Edens Zero: That room

Prologue: Top chef Experience

Disclaimer: English is not my first language. If you should find any mistakes, please tell me.

     -Mom, hurry up! It's almost time!- Rebecca yelled from the couch, her voice was full of trepidation.
     -No. My name is Rachel, not Layla... Anf! Okay, okay, have a nice day...- a blond woman with blue eyes popped out from the kitchen holding a mobile phone to her hear -I'm coming, i was talking with the telephone assistance for that package not delivered- she placed her mobile phone on a wooden forniture and come back to the little living room with withe walls.

The TV screen showed a green hair cook intent on decorate his last dish -the aspiring chef are finishing their last creations, a mani able to represent their idea of cooking- the program narrator said.

-This year the winner will be that guy, Jinn. I can feel it- declared Rachel.
-You have an unhealthy obsessed with that guy-
-Can you blame me? He is just twenty, and he has always had an edge over all the other participants-
-Yeah, but you rotted for him even before he picked up a kitchen knife-
      The woman shrugged. Her lips were curved into a grin -Well, Becky. He is really good looking-
     -Mom!-
     She waved her hand -Came on! Came on! When will you introduce me a guy like him?-
     Rebecca puffed out her cheeks -When I'll be ready-
     -I'll never have nephews, I guess...- Rachel sighed. Then a the narrator's voice grabbed her attention -Oh, the last countdown!-

     A judge walked across the little corridore which divided the room into two parts. There were many kitchen counter but only the two of them used by the finalists were not clean -Three!-

     There was a cut and the black haired contestant was shown in the confessional of the program -When chef Witch Regret began to count, i freaked out. It's the last challenge. Sink or swim-

     -Come on, cooks! It's almost time!- she said with a gentle voice -Two, one and... stop! Hands up and get away from the kitchen counters- she had long green hair and a black dress with a wide floral skirt. It was fluttering while she reached the others judges on a little stage of glasses -I'd like to start with the antipasti offered by the contestant number one, but first of all, I have to welcome the special judge of this episode. Directly from her Midnight in Milan, here is a chef as young as influent and talented. I want to introduce you Holy Melt!- she held out her hand and invited a wavy purple haired lady to emerge from behind the scenes. Eyes dyed with eye-liner and black mascara. Red full lips. The left part of her face was covered by the bang. Her ample bosom wrapped in the withe fabric of her chef jacket. She wasn't even thirty, but yet she marched toward the star chef of the jury as confident as someone who had the world at her feet.

     -Holy Melt!?-
     Rachel put her eyebrows down -You know that girl?-
     Her daughter blinked -Are you kidding me? She is famous!-

     -The special guest of Top Chef Experience's final is Holy Melt- the program narrator announced -Collecting her first Michelin star when she was twenty and the second one three years later, she is definitely one of the most interesting face of the moment-
She grated the audience -Thank you everyone! It's an honour to be here tonight-

      -That girl is a drama queen- Rebecca explained. She took her mobile phone, typed something on the search engine and showed her mother a photo of that chef clinging to a tall blond man with black eyes' -She is dating Weisz Steiner, the actor who plays Arsenal. But there are rumors about her cheating on him...-
     -Oh, I know him...- Rachel's eyes thin in a sharp gaze -How ironic. He is a Don Juan in the movies, and a cuckold in the real life-
     Her daughter laughed -Yeah, this is so uncool-

     They turned on the TV again. The camera went around the dishes to show them in all their beauty. The purple of Holy's eyes slid along every plates proposed, slowly, before dwelling on the last one -What is this?- she asked in a critical tone. It looked like a long and thin sausage covered with chocolate sauce.
     -The dessert I made, chef- the green haired cook answered -You'll understand later-
     She crossed her harms -It looks so childish, not a course I would have expected in the final of a competition like this one. It clashes with the other dishes-
A piqued light flashed in his gaze -How ironic, every other dish I cooked had the role to enhance that one-
-Really?- she turned around making a contemptuous gesture -To be honest, it doesn't encourage the tasting-
Jinn slammed down the palm on the table, making it shake a bit.
The judges winced.
The time was frozen while that hum was vibrating in the air, and the focus of the situation was him -Try it, chef. Please. I bet it will touch you- his voice was sharp, but respectful.
Holy's hair moved into a purple cloud when she turned his head back. That guy was starring at her with a gaze of raptors, an eye covered by his bangs and the other that seemed to want to enter her soul. A little grin lifted her lips -Oh, looks at those nasty eyes... i like them-
-Personally...- the third Judge urged, a man with long black haired and the eyes as dark as the night -I'm hungry. So, i'd say it's time to sample the menu the contestant prepared for this splendid final-
-Sure, dear Eraser- she replied. Her voice was as soft as a mermaid's song, able to charm with her ambiguous and seductive appeal.