My Hero Academia Imagines

Angel Food Cake (Sero Hanta)

Sero Hanta:

The common room was quiet, not a single soul occupying the couches or the television on. The only way one would be able to tell if there was a person here would be by the sound of the mixing bowl being hit by the whisk and the occasional ding of the oven.

The dormitory for class 1-A was currently a ghost town; most of your classmates being out and about or in their own rooms enjoying the quiet. It was times like this where you could tell who was more of an introvert and who was more of an extrovert.

As such, you decided to take the opportunity to try your hand at a new recipe that you had found online a few days ago. You were nowhere near the resident class baker, but you were a pretty decent cook. And so you whisked together the batter, ignoring the occasional splatters that would come onto your face as the mix turned.

Finally seeing it start to bubble slightly from the air being mixed in, your turned to find the pan you had asked Momo to create before she left to read the afternoon away in her squished room. The pan was sitting on the side, waiting patiently to be used. You placed the mixing bowl down and reached forward and snagged the pan.

"You baking something?" Someone spoke out, causing you to jump and drop the pan onto the counter suddenly.

It clattered and banged, hitting the surface several times before it stopped and once again left the room in peace. You breathed in and out a few times, trying to calm down your racing heart.

Across from you, Sero was already in a blush. He didn't mean to scare you this badly and had assumed you had seen him come down the steps just moments prior to when he asked his question.

He smiled awkwardly when you looked up and saw exactly who it was that caused your small scare. You laughed awkwardly and motioned for him to come into the kitchen. Now that you knew he was here, it would be a lot less likely for you to be caught off guard.

"Sorry about that." He apologized, pulling out a bar stool and sat across from you on the kitchen's island.

"It's fine. Guess I was so into my baking that I didn't notice you." You smiled and turned the pan back into the direction it needed to be.

"So what are you making anyway?" Sero breathed in the sweet scent. "It smells like vanilla."

"Close. I'm making an angel food cake." You smiled as you poured the batter into the pan.

Sero's dark eyes watched closely as you whisked the batter out, moving the mixing bowl so the batter would spread evenly throughout the entire pan. A nice even cake seemed to be the goal you had at this current moment.

"Can you hold the bowl for a minute?" You asked.

"Sure thing." He spoke, reaching across and used both his hands to steady the object.

You removed your own hands and started to remove the remaining batter that had not yet gone out. With a little elbow grease, you had gotten majority fo it out and nodded to Sero to place the bowl on the counter.

You smoothed the top before nodding to yourself and decided to place the batter into the oven to turn it into the cake you would have and share with your classmates later tonight. With a quick setting on the timer, you only had to wait now.

"I wouldn't try that." You warned Sero as he dipped his finger into the bowl.

"It's cake batter, right? Plus I'm not afraid of raw eggs, so I'll be fine." He smiled cheekily.

You giggled and smirked as he placed the white batter into his mouth. It took a whole two seconds for his eyes to go wide and his mouth to quickly reject his finger. He let out a dragged out sigh of disgust and turned to look at you.

"That was really nasty. I thought cake was supposed to taste good?"

"Well, angel food had cream of tartar in it, while also missing a lot of basic ingredients of a regular vanilla cake."

"Like tartar sauce tartar? Why does it taste so good after baking it then?"

"It's kinda like when you baked with alcohol. The taste is evaporated and leaves only the good tasting ingredients. Plus the tartar is what gets the cake to be so fluffy and airy. So I have to add it no matter what."

"I had no idea baking could be so complicated..." The taping hero mumbled, scratching his chin.

"It's kinda like chemistry after all." You mentioned, turning to start on the dishes while the cake baked.

You had turned on the faucet when you heard the sounds of the chair moving and Sero's footsteps drawing near you. You turned when he stood beside you, a drying rag in his hand and the usual bright smile on his face.

"Let me give you a hand (Name)."

You shook your head. "I made the mess, not you."

"Awe come on! It'll go faster if you dry and I wash!"

You rolled your eyes, adding some dish soap to the bowl and laughed at his eagerness to help clean.

"Alright, fine. But this means you'll be getting the first piece of cake afterward. As a thank you for helping me clean and keeping me company."

You dove the whisk into the water, using the soapy sponge to clean it off the food particles and allowing the metal to be seen once again. When you deemed it clean enough, you held it out, waiting for your partner to take the object from your hand.

"Sounds like a plan to me." Sero mumbled softly, taking the whisk and beginning to dry the utensil.

The conversation between the two of you continued easily. He asked how your internship was going and you told him how you were greatly enjoying the pro and experience you were gaining.

You asked how his studies were and he admitted, almost, unwillingly, how he was doing better now thanks to Yaoyorozu's torturing and Bakugou's rough reminders to study every night despite how much he didn't want to.

As the minutes went on, the smell of a delicious treat had sent more students downstairs to see what exactly smelled so good and also in hopes to receive a piece themselves.

Soon enough your duo had become a small gathering and everyone was talking as the angel food cake cooled on the rack. Besides it a can of chocolate frosting wasting to be added when it was time.

"Awe come on (Name)-chan!" Kaminari whined, throwing his head on the island. "It has to be time to eat the cake now, right?"

"Impatient, are we?" You teased the blonde boy.

"It just smells so good! And I'm so hungry!" Uraraka added on, her stomach had been the one to lead her downstairs.

"Pathetic." Bakugou snarled. "It's just a damn cake."

"You've been down here just as long as me, dude." Kirishima chuckled, ignoring Bakugou's death glare.

"Everyone will get a piece! So relax." You tried to calm down the eager masses.

You brought the object forward and watched as your classmate's eyes widened. You asked Midoriya to pass the plates and for Mina to grab some forks. As the objects were brought to you, you nodded.

A display of ahs came when you cut into the fluffy food and placed the first piece on the plate. Mineta reached out to claim it, but a quick knife nearly stabbing his hand made him freeze.

"The first piece goes to Sero you greedy grape." You glared and Mineta retracted his hand in fear.

"Here Sero." You pushed the food into his hands gently. "Thanks again for helping me."

Sero laughed, sensing the jealous eyes of his classmates on him, but was happy nonetheless.

"Not a problem. It was nice to hang out with you."