House Party

After class ended, the day was over and Shike, Belle, Alexia, Illya, and I all gathered together at our house. Naomi and Boo were apparently hosting a house party with the five of us, which meant that when they were ready, they would come to get us and we would hang out at night.

"What do we want for lunch?" I asked everybody, putting my apron on.

"Why the hell are you wearing that thing? Baking sweets or something?" Shike asked me playfully. I shrugged it off with a slight smile.

"Whatever the fat man would like." Shike's smile turned into a frown and I caused the entire room to break out in laughter.

"Can you do soup?" Illya asked me. She was the last person I expected to ask me for something, but I gladly agreed and got to work.

"Boiling the noodles will be easy, so we'll do that last. However, we can do that early if you'd like. The broth will take a bit, but I have a trick my mom showed me so this can get done fast. Why did you choose soup? Did your parents make anything like that?" I asked Illya.

"Somebody more important to me than them. He used to put a ton of weird stuff in it and take it out at the end, and it ended up being really good by the time it was in my mouth." Illya explained.

"What a coincidence! That's actually what I do as well. Hopefully, it'll turn out just as good as that one person's soup." I told her. I continued making the meal and overheard a conversation between Belle and Shike again.

"Did your attacking class go rough? What's with all of these marks?" Shike asked Belle.

"It's those two bastards again. Richie and Dyna. I beat them in the tournament, remember? They've been upset about it and resorted to injuring me. They say it's an accident, but it's very obviously not." Belle explained.

Both Shike and I jumped the good and slammed the counter right next to her, getting close to her face.

"You tell us if somebody is messing with you. I would kill them if they wanted to continue." Shike told her.

"Same here. I'll break their arms and kick them out of this damn school if they want to be mean about it." I echoed Shike's rage-driven threat.

"Next time it happens I may or may not stab them a few times with my icicles. Don't worry about me guys." Belle told us. I shrugged it off. I knew she was fully capable of taking care of those two. Either way, getting mad about it wouldn't do anything from this kitchen.

I cooked the soup and Illya thoroughly enjoyed it, even asking for seconds. It must've been really good and hot, considering I saw her wipe her eyes while she ate it.

Evening came around and we heard that knock on our door. It was Naomi. I wasn't sure who it was at first, because her hair was a different color earlier in the day. Now, she had pink hair? It was a weird color to have considering it used to be blonde.

"Ready?! You can use our ingredients if you'd like!" Naomi grabbed my wrist and practically dragged me out of our dorm and into hers. There, Boo, Mitra, Myth, and another person seemed to be in the room waiting around. Boo was tapping her arm while staring out of the nearby window, probably lost in thought. Mitra was sleeping on the couch, Myth was meditating in the corner, but the other girl was staring dead at me.

"Hey, I don't believe we met, what's your name?" I asked the orange-eyed girl. She sort of looked like Illya. She had white hair just like her as well. Were they sisters?

"Y-You!" Illya muttered out before silencing herself. She must've seen that Mitra was sleeping.

"It's nice to meet you Sky. My name is Environmental Oath, but you can call me whatever you see fit." She told me.

"Environmental Oath? That's kind of a long name, don't you think? Um... how about Eo? It's just a shortened version of your name." I asked her. She seemed happy with it and stuck close next to me as Naomi led me into their kitchen.

"We have all of that stuff! And some of the gross stuff from last night." Naomi told me with a smirk.

"Hey! It's not gross, it just needs spices!" Boo finally left her staring state and walked over into the kitchen as well. Shike went straight to the couch and laid down on the opposite one from Mitra, probably trying to sleep as well.

"Alright, no matter, sit over there and I'll teach you what you need to know. First off, I'll be making lamb and rice, something simple, so pay attention!" I told Naomi and Boo. Alexia and Belle seemed to want to join in as well, getting closer to the counter as I began to explain.

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"Ahhh! That was good! Boo, we need to be better friends with this guy! He makes gourmet shit!" Naomi pleaded to Boo.

"We're already friends! Look, we can't depend on him either. We'll try that lamb and rice thing he made and watch him in his own dorm." Boo told Naomi. Naomi seemed disheartened. I could tell this group of friends were their very own unique people to each other, just as my friends were.

Illya and Eo stared at each other pretty often during the dinner but relatively didn't speak to each other besides that. There must've been bad blood in their past somewhere. No matter, they enjoyed my food so that's all I could ask for.

"So, we wanted to know more about you too, Sky. What is your ability? How strong are you really?" Naomi asked me. It's a good thing Boo had Naomi, otherwise, she would live in a pretty quiet home.

"It's a complicated ability, but I'd say I'm fairly strong. I was able to stand against Boo, and she's at the top of the class with me, right?" I asked Naomi, but she shook her head. Was she not satisfied with that answer?

"I mean in everybody in this room, do you think there's anybody you can't beat?" Naomi asked me.

"Probably most of you. My ability is suited for one on one combat, if there's more than one it gets hard to balance. Sometimes I get bad headaches and I can't continue using it. Other times I can go on forever, it really depends." I explained to Naomi.

"Heh... good to know. Well! It was a great night tonight, thank you for the food, but I think Boo is getting cranky. What do you say we call it? We'll meet tomorrow for Attacking Class, right?" Naomi asked me. I nodded.

"Let's go then, Shike, Belle, Alexia, Illya. See you guys tomorrow." I held open the door as I waved to Naomi and Boo, then walked out of the room, gently shutting the door.