A Dish Just for You

Chapter 9: The Date

Souma and Erina looked at the sight before them. Megumi and Y/N were talking to each other in front of a shelf in a bookstore. The two had met up a few minutes earlier and were already enjoying themselves. Souma grumbled, "Damn that asshole. What the hell is he doing?" Erina said, "That's what I want to know. And why is Tadokoro spending so much time with him? It's unbelievable." 

Last night, once she reached her room, Erina had called Souma and told him about what she had heard from Y/N. It had taken some time to calm him down after hearing about the date, but once she did, Erina suggested that they begin making plans. So, the two of them decided to meet early and trail the two during the 'date.' Of course, Erina still considered the possibility that the two of them were just hanging out as friends and that Y/N had just called it a date in order to mess with her. It would have fit with how he acted with her.

One hour later

Erina was seriously wondering if Y/N had been acting or not. At the moment, he and Megumi were eating sweets and drinking tea in a small café. The two of them had brought some books from the bookstore earlier and were now talking about them. Erina could only hear a small portion of what they were talking about, so her understanding of the situation was minimal. She let out a sigh. She had spent over an hour with Souma just stalking two of their classmates, one of whom she considered to be a dear friend. Erina looked to her side to see that Souma was still glaring at Y/N. Erina decided to ask, "Why are you so upset that L/N is spending time with Tadokoro?" Souma was startled by the question, "Why? Because he's a total asshole and would probably do something to hurt her." Erina frowned, "But, he doesn't seem like the type to do something like that. I think that they're really just two friends talking and hanging out with each other. I mean, you and Tadokoro do it all the time." Souma replied, "It's not the same!" Erina flinched at his loud response, "How? Both of you are her friends and you both hang out in your free time." Souma went quiet. The two of them turned back and jumped back when they were face to face with Y/N.

Next Day

Souma rubbed his head as he left the dorm to head to class. Yesterday, after he and Erina had been caught, L/N had hit him on the head and pinched Erina's cheeks in anger. While he hadn't been too rough on them, it still stung. Souma hummed as he thought back to yesterday. In fact, he had been relieved when he heard that L/N and Megumi were just hanging out as friends instead of on a date. In truth, he wasn't sure of why he was so relieved. He had just been worried that something would happen to Megumi if she hung out with L/N, but it felt like there was more to it. Souma continued to walk to class and saw that Megumi was already sitting down. He smiled and waved at her, "Hey, Megumi." He went to sit down next to her, but saw that her bag was in the seat next to her. Souma chuckled, "Uh, Megumi? Can you move your bag so I can sit down?" He waited expecting her to move the bag, but she just remained silent. In fact, it seemed that she was ignoring him. Souma was put off by the behavior and decided to sit to the nearest empty seat. It was strange for Megumi to be mad at him. She had been the victim of many of his food experiments and crazy plans, but she never got angry with him to the point that she ignored him. Souma frowned. He didn't like the feeling.

A/N:

Hello. Apologies for the long wait for an update. I had many personal matters to deal with and have only just gotten the free time to write again. I am going to try to update as much as I can. Thank you for all those who have continued to read and wait. Once again, I apologize for the wait.