Shokugeki No Souma (Fanfiction)

Chapter 41

The four of us made our way in front of the judges, and in the table lies three empty plates that Dojima-san had placed.
"Votes will be in the form of coins, the judges will put their coin in the plate of their choice. The plate with the most coins win. Shall we proceed?"
All of the four judges(Hinako included) nodded.

Megumi and Souma's plate is blue, Shinomiya's plate is pink while I got the yellow one.

I saw Megumi closed her eyes tightly and clutched her hands in support. Shinomiya and Souma remained silent and emotionless.

*thunk* Mizuhara-san's coin.

*thunk* Hinako-nee's coin.

*thunk* Sekimori-san's coin.

and finally...

*thunk* Donato-san's coin.

And the result is...
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Megumi got 1 coin which is Hinako-nee's. No surprise there.

Shinomiya got Donato-san's coin.

And obviously I got Mizuhara-san and Sekimori-san's coin.

Megumi's eyes widened, tears were threatening to fall from her eyes and she started shaking.

"This is bullcrap, Kurumi." Shinomiya whispered angrily.

"Nonsense." I hissed calmly.

He grabbed my shoulders and forcefully shook me.
"This is a complete bullcrap! Take back the conditions, Kurumi. Take them back!"

"Oi, let go of her!" Souma growled at the male.

The alumni immediately stood up but I secretly gestured them to stand by.
Megumi is still crying on the floor, still not gotten over her loss.

"Don't worry, Souma-kun. I'm fine." I smiled at him.
"Shinomiya..." I gave him a knowing look and gently pry his hands with mine and held them gently. He started tearing up, I took off his glasses without letting go of his hands and put it in my pocket. I let go of his hands and wiped his tears away, then letting my fingers rest on his cheeks. He choked a sob and I smiled at him. I whispered something to him softly making him finally calmed down. I let go of him and gestured Dojima-san to continue.

"The winner for this unofficial Shokugeki is Ai Kurumi with two votes. The three of you tasted her dish right? What can you say about it?"

Since Shinomiya is still unable to speak...

"I can't describe it either." Souma spoke in a surprisingly calm manner despite the rage painted on his face a while ago.
"It's just like describing the feeling of a person or describing a music." He looked at me curiously.

"It's because I put all my feelings into it, Souma-kun. From preparing the ingredient until the plating of the dish. I'm pretty sure you also do it whenever you cook, am I right?" I looked at him for answer.

"Y-yeah."

"And I'm pretty sure, Megumi-chan also pour her heart out." I crouch down in front of Megumi and took her trembling hands. She raised her head to look at me with her tear-streaked cheeks. I stroked her hair and hugged her close to me Absorbing her warmth. I can feel sadness and fear radiating throughout her body, heart broken. I brought my lips near her ears and whispered something.

"W-wha-!"
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