(MANABE SOUNDS LIKE MANAPHY!)

(Now say that with a straight face.)

(I haven't read Kitchen Princess in a while, please forgive me for making the characters a bit OOC... Plus, Sora is alive in this one. Because I like Sora.)

(Let's begin!)

"This ice cream is cold! Dammit, Najika!"

Akane stared at the boy who'd just spoken. "Uh, Daichi, of COURSE it's it's cold. It's ICE cream."

"But it's winter!" Daichi cried. "Najika, you did this on purpose!"

The blonde just laughed. "I thought you could use a bit of cheering up, Daichi-kun. Your face was really depressed-looking after that test."

"I swear the test hated me."

"You should study harder instead of wasting your time playing sports all the time," his older brother lectured.

"Don't you dare start with me, anniki. Plus, basketball's what got me into this school in the first place. What if I told you to quit wasting your time playing music?"

"My grades aren't the ones that are dropping."

"Hey, C'mon, you two, don't fight!" Najika smiled. "Here, why don't I give you all some flan? On the house?"

Daichi and Seiya both shared a grin as she winked. Sora just smiled. Akane blinked.

"I don't get it."

"It all has to do with this whole Flan Prince guy. Don't worry about it," Seiya replied.

"Ah, that guy Najika spent like, ten books looking for? Who turned out to be just Daichi-kun here in the end?"

Everyone stared at her.

"What?"

"You broke the fourth wall!" Seiya scolded. "You can't break the fourth wall, that's not allowed..."

"Who says I can't?"

"Uh, I do! The fourth wall is a fragile thing, you shouldn't hurt it like that..."

"What's all this about a wall?"

Fujita clapped a hand on Najika's shoulder. "And when did I say you could just stand around and chat all day?"

"Ah, sorry Fujita-san!"

"Hey, C'mon, don't be like that, Fujita. She's just chatting," protested Akane.

"Oh?" Fujita raised an eyebrow. "You wanna work here then?"

She raised an eyebrow. "You willing to let me?"

"Ah, good point."

"It's boring without Najika to talk to, though," Daichi complained. "Nothing ever happens!"

At which point, the roof exploded.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sometimes, Manabe thought, Tsubasa could be real idiot.

"Don't press the button," he'd said. "It won't end well," he'd said.

She'd pressed the button.

Arisa looked around at their surroundings, coughing from all the dust. "Where are we, anyway?"

Manabe threw up his hands. "How in the world am I supposed to know? Ask the delinquent over here, she's the one who pressed the flipping button!"

"It was your science project!" Tsubasa argued. "How was I supposed to know - "

"I told you not to press it!"

"No, you didn't! When did you say that?"

"I did! If you had ears, then you would know!"

"I've got ears! You just have to talk louder!"

Arisa watched this exchange, sweatdropping. "Um... You guys?"

She pointed at a group of people staring, openmouthed, at them. "I think we may have slightly startled them."