton added, "Or sushi?"
"We could do that, Benton," Yoshida replied to him "as long as it has more than sushi. I hate sushi."
"Okay." Benton picked up his Pepsi and took a small sip. "I see. I know a Chinese-Japanese-American buffet in town that offers more than sushi; it's called Guang's. The place has wings, miso soup, chicken wings, sweet-and-sour chicken..."
"We should go there." Yoshida guzzled the last of his pink drink.
Milton agreed with him. "Yeah we should. However, the only rule I don't like there is the one-wagyu-steak-per-person rule. I mean, what is this? Communist Russia?"
"Wagyu is expensive," Benton pointed out. "Surprised that restaurant even sells it. They also have that policy for lobster tails."
Milton ate the last of his curry. "I'm full." He sipped his Dr. Pepper he bought. "Texas knows how to make a damn good soda. This Dr. Pepper shit is-"
"Watch your language!" an old Korean lady scolded Milton inside the curry house.
"Sorry," he replied meekly. He went back to his call with his new amigos. "Anyways, who likes anime?"
Yoshida answered, "I watch Pokemon, Blue Exorcist, Yu-Gi-Oh, Dragonball Super, Food Wars: Shokugeki no Souma, Uzaki-Chan Wants to Hang Out, Naruto, Lazarus, Bleach, Beyblade, Bakugan, One Piece (solely for Nami and Zoro), Demon Slayer, Sailor Moon... I'm a weeb."
Milton said, "I watch most of those. I also watch Seven Deadly Sins and Fairy Tail."
Benton sighed. "I don't watch anime. I watch cartoons though, such as The Amazing World of Gumball, Jimmy Neutron, Looney Tunes..."
Kyushi ate the last slice of his pizza. "I watch anime that doesn't have fanservice."
Yoshida looked at his Blastoise clock. "It's 11:30 pm. I gotta go to bed; I have work tomorrow."
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