A/N: Wow got some feedback quickly on this story. Please keep them coming.
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Two But Equal
Chapter Three: Food for Thought
It was the next day and Haku was waiting for Neru at the library. However lunch started twenty minutes ago and there was still no sign of the yellow haired girl. The white haired girl sighed. "I hope she's ok." Haku got her answer when she saw the younger girl appear. She saw that Neru didn't have a happy face.
"About time I found you. Where the hell were you?"
The older girl tilted her head. "I've been here the entire time. I was here waiting for you."
Neru scoffed and went over to Haku. "Whatever. Let's see what you have to work on."
The white haired girl nodded and got her homework out. She set it on the table. The younger girl looked unimpressed. "All right tell me what you need help on."
"A-Alright."
Neru was impressed that her senior needed a lot of help on her homework. She could tell the older girl was a little on the slow side . It took her a few minutes to figure out a problem and that's with her help. "Man this girl is hopeless. How she made it this far is beyond me." The younger student helped Haku a bit more when the bell rang. "Well that's all for today."
"H-How did I do?"
The yellow haired girl gave a quick thought. "You're hopeless. Completely hopeless. I can't believe you're having this much trouble on a few simple problems." She stood up. "Meet me at the gate after school. We'll continue this at your place."
"S-Sure thing." The senior saw Neru leave the library. She looked down. "She could've been nicer."
B
School was now over and the students were leaving for home. Neru was waiting by the gate as promised. Like usual there was a pop quiz but she didn't do anything. At this point the younger girl didn't care if she failed. Neru kept looking back at the school to see if her senior was coming. One other thing she didn't get was how Haku having a difficult time with such simple questions. Then again not everyone is genius like her. She looked at the other students who were boarding the bus and cars. She hated their smiles, their happiness, the way they're carefree about the way they live. Neru looked back and saw Haku coming towards her.
"About time you got here." She scolded the older girl.
"S-Sorry. I was held up by my teacher. Shall we go?"
Neru sighed. "Yeah sure. Let's get going."
The two girls left the school grounds. While walking towards Haku's place, the yellow haired girl wondered what her place looked like. She judged Haku by her actions and the way she acted. Neru thought her place was even messier then her own.
B
And just like that she was proven wrong. Haku's apartment was very tidy. There wasn't even a speck of dust. The two of them sat around a table and the older silver haired girl took out the rest of her homework. Haku had to do English homework, math and several others. Neru sighed at the sight. How can one person have this much homework to do? Several hours pasted since Neru helped her senior with her homework. It was going well until her stomach decided to interrupt them.
Haku giggled while Neru went red with embarrassment. "Shut up! Stupid stomach."
The older girl stopped her giggling. "Can we take a break?"
The yellow haired girl rolled her eyes. "Yeah sure. Can't tutor on an empty stomach. Wanna order some pizza?"
Haku shook her head. "I have something better." She stood up and walked over to the kitchen. The younger girl didn't get what she was going to do. Neru couldn't think of anything else better than pizza. She looked over at the kitchen and saw Haku put on an apron.
"What the hell is she doing?" Neru received her answer when she saw Haku pulled out some food. The next thirty minutes was the older girl preparing a meal for the both of them. Neru was astounded how good her senior was. It was like cooking was second nature to her. Once the preparation was done, the younger girl couldn't help but smell the delicious aroma coming from their meal. She swallowed and saw her plate in front of her. "It's probably doesn't taste that good. It's just for show." Both girls said gave thanks for the food. Neru put the food in her mouth and next thing she knew her mouth tasted nirvana.
She devoured her food in three minutes flat but the taste in her mouth was lingering. Never have her taste buds experience food like this before. "I'm glad you enjoyed my cooking." Haku said.
"Yeah it's freaking good. You're the last person I expect to cook."
The silver hair girl smiled. "Cooking has always been hobby of mine. I've been doing this since I was little."
Neru didn't pay attention and asked for seconds. Haku happily obliged and gave the younger girl what she wanted. The yellow haired girl couldn't get enough of the food. It bested all the fast food she had to eat the last few years. "If you're such a good cook, why don't you open up a restaurant or something?"
Haku's smiled faded. "I want to but I don't know if I'm good enough."
"Bullshit!" Neru slammed her hands down on the table. "This stuff is like what royalty eats. You're freaking amazing!"
The older blushed at what her junior said to her. In all her life, she had compliments about her cooking but none like the one Neru said to her. "T-Thank you."
Neru took another bite. "All right then, this will be your payment. I tutor you and feed me. It's only fair."
"Sure thing then."
The meal lasted a little longer until there was no more to go around. Neru couldn't remember the last time she felt this full. She hasn't eaten food this good since…Neru stopped her train of thought. She didn't want remember something like that again.
"Are you ok Neru?"
The yellow haired girl snapped out of her trance and looked at her senior. "Yeah I'm fine."
Haku took a quick glance at the clock. "Oh no, it's that time already? I'm sorry Neru but I have to leave soon."
The yellow haired girl was a bit disappointed to hear this. (mostly because she couldn't eat the food her senior makes.) "Alright fine. We'll continue this tomorrow at lunch again." She stood up and grabbed her things. Before Neru could make it to the door, Haku asked a question the younger girl thought she would never hear again.
"What's your cell phone number?"
The younger girl stopped in her tracks and turned around to look at her senior. "What's my what?"
"Y-Your cell phone number. Can I have it in case something happens?"
Neru thought she would hear those words again in her life. She tried to remember her phone number but its been so long since she used her cell phone, the younger girl couldn't remember her number. Neru gave out a sigh. "How about you give me your number instead. It works both ways right?"
Haku nodded and pulled out a pen and paper. She wrote her number and gave it to her kouhai. Neru swiped it. "Thanks. I'll see you later." With those words, Neru left Haku's apartment.
B
Neru opened the door to her place and walked through the trash again like every single day. She walked to her bedroom and took out the paper with Haku's number. The yellow haired girl sighed and set it on the stand beside her bed. She then took her clothes until she was clad in her bra and underwear and lied down on her bed. Neru thought about what happened earlier at her seniors place. It was different then her own and she had no idea that someone who was nervous and scared could be such a great cook. She closed her eyes and imagined her coming into her senior's home and smelled the food that was being made. Neru made her to the kitchen and saw Haku wearing an apron-"
"Hey hold on a damn minute! Why the hell am I fantasying Haku like she's my…my…" Neru shook her head. "Ah whatever. I'm sure it's nothing." She looked over at the stand where her once used phone was the paper. Neru stared at her phone for a while until she made up her mind. The yellow haired girl grabbed it and turned it on. A familiar feeling began to wash over her when she saw the screen lit up and the main menu was up. She grabbed the paper and put in Haku's phone number. Once that was done, she thought of a way to send her first text in a long while. Neru finally figured out what to send.
"Hi."
A/N: Yeah sorry this took so long to get out. Other stories to work and things like that.
