Copyright and Disclaimer:
I do not own Shokugeki no Soma, or any of its characters, sadly. It all belongs to, Yūto Tsukuda and Yoshitomo Yonetani. Only the character Yukihira Saika belongs to me.
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I am currently sitting on my bed with my arms and legs crossed. I was glaring at the wall as if it was the reason for my frustration. Why did Soma just had to do scissors at a time like that? All I could see in my head now was Soma's smug face when I put out paper and he put out scissors. So in the end, Soma won and now he gets to do the Shokugeki. They bargained that if he wins, Mito has to join the Bowl RS and if he wins he has to get expelled. The theme decided was meat bowls.
After Mito left the four of us stayed in the club room and started to research ideas from the RS's recipe books. We made many different types of bowl's with Konishi-senpai judging whether or not it is good enough. So far, none of them succeed. The entire time I was salty toward Soma.
There was suddenly a knock at my door. I stood up, walked to the door and opened it. There before me was Soma. He had a sheepish grin on and he was scratching the back of his neck.
"Hehe, sorry 'bout before. Please stop being mad."
"Humph! I'll just leave you to do the Shokugeki yourself. Tomorrow I'm gonna look at the other research societies. This doesn't mean I have fully forgiven you yet." I then puffed out my cheeks and looked away.
"Awwwww, look at you!" Soma says while pinching my cheek. I shout out and complain in protest of this abuse.
"Soma is right though, you do look very cute." Soma and I both stopped and looked up above my bed. We both stared at Isshiki-senpai's head popping out of the ceiling. There was complete silence for a few seconds before it hit me.
"Isshiki-senpai, why are you here?"
"I heard one of my poor kouhais was sad so I came to visit."
"O-Oh, thanks Isshiki-senpai." I replied.
The next day after classes, I went to the board that Tadokoro had shown Soma and I yesterday. I scanned the board for any thing that looked worth checking out. I took photos of the ones I was interested to go to and went off looking for them.
The first one I visited is the one that Tadokoro said she was in, the Local Cuisine RS. All their ingredients were freshly imported from local farms and such. Everyone there was so friendly and helpful just like Tadokoro. I went to the Italian cuisine RS, French cuisine RS, Chanko nabe RS and even the cutting edge RS. Though it did require some time for them to warm up to me since my image as a demon is still around. The Chinese cuisine RS was very fancy. I felt poor just standing in front of the place. But the Senpai that was the president was very open and claimed that I was 'too cute to be scary'. I think his was Kuga-senpai.
My last stop was a place that specialises in herbs and spices, Shiomi Seminar. The outside looked a bit old and run down. I open the door and step in. There were papers, files and pens laying around everywhere.
"Hello?" I called out to the seemingly empty place. There was a few seconds of silence before someone burst through the side door and fell directly on their face. The large pile of papers they were holding sprawled all over the floor. I immediately rush to their side.
"Uhhhhhh, excuse me. Are you alright?"
The person, who I now see is a girl, looks up at me and their eyes widen. "We have a guest?!" She tries to quickly gather her papers but ends up failing due to dropping some as she picks up the others. I help her pick up the remaining and give them to her.
"A-Ah, thank you," she bows then places the papers on a table nearby. "My name is Shiomi Jun. I am the professor at the Shiomi Seminar."
"Ehhhh?! You aren't a student?"
"I'm an adult, I'll have you know."
"I'm sorry." I said sweat dropping.
After that misunderstanding, Shiomi-sensei told me to sit down and wait while she made tea. After a few minutes she came back holding a tray with tea and three cups on top. 'Three?' I thought to myself. Then my answer walked through the door.
"Jun, you forgot to water the plants again." came a familiar voice. I turn my head around to see if it was the person I was thought it was. There before me was Hayama Akira. He had a slightly agitated look on this face.
"A-Ah, thanks for reminding me, Hayama-kun."
"I already did it. You also forgot yesterday, and the day before that and even the day before that." as Hayama-kun continued to scold Shiomi-sensei, her presence seemed to become smaller and smaller. Hayama-kun didn't seem to notice me until he finished scolding the now even smaller Shiomi-sensei who was on the ground bow repetitively to Hayama-kun.
"Uhhh... Yo, Hayama-kun." I say still a bit confused with what I just witnessed.
"Ah, Yukihira-san. Sorry you had to see that."
"I-It's alright, I guess." I replied scratching the back of my neck.
I heard a gasp come from Shiomi-sensei. Hayama-kun probably also heard it since we both look down at her at the same time. She stood up and clasped her hands together. Her eyes filled with tears of... joy?
"I can't believe it." We both waited in silence for Shiomi-sensei to continue, "Hayama-kun has... friends." her eyes sparkled even more if that was possible.
"Jun..." Hayama-kun said with a heavy sigh.
Shiomi-sensei then wrapped her arms around Hayama-kun's torso. "I'm so proud of you."
Hayama-kun was able to calm down Shiomi-sensei after a while and we were able to sit down and drink our now lukewarm tea.
"So what brings you here Yukihira-san?" Shiomi-sensei asked.
I explained to them that I just spent the rest of the day visiting many research societies and this was my last stop.
"While you're here why don't we give you a tour?" Shiomi-sensei suggested.
"Sure."
They showed me their kitchens, research rooms that were piled with documents and files but most impressive of all was their greenhouse and garden where they grow all different kinds of herbs and spices. They were all lined up neatly and everything was labelled.
"Wow!" I exclaimed. As I walked through the garden I thought about what I could make with such a large variety of spices to use. 'Hayama-kun you lucky bastard.' I thought. After the little tour, they offered me to stay for dinner and a position in the seminar. I declined both though I said I would visit often. They also gave me permission to use their freshly grown spices and herbs whenever I want since I'm 'Hayama-kun's first friend' according to Shiomi-sensei.
I said goodbye to the both of them and started to walk back to the dormitory. On the way I met up with Soma and Tadokoro. They both looked dejected and completely drained of energy. Apparently, they still haven't found a good enough recipe. I told them that I will join them tomorrow. They both agreed and the three of us walked the rest of the way back to the dormitory talking about different recipe ideas.
Tomorrow is the last day of preparation for this battle. We better make it count!
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A/N:
Hello!
I am hoping to update (roughly) every 1st, 11th and 22nd of every month.
This might not work out. I'm just trialing this for now.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAS VOTED AND COMMENTED! It makes me really happy knowing that people are enjoying this book and are able to give me suggestions on how to make it better! If I don't reply to comments it's just because I'm really awkward and I don't know how to respond.
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(Word count: 1241) (11th April 2019)
- Vina