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tasting spices

[hgeegh]

[When Sanji strolls into the kitchen, he doesn't expect to find Anna there surrounded by spices. He's ditched his suit jacket and tie, leaving him in a loose collared dress shirt and trousers as he approaches, equal parts concerned and curious.]

Are you cooking, Yanami-san?

[makeine]

Sort of! I got a taste of the spice mix I was asking you about, so I'm trying to figure out what it was made of.

[ by taking little.. samples... gently tapped out onto a plate. ]

Can you do me a favor and keep watch? I don't want Will-kun to find me like this.

[hgeegh]

[So it is for Will. Ugh, what a lucky guy. Sanji gives her a salute.]

Aye aye.

[He takes a seat in one of the stools across her, positioned just so to keep an eye on the entrance. This turns him away from Anna for the most part, but keeps them within range for conversation.]

Are you making it soon?

[makeine]

Maybe? I have a lot to do next week, but I'd like to... it's customary for girlfriends to make their fellas lunch at the very least.

[ and this would bang on some rice. truly. hmm. this and that, maybe. if only she hadn't finished it off... ]

[hgeegh]

[Ugh! What a lucky guy! Especially if she decides to feed himself by telling him to say, "Aah" . . . Sanji is so envious.]

Right. I'm sure you'd like to work on the lunch by yourself, but is there anything else I can do to help?

[makeine]

[ stay envious she absolutely will. ]

Actually, I'd be happy if you joined me. Cooking's more fun when there's company around, right?

[hgeegh]

[Hhhhh!!]

Uh, really?

[She's okay with him encroaching on the cooking process? Well, maybe they have different notions of what it means to cook for someone.]

Then I'd love to help. Whatever you need, I'll get it done!

[makeine]

Will-kun's from a more western country, so I'd definitely appreciate it! I'll snag you when I'm ready to give it a shot.

[ fun!!! cooking... for now though, she's still trying different combos.

oh. she could probably ask ritsuka to be a taste tester for her too. ]

How're you feeling? After everything that happened today... I didn't realize how exciting it could get, for better and worse.

[hgeegh]

[He nods. He'll drop everything to be of assistance, whenever it may be.

For worse, huh.]

Me neither. I didn't think the match ceremony would be so intense. But I'm fine. [Just worried and sober.] . . . How are you feeling?

[makeine]

[ anna suddenly feels like she's going to be asked that a lot. well, between minami and mitaka... she gets it, but she'd really rather move on... ]

A-okay! If I wasn't, would I be here?

[ systematically putting together bits of spices and trying them until they taste vaguely similar to a dish she's had all of once as the night goes on. ]

[hgeegh]

Heh. Guess not.

[This is the game they're going to play, eh? He doesn't want to keep pushing, so he decides to change course to something more enjoyable for them.]

You mentioned before that you make your own lunches. Do you like cooking?

[makeine]

[ no man wants to push with her...... ]

I do! I'm not amazing at it, but it's really fun. I learned so I'd be a perfect wife. I know how to needle-felt too.

[ that's also fun!!!!!! making cute little dudes!!!! ]

[hgeegh]

[She's too powerful to push.

Cooking in order to be the perfect wife . . . He would swoon if not for everything else.]

You do? What do you make?

[makeine]

Cute li'l dudes.

[ never elaborated on so world is my oyster. ]

Like rabbits and mice.

[hgeegh]

Really? You know, I'm pretty fond of mice myself.

[Because they ate his food when nobody else would.]

[makeine]

Really? I thought a chef like you would hate them.

[ that's so sad. where's remy. ]

[hgeegh]

[Remy dearest.]

It's a pain when they get into the stores, but their only crime is hunger. I feed and release the ones I catch in traps.

[makeine]

[ whoa... she really has to work hard to make him and. mitaka work out. anna's pausing in her spice mixing to look up at his turned back. ]

You're so kind, Sanji-kun. I doubt a lot of others would see things that way. Even I didn't, but I totally get it now.

[hgeegh]

[Sometimes he cooks them, but that's another story for another time.

The compliment warms him, of course. Anna never has a shortage of things to say, and times like these remind him that she's as thoughtful as she is fierce.]

It's just my policy. Just like how you never give up, I refuse to let anyone go hungry.

[makeine]

[ "she's thoughtful" nukumizu would disagree, but he's also dense as bricks. ]

An admirable one for sure.

[ hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.




it's missing something kicky. pepper? peppery... ]

Is it because you work in a restaurant? Or is it like a family creed type of thing? My dad's always telling me not to be a sheep. I don't really get what he does with animals, but he really presses on herd dynamics...

[hgeegh]

Something like that. [She's warmer than she knows. In some ways, the answer is both.] I went without food for a couple months before. That's the entire reason I ended up at the restaurant.

[ . . . Anyway:] But sheep, eh? Are you and your dad close?

[makeine]

A couple months?! I think I'd die if I didn't eat for a whole day!

[ she's absolutely been in and out to graze on snacks. this girl really does love food. ]

And I guess so. I'm no "daddy's little girl" but he does always make sure I have the best cuts of meat and gives me life advice. Like how you can't eat beef until you're in high school.

[ apparently the yanami family situation is considered "pandora's box" by nukumizu so we avoid it when possible. he seems protective, anyway. ]

[hgeegh]

[Fair and valid, because he would die in her stead if she didn't eat for a whole day.

Pandora's box . . . ]

Huh? Is there such a rule?

[makeine]

Uh, yeah? That's why I was so excited to get into high school... I could finally get some juicy, succulent beef into this baby.

[ ...

it might not have been cow meat he was talking about. ]

[hgeegh]

[Wh. What?

Sanji has to twist toward her for this one.]

Uh . . . Exactly what kind of beef are you referring to, Yanami-san?