Disclaimer: I don't own Shokugeki No Soma. Also, the best dish I have ever cooked was home made pizza, so you know about my cooking abilities.
Author's Note: I love all your reviews, guys! I just want you to know that I absolutely liked all the pairings you have come up with. And I am really glad that you found my ideas interesting.
Anyway,...
Treat yourself to the new chapter)... Yes, I have just gone there...
Stubborn & Shy.
Step 1.Take the girl with golden heart.
Step 2. Add the boy, who conquers hearts with ease.
Step 3. Mix them into a group of two. Just two!
Step 4. Watch out for the boy's fan club! They can destroy the dish!
Have you ever known that the hatred has so many types and flavours?
Megumi Tadokoro now knew it as nobody else did. She was even more sneaky, than during her 'first to be eliminated' period. Male students, except for her close friends from Polar Star, were avoiding her like the plague. If before she was often pushed out of the way, now guys tried to stay away from her as possible. The female students... Well, let's just say that cooking on the kitchen in schoold was not so safe anymore.
But the problem was not with her culinary skills anymore... No. It was something even worse...
But we are getting ahead of ourselves, right?
Let's go back in time to the beginning of this crazy week!
"I would like to rearrange the partners." Chapelle-san said in his calm tone. "Most of you too often work with one and the same person. For a true chef, there is no such person as the best partner. You should be able to adapt to other people's abilities and opinions. And we shall start with..."
Megumi was shaking crazy. Mentally, she went back to the first day when she met Yukihira Soma. Like that day, she was attacked by aggressive glares from her classmates. Unlike Soma, however, she was more affected by them, fearfully whimpering.
But why? And where was her partner?
"I want you to mark my words, Yukihira!" She heard the familiar voice behind. Turning her head, she saw the infamous Italian student, Takumi Aldini, standing with his finger pointed at Soma in challenging manner. "Today is the day of your defeat!"
"You don't wanna ask Chapelle-san judge like you did in Camp, right?" Soma grinned mischievously, causing Takumi to blush furiously at the statement. He then glared at his younger brother high-fiving Soma.
While Takumi was scolding his brother and Yukihira for their childish behavior, Megumi saw the expressions of the surrounding students' faces and realized two things. First, all of them were girls and currently showering Takumi with adored looks. Secondly, she saw that the only people without a partner were her and Aldini.
'Oh no...' Tadokoro thought, feeling herself like in the ocean with sharks. And not usual carnivores, but jealous and head over heels for Italian boy sharks.
"Nice to meet you, Tadokoro-chan." Takumi smiled at her, bowing and taking her hand. After all, greeting and treating a young woman like a gentleman, as his uncle said, was one of the things he should do as a man.
What he did next, however, was, in the long run, one of the most stupid things to do. With a smile, he planted a small kiss on the back of her hand. Instantly, Tadokoro's face became as red as tomatoes from the best gardens in Italy, while all the girls around screamed louder than any opera singers could dream to.
Chapelle rubbed his chin, looking at the picture.
"Why do I get the feeling I have just put someone in the grave danger?"
And that was just the beginning of the Hell for Tadokoro Megumi.
Turns out, Soma had a lot things to ask about Italian cuisine and ended up spending lots of time with Isami. And what did Takumi have left to do?
Naturally, he started hanging out with Megumi as much as Soma did with Isami.
In the process, he often was trying to prove himself as superior to Soma in being "Tadokoro's partner". Once again, Megumi had two things to curse with passion...
First, the ridiculously bad word choice all male students seemed to make whenever talking to a girl.
And second, Takumi's love for dramatic effects.
"Just you wait, Yukihira!" Takumi exclaimed, standing with finger pointing at Soma. "I will make Tadokoro admit that I am a better partner than you are!"
Thanks to Tadokoro's luck, he said the last part exactly when all the girls from his fan club entered the room. The blue haired girl gulped at the murderous glares all members started sending her.
"And maybe she will even want to stay by my side forever." Takumi taunted with a smile before turning to Tadokoro. "What do you say?"
The murderous aura only intensified.
"...if I survive..."
And thus Tadokoro Megumi ends up here. In a kitchen. Trying to hide from the crazy fan girls.
How long will she have to hide?
She doesn't know. Probably, until Takumi will find a girlfriend, since he never spent so much time with a female student, and Tadokoro was the only candidate for the title of "Love Rival".
Why girls are chasing her and making traps in corridors?
She knows, but none of those worked. On her, at least... But Marui had to live with acidic green hair for some time.
However, there was another question that she couldn't even remotely think of an answer to.
'Why were guys avoiding her?'
"HEY! I SAW HER OVER THERE!"
"GIRLS, WE SHALL GET MY TAKUMI BACK!"
"Wait a minute-... Why is he YOURS?!"
Tadokoro started shaking in the corner of the room, ready to use a frying pan as a weapon.
Why was she so unlucky with partners?
Aldini Brothers' Room.
"YOU DID WHAT?!" Takumi screamed at the top of his lungs, as red as fresh tomato. Isami just smiled as he casually put one of the photo albums back on the shelf.
"What can I say, onii-chan," the brunette shrugged, grinning like a shark. "Your baby photos are just too irresistably cute!" He exclaimed before laughing uncontrollably.
"WHY DID YOU SHOW THEM TO YUKIHIRA?! OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE?!"
"Don't worry, brother. He said that he was not going to make fun of them..."
"Well, that's a relief." He smiled calm. Maybe Soma was more mature than he initially thought of him.
"...he just took a few of them for his friends in Polar Star."
Takumi's face became chalk white. And not only because he would be seen in his school play costume. Not because he wore Peter Pan costume. But because...
"Onii-chan," Isami called out, breaking his brother out of his thoughts. "You'd better confess to Tadokoro-chan sooner." He said with a smirk.
"H-How did you..."
"Just saying." Isami smiled, ignoring the heated rant Takumi started.
After all, Isami was not so much of an idiot to miss his brother's change in behavior.
And this whole "I am a better partner" thing was so out of character for Takumi. Who would believe it?
This was not a competition with Yukihira...
This was just the beginning of the war for Tadokoro's heart...
I hope you liked it!
Personal thanks to Lady Daitoryu for coming up with this pairing! Be sure, that other couples from your list will have a chapter for them!
To all the other reviewers, I will definitely write chapters about your suggested couples too. Have idea? Write it!
By the way:
1) What do you think about GenderSwap couples?
Personally, I am not a big fan of Yaoi, but damn it! Takumj just acts like a typical tsundere! So, should I write some of those?
2) What do you think about AU chapters?
Just to clarify, soon I am going to upload the oneshot chapter from "On the other side of the Table" with Souma×Secret pairing. And I wanted to know if you would like to see AU versions of couples?
If you do and have certain ideas, be sure to write them in comments.
So far, that's all!
Bye, guys and girls!
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