Fresh Blood

Takoyaki

*Alex*

"Ayato, are you sure this is okay? This feels wrong." I said as I followed after him, trying to keep up.

"It's fine Alex! I can't get over your accent though" He told me as he continued leading me somewhere.

"I'm French, it happens!" I said as he pulled me into what looked like lab for a kitchen.

"Can you cook?" He asked as he turned to look at me and I tilted my head to the side.

"Yeah, why?" I asked and he smirked at me.

"Takoyaki, make it" He snapped at me and I narrowed my eyes.

"A please would be appreciated." I said while crossing my arms.

"You know when you do that, your cleavage is more noticeable." He smiled at me, winking slightly. I just rolled my eyes before turning around and began gathering the equipment and ingredients for the dish.

"Don't you need a cookbook?" He asked me and I shook my head at him while I mixed the batter. Once it was made, I sprayed the pan and dumped the batter, folding them into little balls and after they were finished, I put them on a plate before handing them to Ayato. He picked one up, looking at it for a moment before shoving the whole thing in his mouth, panting through his mouth as he tried to cool it off so it didn't burn his tongue. I walked over and began doing the dishes and I heard Ayato walk up behind me and I jump slightly when I felt him put his hands on my waist, causing him to chuckle slightly.

"You can help, I did make you food." I snapped at him and when he didn't respond, I just continued the dishes. I stopped for a moment when I heard the door open up and I turned my head to look.

"Ayato, I figured this where I would find you." Reiji snapped from the doorway.

"Shit Reiji, you ruin everything don't you?" Ayato grumbled, glaring at him.

"Go back to class after this mess is cleaned up!" Reiji snapped and I shook my head.

"Actually he can just go, I'm already halfway done with the cleaning already." I told him and Ayato snarled before storming out. I just shrugged before going back to the dish, hissing slightly as I felt something cut across my palm and I yanked my hand out of the water and held it above my head, watching the water and blood run down my arm. I saw Reiji watched me with wide eyes as he covered his mouth before quickly walking away. What the hell was that? He couldn't you know, help me? I shrugged slightly before grabbing some paper towels and wrapped it around the cut, hoping to stop it for bleeding. I put some pressure on the cut and after a while, I took of the paper towels once I realized the bleeding had stopped. What the hell did I even cut myself on? I quickly finished the dishes but when I went to put them away, I realized that there was some dirty dishes in the cabinet already and I cringed.

"Now I can't just leave them can I? When I think about it, this whole place is filthy..." I mumbled to myself before taking out the dirty dishes out and cleaning them. After the dishes were finished, I moved on to cleaning the stoves and the ovens and after those were done, I decided to start cleaning the floor, starting at the door and moving to the back. As I continued scrubbing the floor I heard the door open and a loud thump and when I turned around, I saw Ember pulling herself off the ground.

"Uh Alex what have you been doing in here?" She asked as she stood up, brushing herself up before picking up the book she had with her. Hm, I sometimes forget that she actually reads. Normally she can't sit still enough to read something and usually if she can, she ends up asleep soon after.

"Cleaning, this place was filthy!" I exclaimed getting up from my knees and brushing them off.

"What have you done in school so far?" I asked and she rolled her eyes.