"So what are you going to make me?"

"I don't even know. What are you in the mood for?"

"I want...eggs...and toast!"

"Aydan, it's almost two in the afternoon."

"I don't care if it's almost two in the afternoon, that's what I want."

Gokudera sighs and sets Phoenix down by a chair. "Okay, fine. Just...sit down and I'll be back with the food in about ten minutes."

"But I want to be with you."

Gokudera bites his lip and quickly turns around so he won't be overcome by Phoenix's pleading eyes.

"Just stay out here. I want to surprise you." The teen smoker walks into the kitchen, taking a quick look around to familiarize himself with the room.

"I can walk there you know!" Phoenix slowly moves towards the kitchen, using the table and wall as a crutch. "Never get in the way of an Irish woman and what she wants."

The younger teen hears Phoenix's movements and yells over to her, "Just stay out there!"

Gokudera takes out a pan and the eggs, throwing the eggs into the pan and turning on the heat.

"No." Phoenix manages to make it into the kitchen. "I'm done being away from you, Hayato."

Gokudera turns around as she enters the kitchen with a slightly exasperated look.

"Why are you so stu-" Gokudera's words are cut off as fire explodes behind him. Phoenix frowns slightly at the sight of the burning food, as a Lynch she was raised on cooking and this...this was just wrong.

"Why did you say you can cook?"

"Because I can cook! This is normal!"

"Hayato, I know how to make eggs and a tower of fire is not normal." Phoenix limps closer to him. "Trust me, it's really not."

The green-eyed boy frowns. "It is when I make it..."

Phoenix laughs and quickly puts out the fire, throws the ruined pan into the sink and runs cold water over it. Gokudera notices the practiced precision which she does all of this and wonders in the back of her mind how many times she's had to do what she just did.

"You cannot cook at all." Phoenix uses her arms to pull herself up onto the counter. "Get me a new pan and some more eggs."

"I can cook! You just didn't give it a chance since you judged it even before you saw the outcome." Gokudera sighs but does as she asks; looking slightly disappointed the whole while. "I wanted to treat you. Not have you done all the work."

Phoenix looks at her boyfriend for a second before smiling.

"Okay, how about I teach you then? You still do that work, I just show you how."

Gokudera looks away, clearly unhappy with the arrangement.

"Fine. Whatever."

"Don't be like that."

Phoenix pulls Gokudera over to her and kisses him lightly, catching Gokudera off-guard but he still kisses her back.

"I think we've swapped saliva so often in these, what, three days, than I ever thought I would in my entire life." Gokudera laughs and Phoenix smiles.

"Does your mind live in the gutter, or does it just have a summer home?" She laughs. "Okay, if I am going to teach you how to cook, you cannot argue with me. Understood?"

"What do you mean? My mind's a filthy bum." Gokudera chuckles at his own joke. "And why can't I argue?"

"You can't argue because cooking is a science and an art. You can't cook by using only one. And you, my wonderful boyfriend, are the type to only use science."

"But I can be artistic too!"

Gokudera pouts but Phoenix can tell he's pleased that she called him her boyfriend.

"You leave that to me. Okay?" Phoenix gives Gokudera a smile. "I'm better at it than you are. Now first what you have to do is figure out how many eggs you wanna cook." Gokudera mumbles something insulting but pretends he said nothing and nods innocently. "I heard that." Phoenix hits Gokudera lightly on top of the head with a spoon. "Most people can eat about two eggs with toast. So what you do is crack the eggs into a mixing bowl and put in a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper. And then you whisk them."

"My way was so much easier and quicker."

"Your way was wrong." Phoenix watches as Gokudera does as she says but stops him when he begins to whisk. "Gently. You don't want to beat the eggs too much. It's a wrist movement, not an elbow movement."

Gokudera bursts out laughing. "You do not wanna know what I just thought of."

The bomber continues to laugh but does as he's told, smiling as Phoenix smiles.

"I am going to hurt you!" The girl laughs. "Okay, now dump the eggs in to the pan and turn the flame to a medium heat."

Gokudera grins at the red-haired girl sitting on the counter.

"You know you love me."

He dumps the eggs into the pan, bending over slightly to make sure the flame was at the right height.

"You know I do." Phoenix grins and winks at Gokudera. "Now you have to keep the eggs moving in the pan." She hands him a wooden spoon. "Once again, gently."

Gokudera blushes deeply.

"S-Stop saying stuff like that."

'Calm down Hayato. You're cooking and all she's doing is teaching you. Chill the fuck out.' Gokudera thinks as he focuses on the task as he listens to Phoenix laugh.

"I shall try to stop. No promises though."

Gokudera sticks his tongue out at her and looks back down to the pan.

"Looks pretty damn done to me."

"Give it a bit longer okay. Eating raw eggs is bad for you."

"Shouldn't we get started with the toast? I don't feel like spending extra time on these."

"I really hope you know how to operate the toaster."

Phoenix takes the spoon from Gokudera and continues to move the eggs around in the pan.

"Of course I can make fucking toast."

Gokudera grabs the bread slices and pops them into the toaster."

"I was kidding! God, you're so sensitive."

Gokudera glares at her until the toast pops out.

"See? Perfection!"

"And here I was half expecting the toaster to burst into flames." She smirks. "Get me some plates, will you?"

Gokudera glares at Phoenix again as he pulls the plates out.

"Being in the kitchen isn't exactly my forte. You're the woman aren't you?"

The silver-haired teen smirks as his lover just stares at him.

"You are so lucky I love you."

The redhead separates the eggs onto the plates and slips off the counter.

"Can I eat now, young mistress?" Gokudera pretends to bow and Phoenix laughs.

"Only if you help me to the table, good sir."

"Want me to carry you bridal style or piggyback?"

"Well I did like bridal style. What with us being like newlyweds and all."

Gokudera blushes again, a voice in the back of his mind commenting on how easy it is for Phoenix to make him blush.

"W-What? I don't remember this! Unless it was that one night that I completely blanked out. It's like 'The Hangover' all over again." Gokudera laughs.

"I forgot that drinks affect you more than they do to me."

"They don't? Why?" Gokudera hands Phoenix the plates and hooks his arms under her body, picking her up and carrying her to the table. Phoenix just shrugs.

"It's very hard for me to get drunk." A smile tugs at the side of her mouth as she takes a bite of eggs. "This is good."

Gokudera grins.

"Everything I produce is high quality."

"Now who helped you with this? Oh yeah, me!"