Aldini Isami/ Tadokoro Megumi, Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma G, 639 words, no tags
As the apprentice of a proficient Italian Apothecary and a student at Toutsuki Academy of Sorcery, Isami has seen some gross misuse of magic.
Megumi salvaging half-dead vegetables from the school garden is not one of them. It's strange, really, that a girl with such strong grasp of Earth magic would choose to spend her time caring for cauliflower plants, especially when Isami has seen her summon clay dragons from the ground during duels.
"Isami-kun!" Megumi nearly drops her basket when she spots him, but Isami uses a quick levitation spell to keep her vegetables from hitting the ground.
"Sorry for surprising you," Isami says while Megumi carefully plucks her carrots from thin air. "What are you making?"
"Yuuki-chan is not feeling well, so I'm making a healing stew for her."
The Aldini Apothecary specialized in potions, and Isami has plenty of experience formulating tasteless healing serums to be incorporated into meals. Megumi, however, practiced more holistic methods-- something Isami and Takumi hadn't even heard about until arriving at Toutsuki. "May I watch? Nii-chan is busy studying with Souma, so I'm bored."
"Of course!" Megumi nods and misses the teasing tone in Isami's voice.
There's something terrifyingly endearing about her, Isami thinks while following Megumi into the kitchen of the Polaris Star dorm. Inside, he helps her chop vegetables and grind magic-soaked basil leaves into paste. The cooking process is messy and leaves smudges of green on the apron Megumi lends him, but Isami prefers this to the clinical precision with which he and Takumi brew potions.
"Sweet potatoes are out of season," Isami says when he spots them in Megumi's basket. It's early August, yet Isami sometimes feels cold without his winter weight. He recalls winters in Italy and the sweet potato casserole his father made the first time Takumi hexed someone for calling Isami fat.
"Oh!" Megumi gives him a small smile. "I used a spell to recreate peak-season conditions. Sweet potatoes contain lycopene, which is an anti-inflammatory that reduces swelling. It'll help Yuuki-chan's throat."
Isami already knows about the anti-inflammatory effects, but he feels a swell of affection bubbling at the base of his throat. Megumi is nothing like Souma, yet Isami wonders if this is how his brother feels, too, to be so fond of someone.
They're interrupted when Marui stumbles into the kitchen looking for Fumio-san. "I had an accident while experimenting with a spell," he says behind cracked spectacles. Marui bleeds all over the floor while Megumi fusses over mending his glasses.
"I don't think my healing spell will be enough for your wound," Megumi says after taking a better look at the cut across Marui's leg. "Maybe you should go to the infirmary."
"Wait," Isami says while fumbling through the cabinets. He'd taken inventory of the dorm's stock the last time he stayed over for dinner, and it only takes Isami a few minutes to improvise a potion that cleans and cauterizes Marui's injury.
When Marui cries out in pain, Isami sticks a charmed rhizome of ginger into his mouth. "Chew on that," he says while they watch Marui's wounds close neatly. Later, after Marui has flopped down on the couch in the common room and Souma and Takumi have appeared just to tease Marui, Isami returns to the kitchen to find Megumi with glassy eyes. "What's wrong?
"You're amazing, Isami-kun. I would've never been able to create a potion that fast. I-um, don't perform well under pressure."
Isami blinks. "Me? No, you're the amazing one."
Megumi's cheeks grow pink as she turns around to check on her stew. "You're exaggerating."
This makes Isami grin. He returns to his spot next to her and nudges Megumi gently. "Why don't we agree to disagree?"
"Okay." Megumi smiles, and Isami can't help but smile back.
FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/NARUKO SHOUKICHI, G
G, 639 words, no tags
As the apprentice of a proficient Italian Apothecary and a student at Toutsuki Academy of Sorcery, Isami has seen some gross misuse of magic.
Megumi salvaging half-dead vegetables from the school garden is not one of them. It's strange, really, that a girl with such strong grasp of Earth magic would choose to spend her time caring for cauliflower plants, especially when Isami has seen her summon clay dragons from the ground during duels.
"Isami-kun!" Megumi nearly drops her basket when she spots him, but Isami uses a quick levitation spell to keep her vegetables from hitting the ground.
"Sorry for surprising you," Isami says while Megumi carefully plucks her carrots from thin air. "What are you making?"
"Yuuki-chan is not feeling well, so I'm making a healing stew for her."
The Aldini Apothecary specialized in potions, and Isami has plenty of experience formulating tasteless healing serums to be incorporated into meals. Megumi, however, practiced more holistic methods-- something Isami and Takumi hadn't even heard about until arriving at Toutsuki. "May I watch? Nii-chan is busy studying with Souma, so I'm bored."
"Of course!" Megumi nods and misses the teasing tone in Isami's voice.
There's something terrifyingly endearing about her, Isami thinks while following Megumi into the kitchen of the Polaris Star dorm. Inside, he helps her chop vegetables and grind magic-soaked basil leaves into paste. The cooking process is messy and leaves smudges of green on the apron Megumi lends him, but Isami prefers this to the clinical precision with which he and Takumi brew potions.
"Sweet potatoes are out of season," Isami says when he spots them in Megumi's basket. It's early August, yet Isami sometimes feels cold without his winter weight. He recalls winters in Italy and the sweet potato casserole his father made the first time Takumi hexed someone for calling Isami fat.
"Oh!" Megumi gives him a small smile. "I used a spell to recreate peak-season conditions. Sweet potatoes contain lycopene, which is an anti-inflammatory that reduces swelling. It'll help Yuuki-chan's throat."
Isami already knows about the anti-inflammatory effects, but he feels a swell of affection bubbling at the base of his throat. Megumi is nothing like Souma, yet Isami wonders if this is how his brother feels, too, to be so fond of someone.
They're interrupted when Marui stumbles into the kitchen looking for Fumio-san. "I had an accident while experimenting with a spell," he says behind cracked spectacles. Marui bleeds all over the floor while Megumi fusses over mending his glasses.
"I don't think my healing spell will be enough for your wound," Megumi says after taking a better look at the cut across Marui's leg. "Maybe you should go to the infirmary."
"Wait," Isami says while fumbling through the cabinets. He'd taken inventory of the dorm's stock the last time he stayed over for dinner, and it only takes Isami a few minutes to improvise a potion that cleans and cauterizes Marui's injury.
When Marui cries out in pain, Isami sticks a charmed rhizome of ginger into his mouth. "Chew on that," he says while they watch Marui's wounds close neatly. Later, after Marui has flopped down on the couch in the common room and Souma and Takumi have appeared just to tease Marui, Isami returns to the kitchen to find Megumi with glassy eyes. "What's wrong?
"You're amazing, Isami-kun. I would've never been able to create a potion that fast. I-um, don't perform well under pressure."
Isami blinks. "Me? No, you're the amazing one."
Megumi's cheeks grow pink as she turns around to check on her stew. "You're exaggerating."
This makes Isami grin. He returns to his spot next to her and nudges Megumi gently. "Why don't we agree to disagree?"
"Okay." Megumi smiles, and Isami can't help but smile back.
To Isami, Megumi is nothing but agreeable.