Day 20 - Eyeball

Staring down at the bowl on his counter, Mitsu wasn't exactly sure what he was suppose to be looking at right now. Well, okay, he -knew- what it was. A bowl with an eyeball floating in hot sauce. Of course he had to taste test the strange red liquid first, he couldn't leave blood on the counter, it'd leave stains if spilled. The real question was, what was he to be doing with it, and why was it here? This happened occasionally, customers leaving ingredients in place of their bill, but he had gone upstairs briefly to rest with Bean and hadn't seen who had come in to place their prize. If that was what it was. If it was suppose to be some sort of mysterious warning or threat instead, they would have to do better than that to frighten him.

Leaning over the eye to think about his options, he decided on the simplest one; cook with it and see if it tasted as strange as it looked. Someone had already gone to the trouble of marinating for him, so he might as well make something sweet and spicy for breakfast. It'd help shake off the last of his tiredness and desire to crawl back under the covers against his bedmate's fiery half if nothing else.

The result was better than he expected. The eye fitting in perfectly with his dish as it had an unusually sweet core compared to its spicy exterior, making him wonder just what sort of creature this came from. Perhaps someone had just been playing a trick while giving him a treat at the same time? Whatever their intentions, Mitsu had shaken off sleep and was ready to do a bit of spot cleaning before the regulars started filtering in for a bite to eat after a long night, or hot drink to start their day off right.