HAPPY BIRTHDAY YAMAZAKI BAE :3

now please do enjoy this stupid ass drabble i wrote a day ago idk

au where rin cooks something for sousuke and it tastes liek shiet but for the sake of the bae sousuke eats it anyway

based on a tumblr post

these lil shits are not mine

"What... is this exactly?"

Sousuke mumbles, squinting cautiously at the seems-to-be peas floating on a thick, plated green kind of liquid. Throwing his roommate a glare, Rin answers:

"Pie Floater. A friend of mine used to cook this for me when I was in Australia. It's pretty good." - He sticks a spoon into that mixture and it makes a wet, mushy sound. Sousuke's eyes twitch.

"Oh second thought, I'd prefer Japanese."

"Well too late, princess, 'cause we're out of time now." - Making a face, Rin pulls out a chair opposite to Sousuke's and drops himself on it. He pushes the bowl toward his roommate then crosses his arms, raising an eyebrow. - "C'mon!"

The dark-haired just keeps staring at the bowl in front of him, mentally cursing himself for daring Rin to cook. He hesitates before scooping up a spoon full. There's something with a brownish color in the food which Sousuke guesses is beef; and it seems like he's correct, because the aroma coming from the meal's soft, silver steam has this typical smell of meat and cream.

Sousuke looks up only to find Rin's gaze fixed on him. His head is tilting a bit to the right, locks of brilliantly red hair drooping naturally down hidden curious eyes. He looks like a little kid trying to suppress excitement and anxiety when giving his parents a present he's meticulously prepared.

Giving in with a deep internal sigh, the dark-haired slowly brings the spoon to his mouth. - "Oh, wait," - Images of Rin toiling in the school's kitchen with a stained apron on his waist, refusing to let Sousuke in like a fussy mother hen skims through his mind, - "What's in this thing again?" - He finishes it with a quick chomp.

"Huh?... Erm... Beef, pastry shells, a couple kinds of sauces, peas, cream, chicken soup base - you know, stuff like that. It's basically like a combination of meat pie and pea thick soup."

Sousuke immediately regrets it the moment the food touches his tongue. Whatever it is in his mouth, the dark-haired's pretty sure he's gonna need a lot of Listerine and holy water to wash it off. His tongue shifted slightly in attempt to escape from the horrifying texture, but instead it's attacked by the odor of half-baked pastry crust and raw meat. The green soup, he thinks, tastes like weeks-old salty vegetable flavored Jell-O.

"So?" - Sousuke can feel Rin's gaze intensely observing him. Taking up an amount of courage the dark-haired never thought he'd had before, he swallows it whole. The thing slides down his throat like a fishy, slimy snail.

Covering up the raging nausea with his usual indifference, Sousuke looks up at his roommate. - "Not bad."

The red-haired's face brightens and he puts his hands down to lean closer, eyes blinking in joyful surprise. Pointy shark teeth shine as he beams, still bewildered. - "Really?"

"Yeah." - Before he even realizes, the muscles on Sousuke's face relax and he finds himself, too, smiling.

"Great, finish it then. I gotta go now." - Rin suddenly stands up and grabs his bag from under the table, and Sousuke watches him go, heart leaping in relief. He's thinking about the best place to dump this unbearable crap with a despite smirk at the meal when Rin's head turns at him again. - "By the way, there's another portion in the fridge. It's supposed to be mine, but since you like it so much, maybe we'll share it in the afternoon, okay? See ya."

Sousuke's smile slides off of his face faster than the thick soup.

END