15th of December
gingerbread
Mathilda had banned Aaron, Claude and Miguel from the kitchen for two days. She had been making something that smelled sweet last night, but then it had just disappeared. Now the door was shut again and the boys stuck in upstairs of Miguel's own house.
Claude was the first one to pick up the scent.
"Smell that, guys?"
Miguel and Aaron sniffed the air.
"Smells good. Mathilda… Let us down!"
Mathilda just laughed and checked the oven.
"No luck, boys. Even Miguel can't keep you away from my cooking as effectively as the door, sweeties!"
Miguel slumped against the door. Aaron was drooling.
"We might drown to his drool before she gets whatever she's doing done." Claude just nodded. Aaron had a sweet -jaw-. And it was proven. He outate Tyson and Daichi once and both Miguel and Claude were scarred for life, thanks to that sight.
What Mathilda was doing? Gingerbread stars. Thanks to the old German recipe she had found. She was whistling as she made them.
"Oh please... Mathilda... Aaron is drooling and it's getting dangerous."
"No chance, Claude."
"And when I say dangerous I mean a hungry gargoyle. Miguel's bit beast can smell is too. I think it was affected by Tyson and Daichi."
"Or Dragoon..."
Mathilda stopped her working for a second. How could Miguel know about Dragoon's... Nevermind. After all, Kai was stuck with Tyson most of the time. Maybe he had heard about it from Dranzer and then...
She took the stars out of the oven and inhaled the spicy scent. Chuckling upon hearing a groan from the upstairs, she slid them off to cool on the kitchen counter. The tray started to fill up really nicely.
And the boys? They were released from the upstairs after two hours of waiting. The last 45 minutes had been just for fun... But it was worth it, as even Claude was drooling. Miguel was a bit more civilized with his manners.
Later that evening, F-Dynasty visited the Battalion. Romero was head over heels for Mathilda's stars and he was practically flirting with Mathilda. He kept his sayings to himself after Miguel had hit him. Talking about a big brother...