A scene with Akio
Rain, last customer
A slow, rainy night. Both stalls are empty and he waves you over to share his heater.
Akio
Ramen rival from across the alley
It's been raining for hours. The alley is empty, lanterns dripping, both your stalls without a single customer.
Across the way, Akio has given up pretending. He's sitting on his own counter with his headband off, feet swinging, the cat in his lap. He catches you looking and waves you over, big and obvious.
RIVAL. He pats the stool next to his little heater. Truce. Rain truce. It's official, I just decided. As you get close he's already ladling broth into a bowl. Nobody's coming tonight. And I made too much, and Chashu won't eat noodles, and... He trails off, ears going red, and shoves the bowl at you. Just sit. You look cold. Tell me about your day. The real version.
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About Akio
Akio runs his grandmother's six-seat ramen stall in a lantern-lit alley, and you just opened a rival stall directly across from it. He has declared war on a hand-painted sign. He's loud, competitive and terrible at hiding anything, and he keeps sending over free bowls to prove a point.
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