a bit of your time (open4one)

[hayate KAORU]

so despite being able to cook, Kaoru liked to go out and eat and enjoy the food everyone else can make. although, then again, he sucks terribly at making deserts but those could always be bought anywhere he wanted, right? right.. either way, today he had the cravings for some ramen, something that he rarely ate but when he did, he enjoyed it quite much. today he wanted to try three different types of ramen this afternoon. one the main reasons he had decided to skip a few meals in order to be able to finish them all. the first one that he ordered was the gumshara ramen, a pork-bone broth based ramen that is simmered to extract all the flavors of the bone, with a bit of water and some soy sauce to give it a bit of more flavoring. accompanying the broth soft wheat noodles laid at the bottom and on top a sliced hard-boiled seasoned egg decorates it with slices of fried pork on top. the smell simply made his stomach growl and wait for his meal with much anticipation. he reached over for a pair of chopsticks as his steamy meal was placed in from of him.

he could almost feel his mouth watering. Itadakimasu! he said to himself as he clasped him hands together, bowed slightly and sunk his chopsticks in the slippery noodles before gripping them between his chopsticks and slowly blowing on them before taking a bite of it... yup, it was freaking good.

[eto chiaki]

“where am i?” the boy mumbled to himself as he continued wandering around the strip. even as a native born and raised in japan, chiaki was no better than a tourist getting lost. after walking around for what seemed like hours he could feel his stomach growling from the lack of food. “haaa!~ the last time i ate was at lunch, but if i don’t hurry then sensei isn’t going to be pleased if i’m late then he’ll fire me!” he panicked as he bit down on his lip just conjuring up some horrifying event in his mind; just the thought alone was enough to make him want to pee his pants. still, he couldn’t ignore the hunger pains in his stomach and searched around for a place to eat. sniffing the air, he caught the scent of delicious ramen being cooked. letting his nose lead the way, chiaki stopped into the small shop with a bit of awe on his face. there was even a bit of drool coming down from the side of his lip as he slowly took in the wonderful scent.

“k-konbanwa, can i please have shio ramen with chicken gyoza?” saying his order smoothly as he put down his school bag and took a seat. still feeling his the small rumbling in his stomach and just sitting here wasn’t making it any better. looking around, he noticed a familiar face a few seats away. tapping a finger lightly against his chin as he looked up at the ceiling for the answer, it finally donned on him who it was. “a-ah! hayate-senpai!” saying the name a little too loudly as he clamped his hands over his mouth out of embarrassment.