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I wanted to walk up to the mirror and punch myself in the face. Then, I wanted to slap myself for being a silly little girl. How could I have thought this was acceptable? Why in the world did I choose to drink so heavily, and wake up next to someone I had only met a few hours prior? Well, if you think about it, you have known the Seven Deadly Sins since you were a child.

He snored heavily next to me, like some kind of fire breathing dragon, minus the fire. Ban's skin was pale and clammy, with the hair on his head sticking in every direction. I had been awake for about an hour now, with his hand still covering my stomach. Kovak rested at our feet, and I wondered how I was going to get out of this bed without bothering anyone.

I slipped through his grasp and tip toed down quietly. Diane and King were resting on his lime green pillow while Meliodas walked around them, sweeping up and cleaning yesterday's shenanigans. "Hey, do you need some help?" I offered.

"Sure! I thought you would be hung over." He replied, looking much cleaner now that he wasn't obsessing over Kovak.

"I don't get hang overs."

Meliodas silently stared at me, like I just pulled a birthday present out of my ass and expected him to open it. "I wish I had that super power." He finally said. I picked up a towel and began cleaning off the bar.

"Can I ask you something personal? Also, I'd like you to be honest with me."

Meliodas opened the door, forcefully sweeping out dust. "Of course."

"I would like to know, to what extent did we know each other?" I asked him carefully. I wasn't sure if I was asking to pacify my mind, in regards to sharing a bed with Ban. Sure, I probably was. However, it would still do me some good to know.

"Well, Elidiyon and Elbiyon served us at the Royal Banquets we attended. Also, Ban was pretty fond of your father, and I think he even babysat you a few times. Oh wait! Now that I remember it, Ban and King were your baby sitters!"

I nearly fell onto the floor as I leaned over the stools. "My parents let him watch me?" I cringed out loud as I continued dusting. "Meliodas, I need details."

King began to stir in his sleep, but quickly knocked himself back out when Diane put her hand on him. Meliodas watched them and sighed deeply before beginning his story. "Your dad and uncle were catering a private event for the day. Your mother was suddenly sent on a mission, by the king."

Mom was on a mission? What could she have been doing?

"You must have been seven years old. It was well over ten years ago, but anyways. King was appointed to watch you in their absence, but naturally Ban hung around too since Elbiyon promised them leftovers." Meliodas scratched his head and set the broom aside before rolling up his sleeves. I continued listening as I attempted to chip away a strange substance beneath the bar.

"When King walked through the door and Volaria left, everything was fine. I mean, you guys had tea time and played with plushies all afternoon."

"That was before Ban walked through the door." A voice said in a sinister tone. I looked up and saw King was gone, and was instead replaced by…a fatter version of himself? He slowly walked to the bar stool and sat down, staring at me darkly.

"You took one look at him and I swear you disappeared into thin air. I don't know what it was about him, but something about the way he looked horrified you. Was it the long hair? The scar? No, maybe it was just his face; I don't know." King shook his head slowly and over-dramatically like someone had just died.

"We looked for you for three hours. I think, maybe you snuck around behind our backs because you were in the house. I cried the whole time, because I thought you were gone forever! Ban was being so insensitive, not understanding why you had the audacity to run away. But, he didn't understand that you were just a poor shy little girl! Every now and then, we heard you cry because you were scared, but then you'd disappear!"

Meliodas caught my eye, laughing quietly as I smiled awkwardly. King started sobbing as he pushed the fact that I was just a really timid child. "Luckily, you fell asleep in the food cabinet. Ban found you snoring against the flour. I watched him pick you up, your little nose and cheeks were covered in the stuff. I was just so thankful and overwhelmed that we found you, and that your parents weren't going to kill us!"

"So then what happened?" I pondered aloud.

"Well, Ban put you down for your nap. He fell asleep an-"

"Dude, you woke up and screamed! Scared me so bad, I thought I was going to shit myself!" A voice shouted, belonging to none other than Ban himself. He had been standing behind me, for who knows how long.

"How embarrassing…" I mumbled, rubbing my temples. I looked back to King and noticed he was back to his tiny self, shaking his head at Ban's interruption.

"We never told your parents that story." King sighed. "Wait, Lenny. Don't tell them we told you that."

I paused for a moment, remembering that I only told Elizabeth they were dead. Well, I should thank her for being confidential, but I guess I half expected her to be the gossip kind. It would have saved me a little bit of work.

"You know, I guess I should tell you that…um." I tripped over my words and started biting my lip nervously. King blinked, staring at me with intrigue. Ban sat at one of the freshly cleaned tables and let his head fall on top, simmering back into his hung over state of mind. "My family died in a fire a few years back, I'm sorry to tell you that."

King's jaw dropped. Ban's head shot up before he got back on his feet, straight as an arrow. Even Meliodas had to take a seat to process the news.

Ban stared at the floor. "That really…that blows, man. I really liked them a lot."

"You don't know how it happened?" King questioned.

I shook my head, remembering everything I could all over again. "I just remember a voice. Someone woke me up and told me to run away."

Diane had woken and heard the story. I felt her squeeze my shoulder silently before walking behind the bar. Deeply, I sighed, wanting to shake off the story once again. "Anyways!" I shrugged it off. "I'm kind of weirded out that my parents let a couple of sins take care of me for a few afternoons."

I heard a chorus of "huh?"

King smiled faintly, understanding I was trying to change the subject. "You were just scared because he was a lot bigger than you, that's all."

Ban snorted a laugh. "Must have been, because I've always been this sexy."

Meliodas stood from his seat, straightening out his vest "Ban. Let's go outside, we've got a few errands to run."

Ban rolled his eyes before double taking at Meliodas. "Errands? What are we, a couple? Since when do we go on errands?"

Meliodas pushed his lips together tightly and that's all she wrote. Ban sighed and headed for the door, but not before gently running his hands through my hair. "Hey, I'm sorry about the family, kid. We'll take care of you."

"Ban!"

"Shit, cap'n! I'm coming."

Ban slammed the door behind him, leaving King, Diane and I by ourselves. Well, that's what we thought. Poor Elizabeth had missed all the action and just tip toed out of bed with Hawk on her shoulder. Kovak had followed, now resting upon King's precious pillow. Elizabeth sighed, and I could tell she really didn't feel like working today.

"You just missed them." King said.

"That's okay. I could go for a quite morning." Elizabeth insisted.

"Me too!" Hawk agreed. "Let's lock them out."

"Hey, Diane?" I asked, turning my head from side to side until I found her by the window, staring at Meliodas and Ban, no doubt. "Diane?"

"Yeah, Lenny?" She answered sweetly.

I grabbed my dad's recipe book from beneath the bar. "Were you still wanting some sweets?"

I had a great idea this morning. Also, I wanted to show Meliodas that I could be pretty useful in the tavern. Personally, I didn't feel that I was obligated to do so, but I liked to take the extra step. I told the group not to worry about working around the bar for a few hours, just so I could concentrate on preparing the things I wanted.

"Shit, I guess he's really not into sweets." I cringed at the cabinet. He had plenty of ingredients, but I reckon they hadn't been foraging for berries in awhile. "King?" I called.

"What's up, Len?" I looked up to see him floating around.

I smiled like I was guilty. "So I know I said I didn't need anything, but maybe you and Diane could go look for some fruits? Oh, and more milk would be great too. I'm about to take the rest." I searched all around for my bag and pulled out a few silver coins, tossing it in the air for King to catch gracefully.

"Diane!" He called before floating off. That took care of that.

"We should definitely get some chickens." I said to myself. "Keep the eggs, and then eventually just cook the guys." With a swift movement, I cracked the eggs and started whisking ingredients.

"Hey there! We don't need any more animals!" I heard Hawk pipe up as he sauntered across the bar.

"Hawk, those animals would be for eating. Think of it this way, if I'm thinking about chicken, I'm not thinking about pork."

He sighed, parking his butt beside the bowl. "You're right."

For a moment, I stepped away and began re-raiding the cabinet. Pudding would be great too. I could add these cookies to give it a little crunch. Oh god, but they're old.

"Lenny! Why is that whisk still moving?" Hawk screamed. Sure enough, the whisk was continuing a cycle around the bowl. It's happened many times before, whether it was me or my dad cooking. I wasn't shocked.

"That's nothing." I said, setting the cookies down as the whisking continued. "My dad had a little spell in here…to make things new..." I trailed off as my fingers guided me through the book.

"What's that?" He screamed again. There was now another mixing bowl present. Eggs hovered over the top and I watched them being separated from the yolks in thin air.

"Oh, I guess I was just thinking about that for the pudding. Anyways." I turned back to the book. "Oh nice, here it is!"

The whisk began to slow down. The yolks from the eggs were now being mixed with the milk. Pure vanilla was being cut in the back of my head, as well as the end of the bar. I circled my pinky finger slowly over the tan graham cookies before bringing my pointer finger down, dragging a drape of chocolate over the sweets.

"This is so cool." I heard Hawk whisper.

"Try one of those cookies." I whispered back.

With one bite, I was forgiven completely for bringing in Kovak, and suggesting we get chickens. Hawk was in pure love, and I even had to stop him from chomping down the whole lot of them. "Lenny, why does magic have to taste so amazing?"

"Because magic is a magical thing, you know?"

"We're back!" I heard King float in through an open window and drop a bag full of fruits into my arms. Diane opened the door, carrying several glass bottles of milk in her arms.

"Why is everything moving on its own?" She asked, setting the milk on what little room the bar had left.

"I think that knife is looking at me." I heard Elizabeth squeak as she came back out of her room, dressed and ready for the day. I shook off my thoughts, letting everything cease for the time being. Sadly, I was becoming overwhelmed and couldn't keep it up any longer.

"Sorry, it just happens sometimes." I assured them.

"Lenny, how long have you shown magical capabilities?" Diane inquired, looking a little concerned.

I laughed nervously. "I mean, awhile? I should really get these fruits cut up." Suddenly they began to fly in the air before falling gracefully onto the cutting board; now being cut by the knife Elizabeth swore was staring at her.

"You know what, I'd just like to observe." King said and pulled up a chair. Diane and Elizabeth followed as Hawk hopped onto Elizabeth's shoulder.

As long as they were quiet, I could finish everything I was doing in a timely manner. The pudding began to set as I crunched up the cookies and folded them in. In the meantime, the cakes had started to bake in the oven while I heated a homemade berry glaze. "Hey guys, we should go ahead and let customers in."

"Wonderful!" Elizabeth exclaimed before running out the door. Diane and King continued sitting in awe.

"You're heating up those berries with your index finger in the middle of the air." Diane said plainly. "Those…those were just plain eggs a minute ago. How are your dishes coming together so quickly?"

"It was a trick in the book."

"You're letting customers in, Lenny? B-but how do we have enough to feed everyone? You've only made small portions!" King asked anxiously. I could see the sweat bead on his forehead.

"There's a trick for that too I think."

Ding

Oh that was quick.

"You sped that up too!" King exclaimed.

I topped the pudding with chopped blueberries and gave it a quick flick, duplicating two more large bowls. To tell the truth, I really thought King was going to faint, but not before he saw what I did with the cakes. The pan floated out onto the bar, and then another, and another, and another…

"I really hope she brings in a lot of customers. We're going to have to give it away before it goes bad." I thought out loud. That glaze needs to cool down before I pour it over this cake.

I cut the cakes into squares and plated them. Once I cooled the glaze a little, I made sure each cake was coated in a fashionable way. By this time, I could hear Elizabeth come swinging through the doors with customers behind her. The chairs squeaked as people sat down, with Diane running behind the bar to fix up drinks. I began to scoop pudding onto each plate next to the cakes, but not before dusting a little more crumbled cookie on top.

The crazy thing is that I did all of that without using my hands. Once I finished and all of the plates were ready to go, I started helping the girls with the drinks. Diane would come up and grab a few plates and her ale would be ready to go. Elizabeth became over-whelmed as customers came in and out, so I'd go around and clean up the tables. I started using my hands at this point, just so I could avoid any stares in hopes that everyone was enjoying their meals.

Even though the lunch hour was over, we did not close. We still had that many plates I duplicated, and just as many customers. Elizabeth had advertised very well, calling it "The Boar Hat's Sweet Hour!" King collected all the money behind the bar, as well as sorted Diane and Elizabeth's tips in two separate jars.

I was serving some drinks behind the bar when I heard a few familiar voices roll through. Ban and Meliodas had returned from their "errands" and decided to take a seat.

"Are you trying to take my tavern?" Meliodas laughed, sparkle in his eyes.

"No sir, I'm just trying to make you money." I served them two ales.

Ban grinned and waved his hand at me, ready to feed me a long story. "So the whole time that we walk, all I can hear are these guys talking about this amazing tavern, right?" Ban took a swig of ale. "They said the girl behind the bar made three hundred cakes in three minutes without using her hands. The shit was floating in the air! So I said to the captain, who the hell is…" Ban trailed off as a plate floated in front of him; it was one hundred percent, my doing.

He slowly turned around to see everyone eating the same thing, confirming the stories he heard. Ban grew silent, staring at the food for an awkward moment. A plate floated before Meliodas and he immediately began to feast. "This is too good, Lenny. Can I have some more pudding?"

"I'm not going to eat you." I told Ban, echoing our other conversation as I gave Meliodas more pudding. "You have permission to speak."

Ban looked like he bit his own tongue and couldn't figure out what to do. Slowly, he tried both items and gave an expression of extreme satisfaction. "You know what this is, don't you?" He inquired with a voice like red velvet. I furrowed my brow at him, quite taken aback at his question.

He leaned in closely with his sweet, tooth-baring smile. "We made this when you were a little girl, just the three of us. It didn't taste as good as it does now, though." Ban licked every trace of food off his spoon before pointing it at me and lowering his voice. "You know, you weren't always scared of me, Lenny."

"I'm sure I wasn't."