"Remember everyone, food's on me!"
The quick notice riled the two energetic freshmen and then, in an enthusiastic fashion, pumped fists with a loud cheer.
"Alright!" Smiles widen and the pink boy takes the first step to slam the slide doors open with a loud 'thud' at the end, alarming the chefs and customers eating quietly inside. They all turned their heads at the commotion and judged them with suspicious stares. The freshmen, with the exception of Megumi, were completely unaware how crazy they were behaving. Their eyes brimmed with excitement, taking in how fancy the ramen shop was. Decorated in a wooden clean brown with red lamplights hung over each booth. And at the bar, there are displayed ramen bowls and ladles above in both red and white patterns. The lobby room was cute too with a waving cat atop of the host's desk.
"Woah, this is a pretty fancy restaurant."
"He's seriously treating us to this?" Nobara asked herself in a hushed whisper. Her cheeks bloom in pink, "Man, this guy seriously knows how to treat a girl!"
"Treat a girl? What are you on about?" Yuji sneers with narrow eyes. She doesn't answer him though. Megumi walks behind them and pulls his shoulder over their necks, pulling the two closer to him. They gasped in sync and looked up to see a clearly annoyed classmate.
"You two need to tone it down. If they kick us out, it's going to be on you guys!"
"Aw it's alright, Megumi." Tamaki reassures with a bright smile. He's pleased to see how happy he made the first-years. "I'm glad they're excited to try this place out. I love taking people here who've never tried it before. This isn't like any other ramen places."
The host takes the four of them to a booth in the far back. Honestly, it makes since after all the ruckus Nobara and Yuji made. It actually made it easier for them to talk amongst themselves without bothering anyone else.
"Ohh, what type of food do they give, Tamaki?" Nobara leans at him with curious big eyes. Yuji only looks at her annoyed,
"What are you, senile? It's a ramen place, duh! It's in the name-"
Yuji choked at his words when her arm wrapped around his neck like a tendril. Similar to how Megumi did earlier but it was tighter and deadlier. He was gagging while her eyes pierced at him in a pissed expression. There was no way the pink head was going to embarrass her in front of the second-year.
"Listen you, you better shut your mouth or I'll shut it for you. Capiche?"
"Y-Yes. Let go of me!" He begged, tapping at her arm until she budged and then releases him after a long minute. He gasped out for air and the girl proceeded to lean over the table to the second-year, menu clutch to her chest.
"It's popular for the ramen but it also got some other things too. There's Karaage here and-"
"Wait, KARAAGE? That stuff is delicious." The girl laughed. The boy blinked at her over-enthusiasm before sharing a laugh with her too.
"Ha. For a moment, you sounded just like my girlfriend."
There's a pregnant pause for a moment.
"...Huh?" Even Megumi was curious about the mysterious girlfriend Tamaki rarely spoke about.
"Yeah, she loves this place more than I do. We come here sometimes on the weekend if we aren't busy. I think we came here the second time we decided to have dinner together."
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Romance"The names' Maki." He blinks at the girl with the glasses before stifling a small laugh. An eyebrow arch from her features, already annoyed by the boy. "What's so funny?" "I'm sorry, it's just.." He regains himself and looks at her with a smile, ...
