It's usually not a group meal. People that want to eat show up every now and again. Sometimes, usually twice a month, we get together for a big ninja eatery but that's not often. With that said, I don't think anyone will come today.

[ She starts thinking off into the vague future on why people wouldn't be able to make it. Ino will be with her boyfriend, Shikamaru will be recovering and trying to get back in the swing of things, Kiba and Akamaru will probably have ransacked the meat earlier.... ]