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"You did what!?"

Kagome immediately stopped in the hall, practically feeling the sweat drip off her face while Arthur stopped his casual chatter to stare at her in concern.

"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day," The blond male said, looking a bit confused as Kagome stared at him with widened blue eyes and horror upon her paling face, "Gawain offered to cook. Is there a problem?"

"You let Sir Gawain, of all the knights, cook!?" Kagome felt her stomach twist at the very thought, "I don't know the Gawain of your world, but this one can't cook at all!"

"Surely you are mistaken?" Arthur blinked, "It may not be a food usually eaten at this time of day, but mashed potatoes are not that bad?" He pondered out loud, wondering if this was the reason Artoria had politely declined to join him and the Knights of the Round Table for breakfast.

"It's the only thing Sir Gawain knows how to make!" Kagome rubbed her temple, "And he cares for quantity, not quality! He will probably use all of Chaldea's stock of potatoes for just this one meal!"

"Ah, that does like a bit of a problem," Arthur admitted, though a smile quickly appeared on his face anyway, "Worry not! Even if you cannot eat much, my fellow knights and I are Servants! We can eat as much as we need to for Mana instead of taking your own," He stared at her with that endearing concern, "With so many contracted Servants, it must take its toll on you."

"It's fine, really," Kagome sighed, "Is Mash going to be there?" She asked, trying to take her mind of Gawain and his bland potatoes.

"Is there a time Lady Mash would decline to be at your side?" Arthur chuckled, "She is a knight, so we would never turn her down."

"That's good," The Miko muttered, feeling bad that she was going to use Mash as a buffer against the possibility of Gawain or Lancelot's advances, "I'm nothing special." She murmured out loud without even realizing it.

"What?" Arthur frowned, surprising Kagome when he placed a hand firmly on her shoulder, "Why would you even think that?" His question sounded more like a demand, "You are one of the kindest people I and most Servants have ever met," His lips tightened, "Why do you think so many pursue you? Even the King of Heroes himself?"

"I..." Kagome jumped at the intensity of his look, "I really have no idea," She answered with a shrug, having to look away from those intent green eyes, "Because I can supply them with extra Mana?"

Arthur sighed, "Where is the man who has treated you so badly?" He asked with a frown, resisting the urge to materialize Excalibur, "Is he here at Chaldea?"

"That's not necessary!" Kagome waved her arms, "He didn't treat me badly, it's just..." She trailed off, unable to describe the relationship she had with Inuyasha, "Just..."

The Saber did not look convinced, stepping closer to get some answers from the now sullen girl, but decided to not ask any further when a voice interrupted them.

"King Arthur? Lady Kagome?"

"O-oh, Sir Bedivere," Kagome pushed away her mixed emotions as she smiled shakily at the male who was approaching them with his own look of concern, "Did you come looking for us?"

"Yes," Bedivere glanced between Arthur and Kagome, "We were wondering what was taking you so long. Sir Gawain has finished cooking."

"That's great," Kagome replied with fake enthusiasm, which the two knights caught immediately, "It was really kind of him to offer." With that, the Miko moved forward, too uncomfortable to continue to speak to Arthur alone.

"It was," Bedivere agreed with a small smile, knowing his comrade was only trying to impress their Master, "We should eat while it is still warm." He glanced over Kagome's head to Arthur, silently expressing his own concern to the male King of Knights with one glance, though the blond only sighed and shook his head and Bedivere knew it was another failure of gaining the male's name of Kagome's past.

It was just a matter of time.