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Sometimes I am nice to the characters

Listen. Was it funny that Deuce didn't know the difference between fertilized and unfertilized eggs? Yes. Was it also concerning? Yes. Things, like people, can be multifaceted.

However. Kuroki and Enma were both most interested in one thing: avoiding Ito's ire.

It wasn't serious, not really, but that didn't stop them from being wary. Imagine your mom (or dad, or perhaps your favorite teacher if neither of those apply), now imagine them being ticked off at you. You know they won't do anything, probably, but man does it suck to be glared at.

Why were they so pissed off? After all, all they had done was educate their dear friend. Ignore the fact that, upon realizing that they had made a mistake in telling Deuce the truth and shattering his worldview, they had both immediately put Ito on 'comforting someone who had been lied to for their entire lives' duty. Just ignore it. Ito was being irrational.

When their footsteps finally approached, Ace tipped his head back and gave a sound that was a strange combination of a sigh of relief and a groan. "Sevens, you guys took forev –... errrrrr?"

His eyes landed on Deuce, and he made a face that screamed of pure confusion. He looked at the Yuus for an explanation, but they could give him none. For even they weren't completely sure why this had broken Deuce's mind like it had. They were just dealing with the consequences.

Or, at least, Ito was.

Kuroki, Enma, and Grim immediately abandoned ship.

"Trey-senpai, can we help with anything?" Kuroki said, almost pleading.

Trey hesitantly raised a hand as if to point at Deuce, who was staring at the bags in Enma's hands with an expression of pure, unadulterated grief.

Grim clapped his paws together, loud and sudden enough to make Trey jolt and draw his hand back toward himself. "C'monc'monc'mon! The food won't make itself, y'know!"

If Kuroki didn't know any better, he'd say Grim was just a good actor. Instead, he would guess that Grim had just decided to kill two birds with one stone.

Do monsters eat birds? That would make the saying even more apt. Kuroki was deciding that they did.

Regardless, the rest of the baking process was pretty easy (long, but easy) and went off without a hitch. If you ignored Ito taking Deuce into a corner so he could cry into a juice box. He did not seem to understand that the juice box did not cover his face while he drank like a cup might, but it was fine because everyone was pointedly pretending they couldn't see him anyways.

Ace slumped against the table. "Ugh. Done," he said, glaring halfheartedly at the tart. It was nice, and the tower of lightly-toasted cream atop it made it a fun thing to look at, but making it had been boring for everyone except for Trey, as it wasn't really an activity they could do as a group. They had basically been waiting around, doing nothing, for about an hour now.

"Done," Deuce parroted, though his mind was clearly somewhere else.

Ace gave the boy one more, long look, before turning to look at the Yuus. "Seriously, guys, what happened –?"

"Hey everyone!" Cater cut in, swinging around the doorframe with a brilliant smile. His eyes landed on the tart and he gave a little gasp. "Oh, are you guys done already? You totally should be. Those decorations look so cute!"

Kuroki sputtered. Not because he was scared (though he had jumped a little at the redhead's sudden appearance), for once, but instead in indignation. "How long have you been waiting outside for us to say we were done?"