I'm still alive and I've been busy with school so don't kill me… I know it's been months but I will try my best to update.
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WARNING: [Swearing, Abuse, WRONG GRAMMAR/SPELLING, Errors] I apologize in advance.
~Spade
Chapter 9: "Everyone isn't perfect that's why if you can't cook don't force yourself!"
"Hey brat… We're okay right? It's going to be okay right?"
"Don't worry I got this."
"But… This is already our fifth try…"
"Practice makes perfect."
"No matter how I look at it…"
Subaru who's wearing the school apron for their home economic subject pointed at the black substance on the plate in front of them.
"This isn't look like an omelet! Not even close enough! What is this black thing!?"
Subaru groans as the teacher scolded him for being noisy while Akane who wears an apron as well is reading the cook book with the frown on her face.
"More importantly WHY does my class and yours are together again!?"
Subaru whines as he notices his classmates and hers are already used to each other as if they belong to one class. He turns to face Akane to see she's yet again preparing the ingredients for the dish.
"More importantly why I'm I paired with you? Again?"
Akane takes the fail dish on the other side of the table with the other fail dish they made.
"Because your class home economics teacher is absent so our teacher has to take his place for a while but our class schedule is the same so he figured merging the two classes…"
Akane holds the cook book and turns the pages as she looks for an easy dish.
"…And for you second question…"
She gave Subaru a deadpanned expression as she added
"It's not like I want to be paired with you too but the teacher finds it hard when he looks for a partner for you—"
Subaru twitches as he glared at her.
"Hey brat what the hell you do mea—"
"Because you don't go along with everyone"
Stab
"Nggh!" Subaru then felt an arrow pierce into him as his face turns purple.
"Not to mention you pick a fight with everyone even though they didn't do anything to you."
Stab
"True, you have a lot of fans but you only end up making them cry, when I say fans I say the fangirls you have there." Akane uses her thumb to point at back of group of girls admiring Subaru.
Stab
"So the teacher thought pairing you with the boys but because of your unbelievable popularity, the girls ignore the poor kind boys despite you're personality because of that, the boys hates you."
Then Akane points the other side of the room group of boys with dark aura around them as they silently cook.
Stab Stab Stab—
Akane clap her hands together as she wore a obviously a fake smile and tilt her head sideward slightly.
"Because I'm the only and kind enough to tolerate your presence our teacher decided it would be for the best~ not to mention that the teacher told me you never attend this class. She places both of her hands on Subaru's shoulders as he can feel she tightens her grip with a creepy dark look as she smiles.
"I'll be in trouble if my cooking partner isn't here and teacher said if my partner doesn't attend I might have to take this class next year again you know? That would be really troublesome and unreasonable right?"
Subaru only nodded when Akane let out slightly a killer intent on him when he didn't responds to her earlier.
"I-I g-got it I won't skip this class alright? But that being said…" Subaru cringes turn his head looking at the group of fail dishes they made.
"I'll doubt we'll pass if we only able to make black crap—" With that Akane only slap Subaru on the shoulder as she laugh back to her normal self.
"We'll figure it out! T-here's no way we'll fail this class…" Akane's voice turns to mutter as she finishes her sentence as she look away from him.
"Where did your confidence go to? We're in trouble aren't we!? Ugh give me that cookbook!" Akane pass Subaru the cookbook as she pouts as much Akane doesn't want to, but her Japanese reading isn't really helping them right now.
"Well I skip some ingredients because of I couldn't read them…I got the measurements right but I wasn't sure if I was measuring the right ingredients…" Akane quietly mutters to herself.
"What? Did you say something?" Subaru raise a brow but he didn't really catch what Akane was muttering about.
"No, it's nothing…"
Subaru reads the instructions on how to cook an omelet dish as he look up to Akane whose gathering the ingredients. He sighs as he walks over her side as he instructs her.
"Alright I'll give you the instruction you do the execution alright? Besides judging your work it looks like you don't know what you're doing anyway." Subaru frown at her who in return twitches in annoyance but said nothing.
Subaru and Akane work together while there were arguments along the process; Akane admits Subaru is rather good at instructing if only he wasn't swearing on every sentence.
"Say Subaru-kun you're pretty good at this, if you lessen you're swearing and talk in civil way people might find you less pain in the ass and you could actually make friends." Akane said casually as she place the dish from of them.
Subaru only flush in embarrassments as he growled at her.
"H-huh!? The hell you're talking about!? M-make friends?! Don't fuck with me!"
Subaru hissed as his tightens his grip on the cookbook pretending reading again.
Akane can only blink at his actions, he isn't mad she was sure; she knew he was probably embarrassed and was uncomfortable about this topic which means making friends either vampires or humans. Akane shrugs as she took two spoons handing one to Subaru who only snatch it from her.
"There's nothing wrong making friends…besides doing this with friends is always fun right? Not having friends is rather lonely no?" Akane smiles sadly as she took a bite from the omelet they somehow successfully cook.
"Uwah It's a bit salty but it's a progress!" Akane grins as she took another bite.
Subaru stared Akane gently in awe as he processes her words. He glances around seeing how fun their classmates having especially those who are in groups. He turns back to her again only look down at the cookbook as he tightens his grip gently.
At that moment Subaru first time in his life he felt something he wanted to deny strongly and yet he wondered if it's right or wrong thing for his kind to feel something like this.
Looking up again he saw Akane as some of their classmates came to their table to taste their dish, they made a few negative and comments while Akane was defending their dish but he can see they were having fun and for that.
Subaru can't help but feel wanting to be with those groups of people.
While Subaru is busy with his thought he was pulled back when their classmates started talking to him which startled him.
"Say Sakamaki-san if you don't want to get poison by Okami-san we could help you know." Said one boy.
"P-poison!? How rude of you! I'm not that bad—"
"Oh yeah, Why don't you taste our dish? We cook the same dish we can compare and help each other out." Said another boy.
Before Subaru knew it he and Akane were surround by their classmates teaching each other how to cook and tasting each other dishes they made.
Subaru wasn't aware he was laughing with them and he was actually enjoying their class.
"Guess I won't starve for this week huh Subaru?" Akane and Subaru walks through the school empty hallway as Akane grins as she looks down to her food tray filled different dishes given their classmates, because everyone were working together they all decided to share their dishes with each other.
"Isn't it your fault our allowances were cut off this week because the explosion you made last week?" Subaru scoffs as he too looks down to his food tray filled with different dishes like Akane.
"That's because you guys pissed me off without reason and you we're trying to hit me." Akane simply said as she smiles as she added "Can't really stay mad especially how fun our cooking classes were not to mention how much food we can eat!"
"Hmm…" Subaru only grunts softly as he tightens his grips on the try looking distant.
Akane notice this and bit her lower lip as she stops her tracks looking at Subaru's back head.
"Say… You had fun right?" Akane said softly.
Subaru stops his track but didn't face Akane back.
"Do you think it's strange for my kind to have such…That…That kind of thing?" Subaru words were soft and hesitant as he once more look down at the tray remember their class.
Subaru knew people were afraid of him especially the humans because of his social standing, short temper and easily get violent.
He knew girls admire him for his looks— only his looks at the same time not all girls liked him he knew other girls are afraid just being with his presence.
He knew the boys hates him how much attention he gets despite his personality at the same time they wouldn't approach him due to his violent behavior.
He knew his presence makes everyone at school uncomfortable. This is why he skips class.
This way he doesn't have to deal seeing their eyes how terrified they were and how would they try to run away from him just getting a glimpse of him.
He acts that he loves seeing everyone afraid of him. At the same time—
He hates how he acts he loves seeing everyone afraid of him.
He hates how his classmates pushing their desk in their classroom to make distance from him.
…No, He loves it how humans make distance from him.
He hates it when he doesn't get a chance to play basketball with everyone because no one wants him to be their team.
…No, He loves it because he doesn't have to play bothersome game.
He hates it when no one wants to be partnered or grouped with him when there's activity work.
…No, He loves it because he doesn't have to deal with annoying humans.
He hates it when in their classroom everyone is with their own groups having fun while he was left alone.
…No, he love it because one is bothering him—
"Subaru calm down…"
Subaru startled as he look up to see Akane front of him holding his forearm, he didn't notice he was gripping strongly on the tray.
"Calm down… You'll break the tray…Are you…?" Akane said slowly as she removes her hand.
Subaru snapped up at her as he threw his tray to the wall full force causing the tray along the dishes to crash.
He growls at her as he started walking forward knocking Akane's shoulder but able to regain her balance.
"I don't know what you're trying to do but, stay the fucking away from me! Stop acting like were friends or anything. Fun? With your kind? Stop making me laugh! The only thing is fun is seeing our food being terrified while we suck their blood dry!" Subaru barks as he smirks.
"Vampire being friends with humans? Are you a joke? To us your kind is nothing more than food." Subaru hissed at her and left her at the hallway.
Akane can only stares his back as he walks aways.
"…What's wrong with him? It's only a simple question…" Akane narrowed her eyes when she looks down on the mess Subaru made.
"…I'm not cleaning that mess…" Akane muttered as she walks the other way deciding eating at the classroom.
"…" Akane looks back at the opposite hallway muttering.
"…I too ask myself if…"
"…Humans like me should be even neared by them…"
"…."
"…Then again… I'm not even sure which side I'm on…"
While passing by the economics room Akane suddenly stops walking as she notice a really delicious smell coming out one of the rooms.
"Someone cooking?"
Akane quietly push the door open revealing a back of a person she knew quite well. Curious she quietly walks toward him when she's near the person's back she grins as she pulls the tie of the apron off causing that's person startle as he jerks away from her.
"…You…"
"Yo! Sempai Are you cooking?"
Reiji scoffs at her sudden appearance and went back to the stove as he re –tie the ribbon on his apron.
"What are you talking about? It's obvious I'm cooking, there's no one here but me."
He turns to face a raise a brow seeing the tray she holds with different dishes on it.
"…What is that?"
Reiji cringes as looks at the tray how messy it is.
"Well food. Everyone's that is. We shared some our food." Akane said as she places the tray at the counter as she took a bite of an rolled egg from the tray.
"It's looks garbage…"
"What?"
"It's nothing."
Akane frowns and then shrugs at him.
"Then why are you cooking here alone? It's lunch time…" She added "How weird though taking lunch on midnight…"
Reiji rolls his eyes as he started plating the food "My classmates left for lunch, leaving this mess I couldn't help myself to clean up and because there's so much ingredients left I cooked them it would such a waste if we just throw them away…"
Akane notice Reiji set up a two person meal she was about to ask but Reiji suddenly came towards and took the tray and walks away going to the trash bin.
"Hey what are you doing that's my lunch—"
"You call this food? This is garbage to think your classmates wasted the ingredients."
With that Reiji shoves the tray into the trash bin.
"Sempai! Now that's just cruel! Everyone work hard on them— and the food is delicious!" and she added "And what I am going to eat now?!" Akane was about to kick Reiji's ass but Reiji suddenly face the counter with the meal he prepared and then facing her again.
Confusingly Akane blinks. Could he be made a proportion for her? That's why he prepared for two?
She frowns.
"Sempai I'm grateful you prepared one for me too but still you can't just—"
"May I ask what are you talking about?"
"What you mean? " Akane pointed the meal he prepared when she was about to speak Reiji cut her off.
"Ahh this…fufufu It seems you misunderstand this." Reiji Smirks at her
"Wha…What do you me—"
Suddenly the door is was pushed open revealing a female student with long blonde hair.
"Sayuri—"
"That's Hideyoshi-sempai to you Okami." Sayuri glared at her then turns her attention Reiji.
"Why is this person doing here?"
"I honestly have no idea Sayuri-san."
"Hmph! To think you try to disturb our lunch time Okami? Get out before we lose our appetite."
Akane stared both of them and notice Reiji was smirking at her.
Akane practically doesn't care anymore she turn around and left the room.
Reiji and Sayuri ate their lunch while talking about their classes after that while Sayuri thanked Reiji for the delicious meal he made she excuses herself then. While he cleaned all the dishes and put it all back to their proper places, as he pass by the garbage bin seeing the so called "food" Akane stated he couldn't help but think if she had any lunch.
Well probably not especially he thrown away the garbag– food Akane had.
He left the room as he close the door, Reiji frowns.
If she doesn't eat properly their father would have a word with him.
…
Or Akane would do something to annoy him or even worse cause problems.
He groans.
He can make something for her when they get home.
With that he knew she would be grateful.
After all he's the one making it.
