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I never knew that having breakfast made for someone would be so good! I don't think I've ever had food like that anyway back in Pastalia! Touma, why aren't you a professional? Why aren't you a chef?! I'd hire you in a second! I need to repay for this, I need to do something in return!

[Actually cooking things is going to be radically difficult without any recipe cards from home, but Cloche is determined to try to do anything to repay her demands of Touma. Cloche will be out and about the village today; her first stop is going to be getting warmer clothes for herself, but she's reeeeeaaaaaaallllllllly picky in her choices.

Her next stop is going to be the library for any sort of books on her subject. She'll be there for a while too.

Once she finds something good and a few good books for cooking things from, she's going to be headed over to actually take the food she needs for experimenting in her home as well the necessary tools.

Home though... well, she'll be there for a while. Possibly with burning food, windows open, and her trying not to burn too much and/or start a fire.]

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Eh? Luca? Is that a friend of yours?

Yes. She was helping us. Her food really is inedible though. Mine is still edible, just... not perfect like I'd like it to be.

Just work harder and you'll be able to make it great! Oh yeah... There's a secret ingredient that you have to always add to your cooking, too.

A secret ingredient? [Oh god no one told her about this. She's been messing up all this time?!]

That's right. It's very important, too. Being a fellow cook, I can tell you the secret.

[Mun thinks he's trolling her. Mun finds it hilarious.] What? What is it? Whatever it is, I have to know it, at any cost!

..... [If she saw his face, he would be looking dead serious.] It's love.

L-love...? Does that mean that went into my food that you made me? [Well it kind of makes sense, and after all, she wouldn't be trying to make what she's making for him taste amazing if she didn't like him, friend or otherwise.] But... that can only go so far, right? I could pour love into what I'm making now and have it turn out terrible. I wouldn't feed that to anyone.

[Awwwyis it's HEROIC SPEECH time.] You need to believe in yourself more! I wasn't great at cooking either whenever I started out, but practice had made perfect! And never underestimate the power of the heart, Cloche-san. Whenever you eat homemade food compared to fast food, I'll tell you that homemade food will always taste better than fast food. Why is that? It's because there's something that's put into cooking created in the confort of your house over cooking on a simple fry cooker. That's the difference between someone who cooks with love over someone who doesn't.

Besides, even if your cooking looked terrible, I would still eat it and I'll bet that it would still taste good.

[Well then. She can agree about one thing at least:] The food you made for me... it was better than what was made for me at the Grand Bell. But, I don't think I'd eat the things I've made thusfar. I don't think I'll give that to you just yet. I want it to be good tasting, even if it doesn't look all that great. I'll- I'll keep trying! [Might be that praise issue she has, but she'll keep trying for approval and an accomplishment that she's done herself, especially for someone who is encouraging her in a positive way.]

Cloche-san... [He's really used to working hard for others, but it feels different to see that someone else is working hard for his sake. He can't help, but turn a little red at that.] Just remember not to push yourself too hard, okay? If you get sick or something, then I would have to take care of you.

I-I'll try not too, I don't want to be a burden on you. That wouldn't be right.

Don't say that. You would never be a burden on me.

[YOU MADE HER CRY, TOUMA. But she will never admit it, even if it's happy tears. So the minute she starts, she stops the voice feed and just starts writing. Whether he keeps up actually talking to her is of course, up to him.

She also is fairly certain she knows the answer, but she asks anyway:]

Are you sure? Do you promise?

[He doesn't understand why she's suddenly switched to writing, but he'll answer all the same. Enjoy the chords of steel from Touma's end.]

... Of course I do. I never go back on my promises.

You're kind, Touma. You're very kind. I wish there were more people like you. I would take care of you too if anything ever happened to you.

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[Voice] HIS MANLINESS IS SHOWING

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[Voice -> written] THE MANLIEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED.

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