“ooohh..... i don’t drink a lot of tea! but when i do it’s already warm or sometimes i like to put milk in it if it feels like it’s gonna be hot!” following his explanation kazui gave a nod, gesturing in agreement that takoyaki did indeed sound extremely nice. ”can we get mitarashi dango too?”

“oh! okay! i like takoyaki!” and just like that, any curiosities about whatever was going on left his mind. food is way more important "sometimes i get too excited and bite in too early though and then i burn my mouth. do you do that too sometimes?".

“maybe you just haven’t found the right toy! do you like video games jiisan? sports? dinosaurs? there’s all kinds of toys!” which meant there had to be something for the other individual. maybe he just pretending to not like them? there were some kids who did that in school after all. just in case, he’s going to set down a yo-yo next to him. “reading is nice too. but you can’t read forever! you have to do other things too!”

“that’s not the right answer mister blue-san!” with the boy’s reply followed an amused chuckle, his attention shifting from the espada back to the tank in front of them. “that’s a blue tang! it’s what dory is from finding nemo! if you were a fish you’d be that one!”

PATS HER HAND.

wait, wwaaaiit! i wanna see mister!

all the half-masked people are pretty weird.

“uh-huh. i jumped off the fish and walked the rest of the way!”

“me and her go hang out a lot.. and sometimes we go in the water... she’s also really cool looking!” he continued to list all the positives, rambling on about the must mundane yet wonderful things he liked about the woman. “i think you’ll like her cuz she’s really super duper cool!”

i’m gonna go blow on miss blonde lady’s back!

“oh, okay then! thank you mister!” he’s got no idea what this weak-minded curiosity stuff but the other seemed pretty miffed(?) about it. “if you want to, i can share my toys with you if that’s what makes you unhappy! do you want my spiderman toy?”

“huuuh?” he doesn’t pull away at first, standing in place, expressing his confusion at her words. “buth everywhon starths off asth stranghers at fihurst!”  eventually he reached for her hands, carefully prying them away from his face and holding them in his own. “if you’re worried about me, don’t be! i’ll be okay!”

“even if you couldn’t catch me i would’ve landed on my feet! but still, i knew you were gonna be able to, because you’re really strong!” he saw that firsthand since their last encounter. being perched on the other’s shoulder, kazui’s smile grows in size-- peeking from behind kenpachi’s shoulder to the distance in front of them. “the what? i just came cuz i wanted to see you again!”

“i don’t most of the time so don’t worry!”