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~ Lunch Break & Art ~
After science, it was time for lunch. Chibi Rosiel-sama followed his new friends to the cafeteria. There, they sat down at the long tables and serving ladies placed trays of food in front of them. Everyone got a tray each.
The chibi stared at his food with distrust. There was nothing he recognized there. He picked up a fork and slowly poked a pile of green sludge. Then, he tentatively licked the fork. Yuck! Chibi Rosiel-sama stared at the tray in disgust. Picking the tray up, he walked over to the rubbish bin and dumped the whole thing in, plates, cutlery and all.
But once he threw away his food, the chibi had nothing else to eat. He looked around and saw everyone eating the sludge. Why should I eat something I don't like? Katan's not here anyway……
Chibi Rosiel-sama slipped into the school's kitchen in search of food. The canteen lady, a rather plump and homely woman, saw him. "What are you doing here, little girl? You should be eating your lunch outside."
The chibi looked up, "I want a strawberry shortcake."
Upon hearing the words 'strawberry shortcake', the canteen lady could immediately identify him as Rosiel, the new kid, because Katan had came to her himself and said firmly that Rosiel must not be fed strawberry shortcakes, in fear of diabetes. "There are no strawberry shortcakes here, kid," the canteen lady shook her head.
The chibi's face was downcast. "Okay, I guess I'll just have to go hungry then. Katan doesn't always buy me strawberry shortcakes too. Only Raphael buys them a lot." The chibi then started walking out slowly, head down in disappointment.
The canteen lady couldn't bear seeing chibi Rosiel-sama sad. Silently apologizing to Katan, she said, "Wait a minute. I do have a strawberry shortcake here."
The chibi turned around, eyes lit up. "Really?" he smiled with heart-stopping sweetness.
The canteen lady's heart melted at the sight of the smiling kawaii chibi. Taking the strawberry shortcake out, she said, "Don't tell your father, though."
The chibi, staring ecstatically at the delicacy, did not hear the father comment.
@ After lunch: Art @
Seta and Hime rejoined the class after lunch. Seta now has a grudging respect for chibi Rosiel-sama and the chibi didn't really mind if he called him 'Rosie-chan'. So, they became friends. Hime, however, stared daggers at the chibi. She never did like losing.
Their art sensei entered the class ten minutes late. He was a short, thin man with thick, glasses who seem to be unable to walk two steps without tripping. Just a minute after he had entered the class, he had already trip over the chair's legs, fell down, dropped his bag, sending papers and pens flying everywhere and knocked his head when he crawled under the desk to retrieve his stuff. Naturally, chibi Rosiel-sama did not like this sensei.
"Today, we will be doing a very simple assignment. I want you all to draw yourself with two people who are very important to you. Understand?" the sensei said, climbing to his feet.
"Yes," the class chorused and began taking out sketchbooks and colour pencils. The chibi rummaged in the bag Katan had given him and took out his art supplies. Then, he started thinking. Two people important to me? Hmm……Katan is one……and the other…..should be Raphael. The chibi began drawing busily.
The sensei walked around the class, glancing at his students' works and tripping over his on feet. Everyone was drawing pictures of themselves with their parents. The sensei nodded and gave a few customary praises. Then, he reached chibi Rosiel-sama's desk. Looking down on the chibi's artwork (which was, sad to say, not that good) he was surprised. The chibi had drawn himself extremely big, right in the middle of the paper. On his right was a medium-sized brunette and on his left, a tiny blonde. Curious because there were obviously two men in the picture, the sensei asked, "Who are these, Rosiel?"
The chibi pointed at the man on the right. "This is Katan. He is my slave." The sensei's eyebrows went up. "Sometimes, he gives me strawberry shortcakes. I like him a lot."
The chibi continued, pointing at the man on the left. "This is Raphael. He gives me strawberry shortcakes whenever I ask him. But his shortcakes make me sleepy. I like him too. But not as much as I like Katan."
"I see." The sensei walked away, determined to have a talk with Rosiel's parents. The stuff she said and the way she drew them……that kid has an attitude problem……I wonder what's her family like?
The dismissal bell rang at three o' clock sharp. Katan was already there to fetch chibi Rosiel-sama. But as he was leading the chibi out, he was stopped by the art sensei. The sensei suggested a talk and Katan agreed. So they entered an empty classroom while the chibi lingered in the corridor.
"Here. Look at this." The sensei held up the chibi's artwork.
Katan's mouth dropped open. "This is……"
Glad that Katan had the same opinion, the sensei said, "Shocking, right? Such a young kid at that. What a-"
"Rosiel-sama is a tensai!" Katan exclaimed, holding the picture. (Note: tensai – genius)
"What?"
"He's only five now and he can do this! Oh! Rosiel-sama is a born artist. He is soooo talented!"
"Wait a mi-" the sensei tried to stop Katan.
But Katan did not hear it at all. "Oh my Rosiel-sama! What a genius! This is a masterpiece! I never knew he was such a child prodigy. These amazing details (he pointed at Rosiel-sama's drawing of the chibi himself), the wonderful colour combination (points at chibi Rosiel-sama's outfit), the fantastic shading (points at chibi's hair), and the realistic background splotches (points at himself and Raphael). Rosiel-sama is indeed a tensai!" Katan walks away with the picture, murmuring to himself.
The poor sensei never did managed to get a word in.
@ After school @
Katan and chibi Rosiel-sama were eating dinner together when Katan asked, "How was school today, Rosiel-sama?'
"Quite fun," the chibi answered, thinking about the frog and the snail.
"Did you eat any strawberry shortcakes today?" Katan asked, knowing that he did not give any strawberry shortcakes to the chibi that day.
Chibi Rosiel-sama just smiled at him and said, "Hi~mit~su~." (Note: himitsu – secret)
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