Thanks to everyone reading and following! I love you guys so much! I hope you'll enjoy this chapter too!
I was originally planning on making this a happy fic, but at the end it sort of went the other direction...why do I do this to myself?
By the way if you guys have any ideas for story chapters, because I want some fun moments like this chapter in this fic too, I would love to hear them! Thanks!
I do not own KHR, but I do own Rixa!
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Two months had passed since Tsuna and Rixa met. It was spring break currently and the two were currently home alone. Alone with no adult supervision, no adults to make food, and just enough money to last that one week. Nana had left with Letsuyu and Rixa's family for some resort in Kyoto. Henceforth leaving two kids barely even five alone in large houses.
Rixa, although very angry and upset at Nana, was happy to have Tsuna all to herself, but because they were alone and just kids the two decided to switch between houses every two days.
Now the only problem was they didn't exactly know how to cook.
Nana never noticed Tsuna so he never learned how to cook, and Rixa's foster parents didn't care about her so she had to eat whatever she could find. So the two were going to have to wing it and hope for the best.
...H...
"Ano, Rixa?" Tsuna spoke out for his friend softly looking questionably at the apron he was wearing. "D-do I have to wear it?"
Rixa looked at Tsuna with understanding and sighed, "Yeah...I don't like it either but those cooks on tv wear them so we have to too!" However her eyebrow was clearly twitching telling Tsuna how much she was displeased with this as well.
The aprons had pictures of Dora and Barbie on them.
...A...
Rixa's eyes wandered to the back of her head spinning in circles. She fell down on the ground cook book in hand. Tsuna panicked.
HHHHHIIIIIEEEEE! Rixa!"
Rixa muttered, "Tsu-kun it's no use...! I don't understand a single word in the book...! It's- it's like it's been wrotten in an alien language..."
Tsuna took the book from her hands and read it. The same thing happened.
...P...
Two burnt pans, three over cooked chicken nuggets, and three hours later the two friends finally had breakfast. It was more like brunch however with how late in the day it was and with what they had decided to make.
Rixa dipped her chicken nugget in ketchup, "...Tsuna, how are we going to survive a week!?"
Tsuna looked at his food with puppy dog eyes, "Tsu-kun doesn't know...how do grown ups make cooking easy?"
Rixa ate another nugget, "I dunno...I wish I did though..."
Tsuna nodded, his head thudded on the table.
...P...
"What are we going to buy again Rixa?" Tsuna dragged the basket behind him Rixa ahead of him looking up at the very large aisles.
Rixa 'hmm'ed, "I dunno. Whatever looks yummy."
"Anything then?"
"Yup, but nothing too expensive 'cus we only have for this week."
"Okay."
...
An hour later both children were done shopping and struggling to carry their bags filled with food. Tsuna more so than Rixa.
"Tsu-kun are you okay?"
"Y-yeah it's just a little heavy."
Rixa grabbed one of his bags helping him carry it, "Better?"
Tsuna smiled and nodded, "Yup! Arigato."
"No problem! Now let's go home and figure out how too cook!" The fires of determination burned behind her and if you looked closely you could see some of those flames in her eyes. Tsuna chuckled a bit nervously at her burning determination worried about the kitchen.
...P...
Oddly enough this time around the two had yet to burn anything. The two took their time in preparing dinner being extremely careful with the knives and fire. Tsuna had cut the vegetables choppily but in the end were still edible. Rixa boiled the water if spilling somewhat most of it.
Making the steak was fun however. The two had no idea what to do or what to put on it so they followed their intuition. Tsuna's telling him to add lime, lemon, and orange juice for a tangy flavor and Rixa's telling her to add garlic and salt with some spice to even out the tang flavor. Following their intuition the two did just that letting the steak soak in the juice while they decided to add the extra vegetables to the steak.
"Tsuna, I think we should cut some onions to add to the meat too. No?"
Tsuna thought about it. He was never a big fan of onions, but maybe... It wouldn't hurt to try them with the meat, right?
"Hmm."
Rixa grinned, "I'll cut them."
"Ah! Rixa do I put the vegetables in the water now?"
"Uh...I think so?" Rixa looked at the pot of boiling water unsure. Tsuna unaware of her worry started sliding the vegetables into the water.
Soon enough the onions were cut and added to the meat. However, now the problem was how to cook the meat. The answer came soon enough when Tsuna accidentally turned the oven on.
"Nice! Good idea Tsu-kun. We can use the oven!"
Tsuna laughed nervously, "Demo Rixa how are we supposed to open it?"
Rixa scratched her head, "Um...well...ah!" She dragged two chairs out of the dinning room and into the kitchen. "Like this! We stand on the chairs and pull it down!"
Tsuna was still worried, "I don't think that's safe to do though."
Rixa nodded agreeing, "Yeah, but we must EAT! FOR FOOD~!" She pulled another chair for Tsuna to stand on and the pulled the oven door down. The heat barely even noticeable to them.
"Rixa, is it on? It doesn't feel hot."
Rixa looked at the settings, "Yeah...maybe it's not supposed to be hot."
"Huh?"
Rixa shook her head, "Let's hurry and cook the meat! I'm getting hungry!"
Tsuna's stomach decided to take that time to agree. Tsuna blushed, "M-me too!"
At an alarmingly fast pace the two dragged the meat inside the oven and pushed the oven door back close. Their attention then returned to the boiling the vegetables.
Standing over the pot the two watched the vegetables being boild in clear water.
"Ano Rixa...should we add something?"
"Probably, demo...what?"
Tsuna looked at the cabinet, "Na- Okaasan has some things I've seen her use for soups."
Rixa looked at him knowing what he was about to say. She sighed quietly to herself and whispered, "Close...close...but not yet."
Rixa climbed the counter reaching for the cabinet and pulled out a bag of miso soup mixture throwing it to Tsuna. "Catch!"
Surprised Tsuna fumbled to catch the mix losing his balance as he tried. Rixa closed her eyes and winced as she heard him fall. She climbed down the counter and to the ground where Tsuna laid groaning in pain.
"I caught it..." He waved the mix up in the air like a flag. Rixa laughed at the comparison, "Thank you Tsu-kun."
Afterwards they added the mix and cooked rice. Now they waited.
...Y...
"Thank you for the food!"
Stab.
Bite.
Freeze and moan.
"Yummy!" The two exclaimed at once. The two had never had anything this flavorful and delicious to eat ever in their lives. Not surprisingly however with all the neglection the two received from their families.
That day the two discovered their talent in cooking and love for making food.
The rest of the week blew by quickly as they cooked dinners for themselves everyday trying out new ideas and following their intuition. By the end of spring break the two were having trouble not wanting to leaving each other, but Nana and Rixa's parents did just that.
...f1...
That night Tsuna tried showing his mother his newfound skill, but...
"Tsuna!" Nana softly yelled at her youngest.
Tsuna looked down hurt.
"If you wanted Okaasan to make you something you should've just asked! The kitchen is dangerous!"
Tsuna gripped his hands tighter into fists and whispered, "Gomen...Okaasan." He ran to his room and quietly sobbed.
"Tsu-kun just wanted to show you that Tsu-kun was good at something for once."