Lunch time…
Koushiro quietly hummed to himself, while he set the plastic bag on the cooking table. He was in a Home Economics class, preparing to cook something special for Mimi. As he took out the necessary ingredients, Taichi popped out of nowhere, asking, "What you doing there, Iz?"
At the first sound of Taichi's voice, Koushiro, surprised and scared, shielded his project with his body to prevent anyone from seeing. Koushiro realized that it was just Taichi, and calmed down a bit, reorganizing everything to prepare Mimi's welcome-back gift.
Koushiro pulled out some strawberries in a plastic container from his plastic bag, Taichi curiously asked, "What are those for?"
Koushiro responded, "They are ingredients for Mimi's gift,"
"You can cook?"
"Well… not really well, but better than your mom,"
"Ha ha, very funny," Taichi slightly punched Koushiro in the arm, "What are you making?"
"Mimi's favorite food,"
"You know Mimi's favorite food?"
"Yes, don't you listen when Mimi talks about herself?" Koushiro asked, whilst taking out some whip cream and sugar located in its own respective containers.
"Well, she talks so much and so fast that I don't think anyone can understand a word Mimi says, I'm surprised even you could understand what the heck she's saying,"
"Hey guys," all of a sudden Yamato popped into the Home Economics Room, catching Koushiro off guard again, and again attempted hide everything inside his shirt this time. Until he realized that it was really Yamato, he slowly took everything out, again.
Yamato asked, "What're you doing Koushiro?"
Taichi responded for Koushiro, as Koushiro was too busy taking out a bowl and measuring the ingredients, "Koushiro is making Mimi's favorite food?"
"Oh, you mean strawberry shortcakes?" Yamato asked.
Koushiro nodded, as Taichi surprised asked, "How did you know that?"
Yamato replied, "Well, Mimi does talk a lot; it's not surprising that one of the things she actually talks about is her favorite food,"
Koushiro nodded again, while taking out dry ingredients, and started to simply pour in random amounts into the bowl. Yamato asked, "Do you know what you're doing?"
Koushiro responded, "Well… not really,"
Yamato seized the bowl and some of the ingredients telling Koushiro, "Okay first of all, you can't have this much salt in it, the shortcake will taste disgustingly salty, second of all, there isn't enough baking soda, so it won't be spongy or rise for that matter,"
Taichi and Koushiro both stared at Yamato, curious, confused, and afraid of Yamato's knowledge of cooking. Yamato continued to talk in culinary for awhile until he realized that they were staring at him, his excuse, "Um, my dad likes an occasional sweet snack and TK loves sweets?"
Taichi and Koushiro both respond, "Oh…"
And then Yamato continued on talking culinary, pouring in the ingredients for Koushiro, mixing them, and preparing to bake them. Until Sora popped out of nowhere, "Hi, guys, what are you doing?"
Yamato, caught off guard dropped the batter on the tray on the floor, Taichi and Koushiro rushed to hide the proof of their culinary escapade. Until they realized that it was just Sora, and not Mimi, and placed everything back on the table. Sora looked around, and used reason to figure out what they were making, "Strawberry shortcakes? For Mimi I presume,"
Koushiro and Yamato nodded, while Taichi nearly fell out of his chair, "You know that's Mimi's favorite food too?"
Sora nodded, "Of course, she talks about it all the time; Mimi can't get enough of it,"
Koushiro explained, "Yeah and as a welcome-back present, I'm making her one,"
Yamato told the two, "Well… if we are, it won't be done anytime soon… the batters all dirty, we got to start from scratch again," Yamato brushed off some of the flour that remained on his shirt and directed Taichi and Koushiro, "Tai, go wash the bowl. Koushiro get me more of those ingredients, and make sure you get white sugar not brown!"
Koushiro and Taichi went off to perform their directed tasks, while Sora just stared at Yamato. Yamato explained, "My dad comes home late, and I usually have to cook,"
Sora responded, "Ah," and then went off to help Koushiro pick out the right ingredients. As Sora and Koushiro were peeking around in the pantry to find the correct ingredients, Sora asked Koushiro, "Izzy, why are you putting so much effort into this for Mimi?"
Koushiro shrugged, inspecting a questionable container of butter, "Well… I like her, as a friend I mean and I just want her to be just as happy as she was in New York," he threw the slimy piece of butter towards a trash can, but ended up on the floor.
Sora pointed out, "Friends don't ordinarily make food for each other, especially excluded to only one person of the opposite sex…"
Koushiro didn't respond, as his attention was directed on finding ingredients.
Sora continued, "Maybe… you love her,"
That Koushiro heard, and in response, tried to stand up, but ended up hitting his head against a shelf full of other ingredients, and a giant bag of flour fell on top of Koushiro's back, engulfing him and Sora in a cloud of white powder. Taichi ran up with a wet bowl, "Iz, Sora you guys al-" but he stepped on the sludgy substance of butter, and slipped, pouring the batter-water mixture all over the place; specifically on his face.
Yamato was checking to see if the oven was properly heated, when he heard the commotion he looked up, to find Taichi covered in water and clumps of batter. Koushiro's backside completely white and Sora's overall body morphed into a white, pale figure of her former self. Yamato muttered, "I don't think we'll make it for lunch at this rate…"
At the cafeteria…
"This sludge isn't worth eating," Jun looked at her lunch, disgusted she moved what appeared to be a green meatball. Momoe agreed, sliding her plate away. Mimi came back from the bathroom, and Jun asked, "Mimi, where's your lunch?"
Mimi told her, "Oh, I don't eat lunch at school, when I get home; the chef's supposed to make me stuff,"
Momoe gasped, "Wah! You mean the chef makes whatever you ask for?"
Mimi nodded as Jun exclaimed, "If he's good, we could ask him to make food for the party!"
Mimi replied, "Well… I guess, I mean he was hired from a catering company, so it shouldn't be a problem,"
Jun thought out loud, "And just think, I'll have a romantic getaway with Yamato! It'll be so romantic," and she fainted at the thought.
Momoe also daydreamed, "Yeah… and Jyou will be there too," and she shrieked, "I can imagine him there, feeding me sushi!" and nearly fainted at her thought.
Mimi asked, "Don't take it the wrong way, but isn't Jyou a nerd?"
Momoe explained, "He is silly, but that's what makes him adorable! Besides if he's studying to be a doctor, he'll be filthy rich!"
Mimi asked, "But what about Koushiro? He's a nerd, so why can't he come?"
Jun awoken from her daydream, "Because he's pathetic and annoying! Just think about it, he's so self-absorbed in that computer and just the way he talks, with all that technical talk, it's SO ANNOYING,"
Momoe agreed, "I mean Jyou's a nerd to, but he's sweet, because he actually cares about people, and worries about how they feel way more than that redhead,"
Jun continued, "Just think Mimi, did that redheaded freak ever give you a welcome-back present?"
Momoe spoke before Mimi had time to speak, "Yeah! I mean even my little sister and her dorky friends at least gave you something nice! And Koushiro? Nothing!"
Jun finished her argument, slamming her hand on the table, and looking straight into Mimi's eyes, "Trust me, girl. Inviting him would be inviting a free loader, you give and you give, and what you get in return? Nothing! That's right, nothing!"
Mimi was convinced, "I suppose you're right…"
To be continued…
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon
