It was dinner time. Everyone sat by the fire, and Genis cooked dinner again. Raine was watching him.
"Hey, little brother? Why don't you ever let me cook dinner, huh?"
"Ummmm…" Genis' eyes got wider. He knew if he said something about her cooking, he would have a brand new bump appear on his head.
"Yes…?"
"Well, it's obviously because--" Genis looked to the others for support. They all had equally frightened looks on their faces.
"It's obviously… Because… Oh, face it, Raine! None of these people want to eat your cooking!"
Raine immediately turned to everyone in the camp, completely loosing focus on Genis. Genis wiped the sweat off of his forehead.
"WHY DON'T ANY OF YOU LIKE MY COOKING! IT'S GOOD, ISN'T IT!" Raine screamed at the top of her lungs.
Collette spoke up.
"W-Well, it's not that your cooking is bad… It's just that you cook things that smell funny! I don't know about you guys, but I think her cooking smells funny! And, really, it's not just because of the way you cook it, it's the kinds of foods that you cook. If you learn to cook something that we all would like---…"
Collette stopped talking when she saw the look on Raine's face. It wasn't pretty. Raine started talking in a very uneven voice.
"And what do you propose… I should COOK!"
"Spaghetti?"
"Hmmm…Okay!"
"Uhh… Maybe tomorrow night, though… Genis already started…"
Raine protested for a long time, but was eventually calmed by the group.
"Okay! Dinner's done!" Genis shouted, trying to ignore the angry look Raine shot at him.
One by one, Genis handed everyone dinner. He reached Sheena last.
"Oh, Genis… It's okay. I'm not hungry."
"What?"
Sheena grew silent, and she stared off into the distance.
"Okay, Sheena… I'll leave you alone."
What she was doing was worrying about Zelos. He still wasn't back, and it was starting to get dark. There were dangerous monsters still lurking about, what if one were too much for him to handle? What if he was lost? Thirsty… Hungry…
Zelos was sitting by a river. His head was buried in his knees, which were pulled closely to his body. He lifted his head up, and looked at his soaking wet knees. The thing that was on is mind was, of course, Sheena. He didn't know how she felt about him… He had all these feelings inside of him, and was too scared to let them out. To tell her about it. And he hated Genis immensely, and not for just the childish things he did at breakfast.
"I had finally built up the courage… Genis had to go and ruin it!"
It started to get dark, and Zelos still sat by the river. His eyes grew heavy, and he was soon too tired to think about such unsettling things. He lay down on the ground with a thud, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
Now Sheena was REALLY worried about Zelos. He still hadn't come back after a full day of "going for a walk".
"I shouldn't worry about him like this… He can take care of himself… Everything's under control. He's fine… He's FINE."
She said these things to try to comfort herself, but it wasn't working at all. With much persuasion from the rest of her friends, she was sent to bed, and it took her a long time to fall asleep.
