By the time I met up with Hagakure it was almost time for dinner. When I questioned Hagakure if he was irritated that I was late meeting him he said he had been spending some time praying to the gods asking for protection of me. Tears welled up in my eyes as I saw his kind face and I kissed him on the cheek.
"You really are a lovely man." I grinned.
"Nawh thanks Amethyst." He replied happily. "Hey man I am starving. How's your rumma tum?" He questioned.
"I could probably eat five tofu burgers." I confessed with a grin.
"More like 50 for me." Hagakure laughed. A few minutes later we made our way to the cafeteria. Most of the students had arrived with the exception of Leon and the blond haired girl who name I still didn't know. I noticed Mondo waving at me with a grin.
"Do you want to sit with Mondo and Ishimaru." I offered Hagakure.
"Yeah, okay." He replied. I ended up sitting across from Hagakure and beside Ishimaru and Mondo.
"So what's the deal with the food here?" I questioned whoever was listening. "Is it like a buffet or do we have to make it ourselves?"
"You must prepare it yourself." Ishimaru answered. I sighed,
"Okay well I guess we better get started cooking." I said to Hagakure.
"Do you know anything about cooking Amethyst?" Mondo asked hopefully.
"Uh… I can make a few things." I answered hesitantly.
"I'm sure it's more than I know." Mondo said with a smile. With that Ishimaru, Hagakure, Mondo and I all walked into the kitchen and began to prepare our meals. Hagakure and Ishimaru both confidently searched for ingredients while Mondo and I stood next to each other looking hesitantly at the plethora of fresh fruit and vegetables in front of us. A girl in a red jumper and a muscular woman who I had not met as of yet were also in the kitchen. Mondo walked over to a cupboard and began to rifle through it, I ended up finding a packet of Gnocchi and sauce by joining him. I noticed Hagakure was preparing two dishes, the tofu burger we had discussed beforehand and what appeared to be a cake. I was surprised at his ambition. Ishimaru was frying a fish and preparing a salad. I felt quite useless with my pot of boiling water with gnocchi and a jar of sauce. As for Mondo he had gone with an exceedingly simple dish, two minute noodles. My heart was warmed as I observed the two girls laughing and grinning each other as they made their dinner, even though they were well aware of the terrible predicament we were all in.
"Miss Rose?"
I turned away from the two women and met eyes with Ishimaru.
"I must bring to your attention that your water is boiling over." He said watching the water bubble over the side of the pot. Pieces of Gnocchi dropped upon the floor.
"Oh no!" I whined, switching the stove to low.
"I'll get a cloth." The black haired man announced.
"Don't worry little general." I grinned, "You'll burn your fish if you don't look out." I warned.
"Ah! I suppose you're right! Please call for me if you do need my assistance."
I nodded. "I'll be sure." By the time I finished cleaning the spillage the Gnocchi was boiled. Everyone else had left the kitchen and I discovered that Hagakure's cake was actually a batch of brownies. I grinned assuming that there were more than just the usual ingredients in them. After applying the sauce to my Gnocchi I returned to the cafeteria and sat next to Mondo and Hagakure. Once we had all sat down to our meals Leon and a blond haired girl entered the gym.
"Junko you know I didn't mean it babe."
"Like, Whatever Leon. You have no idea how to treat ladies." She replied angrily.
"Babe wait, listen-"
"I am so over this!" Junk announced storming off towards the kitchen.
"Oi, Leon." Mondo called. "How did it go?" The red haired man gave him thumbs up in response before following Junko into the kitchen.
"He sure has a way with girls." Mondo sighed. "Maybe he could teach me a thing or two."
"You have trouble with women?" I questioned.
"Hard to believe isn't it." He replied nosily slurping up noodles.
"It is most certainly not when you have table manners like that." Ishimaru replied sternly. Mondo gave him a dirty look.
"Hey, hey! My brownies are ready!" Hagakure said enthusiastically.
"How do you know?" Naegi, who had been previously chatting quietly with Sayaka, questioned.
"They told me obviously." Hagakure said walking into the kitchen.
"He's so weird!" Complained the brown haired girl who was previously in the kitchen.
"Uh hey guys. I should probably have asked this earlier but since so many weird things have been happening I haven't had time. Could you all introduce your selves to me?"
"Ah! I can't believe we forgot to do that. I'm Aoi, I'm a swimmer." She said politely with a sweet smile. After Oogami, Togami, Fukawa, Celes, Yamada, Sakaya and Kirigiri introduced themselves Hagakure arrived from the kitchen biting into a brownie.
"Is that your special recipe?" I questioned. Before entering the school I had gone to numerous parties with Hagakure and I was well aware of the effects of his "Special" Brownies.
"Sure is." He said with a wide grin. Leon came out of the kitchen with spaghetti on toast shortly followed by Junko with a large burger. After a few minutes of idle chatter most people had finished their meals. I however was still finishing my meal as I had been doing much of the chattering. Ishimaru got up and began collecting everyone's plates; soon Oogami and Aoi joined him. I noticed Mondo watching me eat.
"Want some?" I questioned. "The noodles you had mustn't have been very filling.
"Uh, would you mind?" He asked.
"No of course not!" I passed the bowl over to him and he began eating almost immediately. "And here I was trying to look like a pig in front of you!" He laughed heartily.