Bonds of the Soul

Pizza Night

By the time Yuri and Yuya had showered and changed their clothes, the kitchen was spotless and Yuto had decided to make some dinner for the counterparts. He had mixed up some flour, yeast, sugar, salt, olive oil, and water into a dough, which was now sitting in a bowl to rise.

"Yuya, what kind of toppings do you like on pizza?" Yuto asked when Yuya slid down the firepole. Yuya lit up and answered, "All kinds! Pepperoni, sausage, ham, salami, bacon, olives, mushrooms, peppers, and onions!"

Yuto gave a nod as he got the listed toppings out of the fridge. "What about you, Yuri?"

"I like vegetarian pizzas," Yuri said from the bottom of the stairs. "Mushrooms, artichokes, peppers, onions, and olives."

Yuto got out some artichoke, then went to the garage where Yugo was still working on his D-Wheel. "Yugo, what kind of pizza toppings do you like?"

Yugo gasped, "Are we ordering pizza?!" Yuto shook his head, "No, I'm making pizza."

Yugo stared at him for a moment. "Making... pizza...?"

"Yeah, so what kind do you like?" Yuto asked patiently. Yugo blinked in confusion, before his eyes widened, "Pizza wizard..."

"What?" Yuto was confused. Yugo nodded solemnly and repeated, "Pizza wizard."

"I... don't know what that means..." Yuto admitted. Yugo just looked at him. "You're a pizza wizard."

"I... no, I... Yugo, you do realize that people cook pizza, right?" Yuto asked, raising an eyebrow. "They don't just magically appear in pizza shops."

"They don't?" Yugo was surprised. Yuto chuckled and shook his head. "No. I'll show you how to make them sometime. For now, what kind of toppings do you want?"

"Meat!" Yugo said eagerly. "All the meat! But no veggies. I don't like veggies on my pizza!"

"Alright," Yuto said with a smile. "I'll let you know when I put the pizza in the oven so you can have time to have a shower. You're covered in grease."

Yugo grinned and went back to working on his D-Wheel as Yuto went back into the kitchen to work on the pizzas. There was now enough dough for two pizzas, so Yuto rolled it out onto two pizza pans and started topping them. First came the base layer of tomato sauce, which Yuto had made from scratch using Yoko's blender. Then he began adding the toppings, separating each pizza into quarters. Each quarter had the desired toppings for each counterpart: Yuya's all-topping pizza, Yuri's veggie pizza, and Yugo's meat pizza. The fourth quarter on each pizza was left plain with four cheeses, Yuto's favorite. He then slipped the pans into the oven and set the timer for twenty minutes, before popping back out to the garage.

"The pizzas are in the oven," Yuto told Yugo. "Go ahead and have a shower. They should be done by the time you finish."

Yugo lit up excitedly and put his tools away, before heading into the house. But instead of going upstairs to shower, he made a beeline for the kitchen and peered through the oven window at the cooking pizzas.

"Oi! The kitchen does not have a shower!" Yuto scolded. "I just cleaned up after Yuya and Yuri's food fight too!"

"I just wanted to see the pizzas," Yugo said, before heading upstairs to shower.

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By the time Yugo came back downstairs, Yuto was pulling the pizzas out of the oven. "The pizzas are done!" he called out, grabbing the pizza cutter from a drawer and cutting each pizza into eight slices. Yuya, Yuri, and Yugo hurried to the kitchen to serve themselves their pizza.

The moment Yugo took a bite of his meat pizza, he was in heaven. This was the best pizza he had ever tasted! His eyes started tearing up from how good his pizza was. "Y-Yuto? You're the best pizza person ever!"

Yuto blushed a little. "I'm not that good..." Yugo began eagerly devouring his pizza, savoring the flavor. "Mmmm! So good!"

"It really is delicious!" Yuya agreed. Yuri was too busy eating to say anything, but privately he agreed.

"Well, I'm glad you like it," Yuto said, smiling modestly.