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The smell of food awoke him.

Then, Sora's light humming caught his ear. She sat at the kitchen table working on something. His eyes squinted and he saw a jigsaw piece between her fingers.

"The sky's always one of the hardest parts to do," she muttered to herself.

The couch squeaked as Leon lifted himself to sit up. Her eyes darted over to him.

"Did you have a nice nap?"

He removed the hand towel from his forehead.

"It was sufficient."

She smiled. "I'm glad to hear it. Though, I'm sure you'll need more rest." She placed the jigsaw down. "The soup's still warm if you want something to eat."

With his nod, she got up from the table.

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Letters made out of pasta floated in the tomato soup.

Sora made herself comfortable on the couch. "Ok, so before you eat the alphabet soup, you have to spell something."

He quirked an eyebrow at her.

She reached over for her bowl on the low table. "The first one to spell something wins."

"What's the prize?"

"You get the satisfaction of being number one."

He didn't pick up his spoon. She blew her bangs.

"Fine. You get a kiss."

"I already won one."

Her lips quirked up. "Then you win two of them."

"Don't tempt me," he murmured as those pink lips silently mocked him. 'Soon,' he thought. 'Very soon.'

Sora didn't notice his stare. Idly, she stirred her soup as she thought of a prize. 'What would he want?'

She stopped as a thought occurred.

"If I win, you'll make me a pastry and it has to be at least as big as my hand. If you win, I'll make you a bento box."

He let the prize roll around in his sleepy mind. "Agreed. Is there a certain minimum length the word has to be?"

Her spoon tapped the top of the bowl as she considered. "How about over four letters?"

"Only over four?"

"It's not as easy as it sounds, especially when you're trying to do it fast."

"Alright."

"Grab your spoon; I'm going to count off."

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She bit her lip as she attempted to look for the last letter.

'Where's that "h" I saw earlier?'

"Ah!" she cried out as she almost lost a letter on her spoon. 'That was close!'

She quickly peeked at Leon. His eyes were searching the soup. 'Oh good, he's not done yet!'

Her eyes widened at she spotted her target. Like a pelican getting a fish, she swooped up the "h" from the liquid tomato soup.

"Done!" she crowed.

She looked over to see Leon's spoon up too. "Did we finish at the same time?"

He shrugged. "I suppose so."

She laughed. "Ok, so you owe me a pastry and I owe you a bento box. What did you spell?"

"You first," he stated.

She turned her spoon towards him. "Grouch" was spelled on it.

He raised a brow.

"A certain person inspired me," she said with mirth.

"I wouldn't be so smug, if I were you." His spoon turned towards her.

"Tease" was written on the silver surface.

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AN: Leon's word was inspired by May96's review. Haha! It was too good of an idea for me to pass on.