Snowcon Forest

Hot Chocolate

"Do, do you know how to make hot chocolate?" Hat Kid asked the feline, eyes shining with glee as she clasped her hands in front of her.

Recently Cooking Cat had taken it upon herself to help teach the child how to cook seeing as most of the food on her ship was, questionable to say the least. Though she did spend most of her time on the child's ship there were days when she had to return to the surface of the planet to cook for the Mafia or get groceries, which led to her constantly worrying about what the child was eating when she was gone.

So mandatory cooking lessons were quickly added to Hat Kid's routine.

The child had learned how to make scrambled eggs, pancakes, grilled cheese sandwiches, a variety of soups, and pizza. To her credit the only times where Hat Kid had problems making the food was when they were putting everything together, actually cooking the food was no problem for her.

Though she kept insisting that the microwave should be used for bad food and not to heat anything up. Apparently that was what the stove was for.

Which helped to explain why a nine year old knew how to work a stove so well...

Anyways, now that Cooking Cat felt comfortable in knowing that the child knew how to make actual food to feed herself, she had offered to help her learn how to make desserts. Simple things, such as cookies.

But it appeared as though Hat Kid had another plan in mind.

"Hot chocolate," Cooking Cat scratched at her chef's hat as she tried to remember the last time she made the creamy treat. "Any particular reason why?"

She sighed. "Tim was pretty weird, and he didn't really get people, but he always did his best to take care of me, and he made the best hot chocolate ever!"

It was perhaps the only thing she truly missed from her home planet, that and the old man's presence of course, but there was nothing else of note that really made her feel homesick. She honestly had no idea if it was good or bad that she felt this way.

The feline laughed. "It looks like I've got some high standards to live up to! I think I remember an old recipe, but we'll need to get something first."

With that the duo took a quick trip to Mafia Town in search of cocoa power, the one ingredient Hat Kid was missing in order to make the sweet, creamy drink. Luckily enough none of the Mafia bothered them during their quest, and a few even waved at her! This was most likely because of when the child had helped to turn off the lava that had slowly been consuming the island.

It was nice to know she was still appreciated, even if it had been several weeks since she had last visited.

Had she really been on this planet for so long? What about getting back home? Was her home planet even home at this point-

"And that's everything!" Cooking Cat chirped after purchasing what they needed from a nearby store, snapping Hat Kid out of her thoughts. "We can head back to your ship now."

The child sighed, both grateful and slightly annoyed at the distraction. Together she and the feline walked to the nearest open space so they could return to her space ship. She always had to be careful when picking a return point in Mafia Town since there had been many instances where Hat Kid had nearly smashed her head on overhanging bars.

The never ending construction was a hazard she never really had to deal with anywhere else on the planet, so it was something she had to constantly be aware of.

In almost no time at all they were back on Hat Kid's ship, the child's previous dour mood gone, replaced with a smile as Cooking Cat began to teach her how to make hot chocolate.