“It's time to buy some groceries again,“ Mahiru announced “does anyone want to come with me?“ His eyes glanced over to Kuro and Sakuya, who were currently sitting on the couch.
Without glancing up from his phone, the servamp mumbled out a “Nah, I'll pass.“, followed by the other vampire answering with a “I don't feel like going today, sorry Mahi.“
The brunette nodded, having expected their reactions. “Alright, I'll be back soon!“ As the keys were picked up, the sound of the keychains clanking together filled the apartment, shortly before the thud of a closing door.
Then, the usual silence fell onto the two remaining males, with only the low noise of the TV and occasional beeps from a game disturbing it.
Bored, the shorter one's eyes dart around the room, bouncing his leg slightly as he tried to come up with something to keep himself occupied with, something that'd be more interesting than the show. He finally broke the silence “Hey, Kuro“.
The blue haired vampire lets out a short “Mrrp?“
“We should cook something“
Red eyes look up from the phone. “...Why?“
“Oh-“ The subclass gestured. “Usually, Mahi cooks, so wouldn't it be great to surprise him for once?“
Without skipping a beat he replied “Yeah, you do that... I'm busy.”, then returning to his phone, only to have it ripped out of his hands by the excited green haired boy.
“It'll be fun~“ The two look at each other for a moment. “Don't you want to see him smile when he comes home when food is already on the table~?“ Sakuya asked.
This finally got the lazy boy to rethink. “...Fine,“ he sighed, slowly raising himself off the couch, “What are we making?“
“Hmm...“ he put his hand to his chin “... We should check the fridge to see what's left...“ His hand grabbed the servamp's hand, dragging him into the kitchen in a fast pace.
He then opened said fridge, peering inside, as well as the tired vampire next to him, who soon spoke up “Might be enough for hamburger steak...“
A quiet gasp left the Sakuya's lips “Oh, that's perfect! Surprising him with his favorite food... he's going to be so happy!“ he smiled to himself. “Then, let's get started!“
They both set up everything, putting all the tools they'll need on the kitchen counter as well as the ingredients, washing their hands before doing so.
“Sooo...“ the blue haired vampire dragged out his words “What will I be doing? I never really cooked...“
The subclass blinked at him, pausing for a moment, before saying “You can turn them once they're in the pan, I'll take care of the rest“
He was met with a short “Okay“ before Kuro grabbed his phone, playing on it idly as he was waiting on his cooking partner to finish up his part.
After a short while, the green haired boy was done, quickly announcing that and putting the first batch into the pan before working on making more.
However, the Servamp was far too gone into his game, not really paying attention to what is to soon be burned on the stove. It was just when the burnt smell arose that the boys realized what is happening.
A hand reaches for the patties inside, grabbing one only to drop it because of the heat, the hand being pulled away along with the whole pan off, both of them jumping back as it hits the floor with everything it contained, staining the area around it with the oil and fallen apart patties.
They stared at the mess, then at each other, until finally the taller one spoke up with guilt striking his face “... Sorry... about that“ With that, he backed away a bit. “Is... your hand okay?“
His counterpart breathed in air sharply, just then realising how it stung and looking at the burn, which luckily was a minor one “Yeah, it should be fine, I'll run it under cold water... Can you grab the cleaning supplies?“
Turning around, the servamp gave a nod, walking towards the cupboard with said supplies.
A door creaks open, followed by keys jingling as they are put down onto the table again and a familiar voice calls out “Hey guys, I'm home!“ Footsteps approach the kitchen, following the noise of running water.
Both vampires freeze up and look towards the entrance, where Mahiru now stood looking into the kitchen. A moment of silence follows, until he spoke up “Hey, what happened?“
They look at each other, then back at the brunette, with a look of guilt.
“We... thought we'd cook for you... but it went down hill...“ the subclass admitted, the other nodded.
“You were trying to cook for me?“ A sweet smile spread across the human's face. “That's so sweet of you!“ He then added “Maybe I could help?“
“Er-“ They were both taken aback a bit, not expecting such a bright reaction.
“...You helping out wasn't really... part of the plan.“ The green haired vampire rubbed his neck “But I guess the surprise is blown anyways...? So, uh, sure, it'd be nice cooking with you...“
Mahiru scanned over the kitchen. “We should probably clean first... Kuro had the supplies already, didn't he?“
They turned around to find said boy sneaking out of the kitchen leaving the supplies behind. He looked back at them slowly and spoke. “I probably shouldn't help anyways... I'd be in the way.” The Servamp explained in a low tone.
The brunette blinked at him before giving him a reassuring smile. “You wouldn't... now come back here, it really would be nice to do all of this together.”
As soon as he came back, Mahiru helped the two of them clean up before going back to cooking. He briefly looked over everything done already, smiling a bit more “This is hamburger steak, right?“
Both vampires nodded, taking in the beautiful smile shining on Mahiru's face.
“I see we'd still need something to go with it. How about we grate some raddishes? I happened to buy some.“
Sakuya's hand briefly shot up “Oh! Can I do that?“
“Of course!- Wait, is that a burn on your hand?“ He reached to take the injured finger gently, inspecting it.
“It's nothing bad, really!“ The subclass protested to no avail as the brunette promptly pulled a small band-aid box out of one of the cupboards.
“I'd still like to put a band-aid on it... you might bump into it, only hurting your finger more.“ He once again reached for the finger, carefully wrapping it around the vampire's finger.
As soon as he was done, he started. “Well now that that has been taken care of, Kuro,“ The brunette gestured over to the already formed patties of hamburger steak. “We'll be in charge of cooking them in the pan.“
As his eyes looked over to the servamp, he nodded slightly, scooting closer to the pan and looking at it with an uncertain expression.
In just a moment, new patties sizzled away in the pan, watched by the two currently in charge of them as the green-haired boy next to them washed the radishes and finally grating them. A wonderful smell spread across the kitchen once more as the patties slowly gained their color.
The human spoke up again after a little more time of watching the pan. “We should turn them now.“ He said as he grabbed the spatula and handing it to Kuro, who hesitated before trying to turn the patties. However, in the process a scratching sound uncomfortable enough to make the handler cringe is made.
“Ah-“ Mahiru put his hand over the vampire's. “You shouldn't apply that much pressure on it... the patty will lift off the pan easily.“ The brunette instructed while leading his hand, gently flipping the patties one by one like this “See?“ Looking at the blue haired boy, who was now even closer to him, he gave a gentle smile.
“...Okay, thanks Mahiru.“ A slight blush spread across his cheeks, a spark in his eyes with nothing else really telling how he felt about being taught like this...
For the rest of the patties, Kuro was left with the responsibility of flipping them. This time around, he paid attention to those instead of his phone, so they turned out well. Maybe a tiny bit burnt here and there, but overall good.
Soon, the three of them set up the table with food and sat down.
Just before taking the first bite as the two vampires glaced over to him with anticipation, Mahiru spoke in a happy tone “It was so sweet of you to make me food,“ The teen disregarded the part where he helped completely, taking a bite before continuing on “And it taste’s good, too!”
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