Chapter 3-Cooking

'Sigh* fans nowadays are quite scary and are quite annoying.' thought Soma as he was heading towards the examination building.

Arriving at the location, he saw plenty of people outside scared shitless, he assumed those were the other participants.

Soma called someone out, trying to fish out some information.

"Hey! Kid, why are you running?"Soma called out a 15 year old boy black hair, black eyes, totally a random mob.

"M-Monsieur Yukihira, it's just… the exam instructor is Nakiri Erina" said the boy.

'Oya~ Oya~ Oya~ I didn't expect we'll meet this early E~ri~na" thought Soma to himself.

"Thanks kid." said Soma towards the boy

-Scene Break-

Entering the examination building Soma said "Sorry~ I'm late."

The two people left in the building turned towards him.

Getting a clear look on who were the two people left Soma saw a honey blond hair and pink haired girl

"Yo! Erina, I'm back" raising one hand Soma said with a toothy grin.

"Soma" Erina, however, was on the verge of crying seeing her childhood friend and crush after so long.

"Soma! You're finally back!``said Erina running towards him.

But a pink blur passed her while shouting "SOOOOMMAAAAA!!!" and tackled Soma to the ground.

*THUD*

Soma falled to the ground with Hisako's hands on his waist. Snuggling her head on his abdomen and she was—

Sniffing?

*SNIFF*

*SNIFF*

"Soma! It really is you!``said Hisako while not letting go.

Soma just smiled at her antics and pats her head.

*Ruffle*

*Ruffle*

"There, there I'm back now and won't be going anywhere anytime soon." Said Soma.

While this was happening different emotions flashed through Erina's face, shocked, disappointed, embarrassed and jealousy.

"So indecent."

"HISAKO! Let go of him right now!" Erina said feeling pissed.

Hisako comes out of her stupor and quickly moves away from Soma, standing up and returning to Erina's back.

Soma also stands up not wanting to be the receiving end of Erina's rage.

Erina then walked towards, stopped in front of him, pulled her right hand back and slapped him right in the face.

*PAK*

As the echo of the slap could be heard, Erina said "That was for leaving me without saying anything."

Soma could only reply while looking down "I'm sorry." feeling guilty that he left without saying anything to her.

Erina continued "And this is for how much I've missed you" then she hugs Soma letting out some tears.

Soma could only pat her head and said "I'm sorry" with a small sad smile.

After a few moments of their reunion. Erina let go of Soma as he did the same.

"I think we should start your examination," Said Erina while blushing.

"I think so too," replied Soma.

Erina picks up an egg and says, "You'll be making me a dish with egg as the main ingredient"

"Sure, just a quick question," Soma said.

Erina just nodded her head, gesturing to Soma to continue.

"Had both of you already eaten some breakfast?"Soma asked.

""Yes"" replied both Erina and Hisako at the same time.

"I see, then a light dish will be coming right up." as he said that he took his trademark headband from his left wrist and tied it into his head.

As Erina and Hisako said, Soma quickly headed towards the kitchen table getting the ingredients he needed.

'Something light, egg as the main ingredient without filling the stomach too much.' Soma thought to myself inwardly,'Aha!' I finally know what I make.

Picking what he needed, he headed back towards his station and started cooking.

Be consistent, precise and be accurate there's no room for error.

As he finished chanting his mantra, he started cooking,

[Erina P.O.V]

I looked at Soma as he starts cooking his dish, 'It's been a long time since I saw him cook, I wonder how much has he improved'

He's so precise and accurate yet keeps a calm face, unlike his usual goofy and happy go lucky attitude, a true sign of professionalism.

I looked at what he's doing, 'Chopping tomatoes and garlic, caramelizing the garlic then adding the tomatoes and adding red wine. hm, must be the sauce'

As I was thinking about what he was making, Hisako asked me, "What do you think he is cooking Erina-sama?"

"I don't know, all I know is that he's making the sauce first, maybe we should ask him." I replied.

"Soma what are you making?" I asked him

"Oya~ you don't know? I guess you'll have to wait and find out." he said with a grin and he returned to cooking.

I looked behind me and saw Hisako watching Soma intently as he was making his dish.

'His moves are so intoxicating, he sure knows how to capture attention with his cooking' I said to myself.

[Soma P.O.V]

Letting the sauce simmer, I quickly started to prepare my main dish, Separating the whites and the yolk into a different bowl, adding heavy milk into the yolk, mixing it with a whisk, after that using a hand mixer on the whites whipping to a stiff peak.

Add the yolk to the whites, fold them gently, season with salt and pepper, 'seasoning, good' as I taste a small amount.

'Time to cook', put the pan on the stove on low heat adding a teaspoon of butter making sure It doesn't stick, put the mixture in the pan and I put the lid on.

While that was cooking, I turned off the heat on the sauce, I then used a hand blender making sure there were no large chunks in it, then I got a bowl putting a strainer on top of it and poured the sauce onto it and gently pushed it through the strainer with a spatula.

I then took a small taste of the sauce making sure it's seasoned properly, ' it's good'.

The timer rings, meaning the souffle is cooked, turning off the fire, then I plate it, add some sauce and add some freshly chopped parsley.

Heading towards the table near Erina and Hisako, I put down my dish and said.

"3 Yukihira style souffle, Oagari yo!"