Hiro's thoughts

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give me your stones or I'll die

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They got to Soma's station and had a Soufflé Omelet that was made on the spot. Hiro smiled and said "As expected, you came up with something again." Soma smiled and chuckled, Gin smiled and said "What are you doing tonight?" Soma blinked "Nothing?"

Gin and Hiro grinned and just chuckled before walking away.

Soma felt a shiver down his spine and shook it off, continuing to cook.

Gin said "Tomorrow night all the alumni are cooking for the students." Hiro said "Me too?" Gin nodded and added "And Zero-chan." Hiro sighed "I don't want to embarrass the other chefs..." Gin's mouth twitched and he said "You can cook for them as well... It's a learning experience?"

Hiro rubbed his chin and muttered "I guess so... What a hassle." Gin just laughed.

A bit later

Gin announced the end of the competition and the students let out breaths of relief. Hiro was about to leave, when he was stopped by Isami and Takumi, while Alice jumped at him and hugged him like an octopus, saying happily "Uncle Hiro!" Takumi and Isami smiled "Teacher!"

Hiro chuckled and said "Sheesh, what is this? A robbery? I knew I should've kept my disguise on..." The three chuckled and asked expectedly "What about our food?" Hiro smiled and said in italian "Your Frittata was good but your cutting skills haven't improved with time, Takumi. The individual pieces inside the egg weren't all uniform. There was a 3 millimeter range of differences between them all."

He was extremely serious and Takumi nodded seriously, saying "I'll be better." Hiro nodded and looked at Isami, saying in italian again "Your Poached eggs is a classic dish, not suitable for this type of event, but you made it work. You're trying very hard and that's good! Giving yourself tough challenges is good for your growth but try not to overdo it. What I mean by that isn't that you're not good enough. I know your talent, I'm saying, don't do something so hard that you fail and get kicked out of school."

He was very serious and continued "The prosciutto was perfectly sliced, the eggs were overcooked by a second and the freshly made 'salsa' was good but not every piece was exactly the same cude shape or size. There was a slight difference between them all, fortunately it was over with different ingredients. The tomatoes were all the same, the rest of the ingredients were like this as well, which is fine but if they were all the exact same the flavor with be even better. Keep working hard."

He smiled happily and patted their heads, adding "You've come a long way but the road is endless. If you need my help, you know where to find me." they both smiled and nodded, Isami hesitated but finally asked in grief "Teacher, do I really look like Buddha?" Hiro blinked before laughing and saying "You do! Maybe I should buy you prayer beads?"

Takumi chuckled and Isami almost cried, Hiro smiled and said "Alright, alright, you have another challenge in 4 hours, go rest." they both left with Takumi comforting Isami while chuckling. Hiro looked at Alice helplessly, then at the boy following him.

He said in english "Alice, sweetheart, can you get off me?" Alice pouted "I haven't seen you in 15 years! Jeez!" Hiro was speechless and said "How is that my fault?" she turned her cheek and puffed them "You never visited!"

Hiro was helpless and said "Look, your boyfriend is getting jealous. Aiya, I have a wife, you know." She giggled and looked at Ryo before saying embarrassingly "He's not my boyfriend." as she turned away and blushed slightly.

Ryo was stunned, was he? Even he didn't know.

Hiro pried her off him and smiled "You need more candy?" Alice's eyes lit up but she shook her head and smiled happily "No, I still have some from last time." Hiro was stunned and looked at her saying "You kept them?! They're 15 years old, you'll get sick if you eat those." She smiled "Uncle's first gift, part of the reason I want to be a chef. They're treasures to me."

Aiyo!

Hiro's heart felt warm, what a cute girl! He smiled softly and patted her head, saying "Uncle will make you more, don't worry about it. Go with your friends quickly, you only have 4 hours to sleep." He looked at Ryo and smiled, this kid was good. He looked like a hoodlum, Hiro liked him.

His breakfast was also stellar, he really was a good chef.

Fish wasn't Hiro's specialty, but he knew how to make it.

Maybe he should take Ryo in as his student?

That would be interesting.

Maybe later.

Alice left with Ryo and waved goodbye to Hiro, who smiled and waved back before leaving with his own thoughts.

He got back to his room and heard Zerotwo groaning in bed, looking for him. He smiled and took out the bowl of breakfast, walking over and softly waking her up, saying "Honey~ Time for breakfast~" she pouted with her eyes closed "But I want some lovin'" he chuckled and kissed her lips saying "I love you~"

She smiled and kissed him again before slowly sitting up and half opening her eyes with a silly smile on her face. He sat next to her and blew on the spoonful of food before feeding her with a gentle smile, she giggled and ate with him feeding her.

He was happy, she was so cute.

He really loved this damn cute ass bitch.