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Chapter 15 : Spaghetti Alla Carbonara

10 minutes later,

Seiji got up as he saw Hikaru came back with a large grocery bag.

" What's that?" the silver-haired pro questioned.

" You," the famous 1 Dan pointed to the kitchen counter, " at the counter,"

" Eh? Wait," Dragged by the blond, the sleepy man was taken by surprise.

Now they were at the kitchen counter. Hikaru was in the kitchen while Seiji was on the other side of the counter. Technically, Seiji was in the dinning area not the cooking area.

" I'm going to cook for you," the skillful boy said as he took all the ingredient out of the paper bag.

" You what!" the older pro blinked in surprise. He can cook?

" I'm going to teach you how to cook," the 15-year-old chef said calmly as he brought out the utensil that he needed, " Okay, our today's menu is Spaghetti Alla Carbonara," he spoke to his confused friend as if he was talking to the camera, " First, I'm gonna prepare the ingredient," he handed Seiji a small piece of cheese and a grater, " Grate it," he ordered as he expertly chopped an onion and cut a piece of salted pork into small cubes with a knife.

The Jyudan hadn't followed his order yet because he was still bewildered by the blond's cooking technique." Grate it," the chef repeated the order again, the grey-eyed student quickly grated the cheese as he was told. Meanwhile, he was stunned to see the boy change from the talented Go player to the experienced cook as the two-toned haired pro separated 2 eggs and put the yolks and the egg white in separated mixing bowls, " Good, now we're ready,"

Is he serious? He actually cooks?

" First, I'll boil the water," he filled the pot with water and put it on the burner, " Add some salt,"

" Salt?" the 27-year-old curious student noted.

" Yeah, the pasta will taste better and won't stick together," the young teacher stated as he put the sauté pan on another burning burner, " Then cook the onion and salt pork cubes together," he cooked it for a little while, " See? They are all transparent," he showed his 10 Dans student the pan, " The water is boiling now, I'll add the pasta," he added spaghetti and read the instruction on the package, " Umm, it says 5 minutes but don't trust it, maybe it's wrong,"

" Then how do you know if it's ready to eat?" He's cooking! He actually knows how to cook! Shindou Hikaru, Touya Akira's eternal rival is cooking in my kitchen!

" Good question, my student," Smiling naughtily, he took a string of those thick spaghetti from the pot by using chopsticks, " Watch this," Then he threw it to the wall violently.

" What're you doing! My wall!" Seiji cried out.

" Look, can you see that?" the chef pointed at the wall. The spaghetti string fell down to the floor, " See? It falls down, it's not ready yet," Seeing his friend's questioning look, he went on, " You see, we don't need a strict instruction. Cooking is an art, you can do it freely. On the other hand, baking a cake or making cookies need a very strict direction," he explained as he threw another string to the wall, " Ah, it sticks on the wall, it's ready now," then he drained the pasta by using the colander, " Now put the pasta in the pan , Toss over, Add some Pecorino cheese,"

Oh, it's Pecorino cheese.

" Stir, Remove from the heat, Put the egg white and Stir again…Okay," he divided the pasta among 2 white dinner plates, " Top with one yolk, Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and black pepper….And Voila! Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Spaghetti Alla Carbonara!" Stretching both his arms, he declared proudly.

" Is it edible?" Not wanting to be so obvious, Seiji asked stilly. Jesus Christ! He actually can cook! Shindou Hikaru cooks for me!

" Is that the best you can say?" the blond chef was frustrated. Is it edible? What kind of a question is that?

Now, they were at the dinning table, Seiji observed the plate in front of him closely.

" Try some," Hikaru gave him his begging-look, the Gosei slowly had it.

" Hey! It's good!" Without thinking, he exclaimed.

" Thank you," the cute boy smiled successfully. I win again!

Damn it! That annoying smile again! I must change the subject now! " Where did you learn how to cook?"

" Well..Let's say that my mom always wants a daughter," he started babbling, " I myself like cooking too, you can't be a good gourmet if you don't know how to cook,"

" You?" the standoffish pro snorted, " A gourmet? Just a greedy boy to me,"

" Hey! I'm not greedy!"

" Said by the boy who devoured 3 bowls of ramen in a time!" he countered, " But I must say it's delicious than I thought, Do you often cook?"

" Umm, no, mom cooks for me. Sometimes I get hungry in the middle of the night when I practice the game, that's when I cook," the chef paused, " I don't want to wake her at midnight,"

" Ahh, I see," Chewing a small cube of salt pork, Seiji asked another interesting question, " She also teaches you to throw the pasta to the wall?"

" Haha, No, no," the young boy laughed nosily, " I saw it in the movie,"

" Movie?"

" Yeah, a Korean romance movie called ' Il mare'," he chatted.

" You don't look like a romance type," the grey-eyed pro commented.

" Far from it, Akari made me watch it,"

" Akari? You've a girlfriend?" Unbelievable!

" No! She's just a friend!" the teen turned red.

" Ah-hah, Right,"

" She's just a childhood friend!" Standing abruptly, Hikaru shouted defensively.

" Whatever,"

Damn it! " Let's talk about you," the trendy pro changed the topic.

" About me?"

" Yeah, about this place and your lousy life!" Hikaru declared sharply.


A/N : This dish is easy even Hikaru can do it! Why don't you try it at home? I've just known that those thick spaghetti called "Fettuccine".

" Il mare" does exist, it's one of my fav movie. By the way, I can't believe this is chapter 15th!

gravitation gig : In this chapter, Hikaru is A house wife! ( hahaha) About Seiji played Footsol? I think actually Seiji is..quite an sportman since he could catch Hikaru while he ran away. "..somehow, you make it natural thru your writing.."..Well, maybe 'coz he played as a GK, he didn't have to run. Just jumping...that shouldn't be so hard.

xiar : :D hope you like this chapter

kari : An egg slicer? Hmm, have you ever had a salad? There will be some slice of egg, right? I don't know how they slice the egg but if you have the egg slicer, you can slice the Whole egg in a time only, then you'll get 10 slices of egg in a row. About the white condo, I got this idea from watching a MV...Tatoo by se7en.