Alice x Souma
Hey, Alice, you think we're ever going to see each again?
The ocean in the background interrupting their conversation had died down. It had been a few years since Souma's dad had introduced him to the pale skinned girl, but since then, they were inseparable. The 8-year-old Alice replied, "I hope so." This statement made both of them sad, as it neither confirmed nor rejected the idea they could ever reunite. Souma took this second to flashback to his earlier times with Alice.
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Rattle. Rattle. Rattle.
Working in a kitchen, Saiba Joichiro had heard these noises many times. This time, he was too distracted working with customers as well as getting endlessly teased by Leonora to notice the plates on the top shelf about to drop. A young Alice, perhaps about 6 years old was standing to the side of her mother. Likewise, an astute Souma was standing next to his father preparing the vegetables. Souma reached for the salt on the shelf when he accidentally fell from a small ladder causing a big shake in the restaurant. RATTLE! RATTLE! RATTLE!
Souma quickly got up seeing as the plates were about to hit the young girl. Putting his hands up to shield her, the plates shattered over him giving him many cuts on his head, leaving a permanent scar on his brow as well. His father looked over shocked to see Souma's selfless action. What was initially shock turned into a humorous session for the two parenting adults. "Souma, who knew you had a thing for Alice-chan?" the two adults continued to mercilessly tease him. And although he was flustered from the statements, he was more interested in the girl's safety.
"You okay?" Souma asked. Alice was both flustered she didn't notice the plates, and the fact that another person besides her maids were talking to her. "Yeah," she replied with a light voice looking away from him. And although Souma nor Alice knew it at the time, Joichiro and Leonora both had a feeling they would get along well.
But how well?