"I don't know what you're thinking," Spanner said as he entered the kitchen, "but I know it's something stupid."
Fran stirred the noodles in the pot a bit before he put the spoon down and turned to face Spanner, "I'm thinking about geometric sequences. Is that stupid?"
Spanner sighed and plopped down on a stool at the island, "Fran, why'd you quit?"
"I didn't want to race anymore," Fran said with a shrug as he scooped noodles into his bowl and sat down beside Spanner with his noodles.
"Liar," Spanner grumbled, "you love to race."
"Yes but racing also makes it difficult for me to do my school work and hang out with my friends," Fran said.
"You're grades haven't dropped at all since you joined and you spend time with Haru and Takashi at school," Spanner said, taking Fran's fork and shoving some noodles into his own mouth, "besides, it's not like racing is taking up your life. You go when you want and you leave when you want."
Fran sighed and put his fork down, "I refuse to get along with Belphegor, okay?"
"So it's about him?" Spanner thought out loud and sighed.
"It's impossible for us to be on the same team when all we want to do is rip each other's organs out," Fran grumbled as he shoved more noodles into his mouth.
"That's…" Spanner bit his lip as he thought about the proper word, "…not good."
"I know," Fran said, "so it's just best if we stay away from each other."
"You two need to get along though," Spanner said strongly, causing Fran to look up at him. "I mean…I won't just let you quit doing something you love because of Bel. So even if you're on the same team, you don't have to talk to each other."
"If I'm in the same area as him, I feel like talking to him," Fran murmured.
"I'll keep you occupied then," Spanner said and patted Fran's head, "you can help me fix the cars or something."
Fran sighed as he poked at his remaining noodles, gathering them all up on his fork before feeding them to Spanner and putting his bowl in the sink, "We're out of milk. I'll go get some."
Spanner nodded as he chewed and watched as Fran left.
As expected, seconds later he heard the sound of something being run over and Gamma screaming.