So… story popped in my head and couldn't resist it. Read, enjoy, review!
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Carefully he chopped the onion, not out of fear of slicing his fingers, but out of fear of ruining the onion. He finely chopped the onion into square pieces, dicing it and then moving along to the next one, his skill with a knife was not one to question. He then switched his knife and bustled along to the carrots. His deep, sea blue orbs watched with preciseness. He was never going to fail in the kitchen.
It was busy tonight, it was busy every night, but tonight was the busiest it had been all week. Here at the biggest and most popular restaurant in all of Ninjago, there was huge party for the rich and the famous. This restaurant once in the biggest rut ever had been saved by an unlikely hero, a very skilled and talented chef.
Zane Tiberius Julian.
The most well known and critically acclaimed chef of all of Ninjago. And it was startling; he was only at the tender of twenty two. He had barely attended culinary school for one in a half years before being hired for his first job at a little hole in the wall. Then he had upgraded to a five star restaurant that was dying out.
He became a culinary genius, correction, always had been one.
As said before, tonight was hell of busy. Zane was working up a sweat as he tossed spices together and chopped onions with salmon chucks. He wiped his forehead with her forearm while he rushed over to stir a stew as he added a pinch of sage. His eyes glanced over and then shouted, "Someone get the lobster ready and I need to boil some clams!"
The other chefs hurried to comply with the wishes of their leader. The master chef. A few older than he, very few younger, but all looked up to his talent and craft. Although those older than he were begrudging the fact that he was the master chef, that he was the top dog here.
Zane took much pride and effort into his craft, his art. He studied in high school and took small jobs when he decided to cook for the rest of his life. He learned how to grill and bake, to create a beautiful dish out of a limited amount of ingredients. Zane had worked hard for his position and he needed to keep it, he wanted to keep it.
There he prepared several dishes and slide them over to be tasted briefly. Once cleared he allowed them to enter the dining room, as every dish left, Zane would smile and then he quickly would tend to the next meal that was meant to be cooked, grilled, or baked.
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He eyes blinked open as the ringing entered his ears. He rolled his eyes, tonight was his night off and there he phone was ringing away. Slowly, he sat up and scanned for his cellular device, only to find it buzzing away on his table, the ringtone blaring away as well. He stretched and stood, he was happy and thankful for his micro nap.
Hands found the device and fingers swiped to answer, forcing it up to his ear; he gruffly spoke, "Hello."
"HEY!" A loud cry erupted from the other side of the line. "ZANE!"
The blonde cringed in distaste and then muttered, "Jay, I presume that your yelling indicates that you are rather excited about something…" Zane's other hand tugged at his mild bed head, while his eyes went to his kitchen.
"Course it does!" Jay hollered making Zane retract the phone from his ear.
"And what is the source of your excitement?" Zane inquired as he strode over to his sacred place. He adjusted his white t-shirt before washing his hands; he felt the urge to cook something Italian.
A clicking noise was heard, then the engine of a car. "Well, you, me, and Kai, we are having a guy's night out!"
Zane sighed as he shook his head at his friend's words, "No, you two can enjoy yourselves in one; you know how I feel about partying." Zane grabbed some bowls and then a pan. "I am content here in my home."
Jay laughed softly and then spoke, "But, dude…" There stood a long pause which made Zane stop his motions, "Kai is outside your door."
The blonde groaned and quickly walked to his window to see the brown spiked up hair of which belonged to his close friend. Zane let out another groan before muttering, "I dislike you both."
Chuckles left his companion's throat, "We know, now hurry. I'm waiting in the car."
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It was a sweet and cozy little bar, honestly it was. It had pool tables in the far back, and shades with little lamps and it gave off an urban coffee shop vibe, but no matter how cozy and sweet of a bar it was, Zane hated it. Zane disliked bars, mostly because of drunks and alcoholics. He had no past experiences with drunks, but bars were they homestead.
He hated he stench of them as well. It reeked of beers and sweat or even blood from fights. He just disliked with a great passion the consumption of alcohol. So, he was the designated driver all the time. This bar was actually smelled good, not reeking of the nasty stench of puke or any bile.
Zane was led by his friends to the bar counter. Jay was a technician and also an inventor; he had invented the latest model for a mobile phone company. Kai was actually a welder that worked in his own metal shop; he also worked with fireworks at an amusement park. Both his friends were just as successful in their fields of work as he was. Both of his friends enjoyed their jobs like he loved his. Jay was actually married and to Kai's sister, Kai was planning on marrying his long term girlfriend. Zane was single.
As they sat down Jay held up three fingers and hollered, "Three shots!" The brunette then turned back to his friends, "So, Zane how is the old cooking job?"
Zane smiled, "Fine, I enjoy it a great deal."
Kai nudged the blonde and then chuckled, "So, you find yourself a girl yet?"
Zane rolled his blue eyes, "No, I will be sure to inform you when I do though." He then glanced up just as the bartender placed three shot glasses down.
"Now, what kind of shots do you want tonight, Jayster?" The tanned male with coral red hair that was slicked back full to touch his mid back, his eyes were pastel green like a pale mint.
Jay laughed, "Tero! My man!" He hugged the bartender with a wide grin, "Man it has been a while! How have you been?!"
Tero chuckled, "Good… good… how's Nya?" He then flashed a grin to Kai, "Sup, Kai?"
Kai smirked, "It's all good, heard you landed the coaching job."
Tero nodded, "That I did."
Jay gave him a high five, "That is great! Nya is very well by the way; hopefully we will be adding another addition soon though!" The brunette winked.
Tero then glanced at the blonde, "You are…?"
"Zane," Zane announced as he held his hand out. "I was friends with Jay since middle school and met Kai in high school."
Tero nodded, "Cool, met Kai about two years ago and Jay was my roommate in college." He then smirked, "Them college days were so good, those were the days…" He then clapped, "So, tequila shots?" Eying them and wiggling his eyebrows as he reached behind him to grab the liquor.
Both brunettes had nodded in approval.
Tero gave them a wink and poured the glasses while supplying lime slices and salt, "Have fun, I got to go deliver some beers!" The redhead had rushed off while calling out a hold up and shut it.
Zane smiled, "He seems nice."
"He is! In all honesty, he is a true gentleman!" Jay proclaimed, "But he is so much fun to hang with too!"
Kai took his shot down and hissed then bite into the lime, "Yeah… a true charmer…" He cringed then let out a "Whoa!" while breathing out hard.
Jay took his shot and shook his head furiously while biting his bottom lip, "Damn…! That is good!" He bit his hand softly to suck the salt off and then bit into a lime.
Zane shrugged off his drink and sighed, "I rather not since I am driving us back home tonight."
Jay pouted, "Dude, one shot isn't going to screw you up."
"Yeah, Jay has a point, you'll be fine," Kai said rather convincingly.
Zane shook his head still while they teased him about his non-drinking habits and at his lack of a woman in his life. The three started reminisce their high school days and college memories while speaking of stories of their workplaces. Kai drinking a beer, while Jay stuck with some shots, and there Zane sat, not even touching his first shot, but only sipped on some water.
Then a blaring noise filled their ears.
"Fuck…" Kai cursed as he spun to see what the heck that was.
The other two followed.
There was a girl, whose hair had been pulled up into a high pony, curls and waves fell to her mid back and some to her sides of her face and stopped a little past her chin. She had bangs that traveled from one side to the next gradually getting longer. Her hair was a fair raven color and eyes that which gave a reminder of charcoal, but when in light shined a deep emerald green. Her lips a deep crimson red and cheeks gave a natural rosy glow, even with her olive tanned skin. She wore a white tank top with dark gray skinny jeans and black combat boots, but she then tapped the microphone, "Hey there everyone," her voice was so angelic. "I'm gonna sing for you guys tonight, hope you enjoy it." Her hand then gripped a guitar and she strummed it softly while her head leaned in more to the mic.
Zane lost his mind at that moment and took that shot like nothing. That girl was the most beautiful girl he ever laid eyes upon and her voice was something else. He slammed the glass down and demanded more.
"You aren't perfect, but it's alright."
Zane lost his sanity.
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Well… there it is.