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Hey guys! I was suddenly taken over by an urge to write about a random idea that popped in my head regarding our favorite ship in Shokugeki no Soma.
I hope you enjoy reading it. Please leave your reviews! 
paring: Yukihira Soma, Nakiri Erina
type: post-series,AU
word count: 2025
Rating: T
Note: None of the characters belong to me. Only the story does ;p.

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She quietly opened the door to the bedroom, the rays of light from the opening door illuminating a line on the bedroom floor to the king sized bed on the other side of the room. The crimson colour shining a little from the intruding rays of luminescence, highlighting the sleeping figure of the man covered in light blue sheets. Erina slipped in through the half opened door and tip toed her way to the closest to get a change of clothes making as little noise in the process as possible, not wanting to wake up the man in slumber.

"Erina, is that you?" called out the red haired man still half asleep.

Erina let out an annoyed sigh and a curse under her breath, so much for bothering to take all the precaution as to not wake him up. No matter what she tried he always was able to feel her presence. Although she silently adored and took pride in the fact that he could always feel her aura when she was around but sometimes it could also got her annoyed, just like right now. She heard the sheets slowly moving, signal that the man in slumber was starting to get up. She answered back after a split second pause "yes, it's me .who else were you expecting at this hour?"

"Well.... a bewitchingly gorgeous golden hair princess maybe" came the playful reply. He could clearly sense the exhaustion and slight irritation in her voice. Dangling his legs out of the bed he sat at the corner and had a quick look at his smartphone. It showed 1:20 p.m. It didn't take a scientist to understand why she was so visibly upset. Work takes its toll even on the most workcoholic of people. Erina was no exception, their new job had especially been quite demanding, having to travel and settle down in every 6-10 months. It had been like this for the past couple of years. Right now they were in Vienna, Austria, had moved in about a month ago.

"hmph sorry to disappoint you Yukihira, also I didn't ask you to wake up, you can go back to sleep" retorted Erina, letting another frustrated sigh escape her.

'yukihira huh? Seems like someone is in a bad mood' Soma thought to himself. She was still dressed in her working chef clothes. Soma got up, switched on the lights and walked towards the closet where she was, trying to pull out more comfortable clothes to wear. Soma was wearing a plain black tank top and a pair of boxers. Erina couldn't help but notice the strong muscles of his arms and chest flex when he moved his hand to scratch the back of his head. He had gotten a lot more buffed up compared to the boy she had met all those years back in totsuki, that being said his physical body was not the only thing that had changed. His facial features had also changed and become much more sharp and mature, he even had a beard similar to his father now.

"It took you pretty long today. Must have been a rough day. Hungry? Have you eaten anything yet? Knowing you, you must have worked through your dinner time again." Soma said in a clam soothing voice, now standing beside Erina, pushing a stray strand of golden hair behind her ear. "Let's eat something, shall we? I'll make whatever you want to eat." It still awed her,just how much Soma's personality that developed. Apart from his easy-going fun loving attitude he had become much more mature and responsible now, he was always caring and tender to others, reliable at work and considerate for her. He had been her strong hold, her anchor for the past few years and she knew that if it wasn't for him she might have broken completely way back when her father had showed up, what would have happened to her then? Where would she have been now? Thinking all this made Erina even more upset.