In the end, Mu left.
Watching Mu's forlorn figure recede into the sunlight, Ōnoki could no longer hold back his tears and dissolved into sobs.
Ōnoki turned his grief and indignation into an appetite. His knife and fork moved faster and faster as he shoveled one dish after another into his mouth.
If not for the tears on Ōnoki's face and the snot covering the table, anyone watching would have had a hard time telling whether he was genuinely hungry or utterly heartbroken.
"Boo-hoo-hoo! What a devoted old geezer!" Hidan, who had sat on the sidelines watching the whole spectacle from start to finish, exclaimed through a faceful of tears.
"Hey! Old man Mu, the one who just left! Just marry this grandpa already! Boo-hoo-hoo! I'm so moved! This is way better than those melodramatic romance dramas my mother watches at home every day!" Obito stood up and shouted, his face likewise covered in tears.
Beside them, Kakashi stared at the pair, dumbfounded. What the hell are you two doing?
Kakashi pulled his mask more securely over his face, muttering, "I don't know them. I don't know them. I don't know them."
"Old man Mu! Just marry him!"
"Old geezer! You're so devoted! I'm cheering you on!"
"Hey, haven't you two noticed something?" Mitsuki, who sat beside Kakashi, found this embarrassing too and couldn't help asking.
"Noticed what? Boo-hoo-hoo! All I noticed was how devoted that old man is," Obito said, wiping away his tears of emotion with a tissue.
"You two idiots. Couldn't you tell that old man Mu was screwing him over?" Kakashi snarked.
"What do you mean?" Hidan asked, utterly baffled.
"Look at how much food they ordered for that table," Mitsuki said with a helpless smile.
"Huh? Now that you mention it, that does look