It was every other day in country Faerst, of Frere.The sky was the colour of a bright amethyst, with its patterned green clouds floating by serenely.How ever, in the blue-walled corner-shop of the Mystics, something not-so-ordinary was at work.
tick.tick.tick.tick...
...tick.tick.tick.ding!
With a clatter of utensils as they were shoved away, a scalding hot pan was set on the table.
"Perfect!"
and off she went.
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Patter.patter.patter.SLAM!
"Kotaruuu, Taaaiiiiru! I baked us all a batch of cookies!" exclaimed the girl, happily ignoring the fact that both brothers were not one bit startled.Despite she had seen fit to slam the door hard enough to scare a rather unfortunate tabby off the windowsill and send it, hissing and spitting, quivering under the table.
"So?" came the reply from the closest hooded figure.
"Would you like some, Kotaru?" she asked cheerfully, not yet pushed off her high horse.Yet again, she had singled one of the twins out from the two identical figures without any means of scrutiny or thinking.
"....OEI, Taiiru! Is there predicted death in my near future?!"
"...!" Shiroe narrowed her eyes dangerously, at that ritualistic behavior.
"NO! How about mine?"
"NO!"
Finally, both of them turned back, and in unision: "Yes, please."
Shiroe snarled, and turned back to the kitchen.It was not the first time they did that, but having them treat her cooking as poisonous really got on her nerves.
Her cooking was not potentially lethal-
"Oh, Shiroe, you didn't add anything alchemic in it right?"
"No.I don't remember adding anything like that..."
"No newt's tongue, or salamander's skin, or-or lizard's-"
"This is a batch of cookies! Not a gold-making recipe you idiot, Kotaru!"
"...Oh, yeah."
Shiroe grumbled.
"Idiot."
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"There," she said, adjusting the red and white checkered kerchief restraining her voluminous sun-bleached hair back,"Help yourself." she added as she too took on honey-coloured biscuit wth the coloured swirl of cream on its top.
"Not bad," she muttered to herself, taking one small nibble, watching the twins at their suspicious movements, "Though could be a bit sweeter..." she said, narrowing her eyes at the two hooded figures, who were exchanging an evil look between them.
Or seemed to be since they had the hoods up and shading their faces.Shiroe ignored them, and stuck the cookie half-way in her mouth as she took the oven mittens back up from the table.
"Add more sugar next time-" Taiiru said, as he bit on the other end of the cookie and snapped it in half. Their faces had come so close their noses brushed. Despite his face being shaded, Shiroe caught sight of a pair of twinkling bright amber eyes.
Shiroe scowled at him crossly, as she threw a dish cloth at him, which landed squarely on his shoulder.Afterall, she did throw it without aiming."Taiiru! You goon, there's about 19 more on the tray!"
"But they don't taste as good as the one you half-ate," Taiiru - or Taiiru, as Shiroe claimed, due to our lack of way to proving that - said slyly as Shiroe glared - for lack of a better response."Oh, look Shiroe, you've got a smudge of cream on your face, geez what a goon you are..."
"What? Oh, both-" and before she could wipe it off, Taiiru - yet again, according to Shiroe - had cleaned it off her cheek for her.
By licking it off.
"Y-y-you-Taaaaiiiiiruuuuuuuuu!!!" she growled, and then, had pounced on him, attempting to strangle him.The younger twin snickered and dodged happily, swiping another three cookies as he left, putting one into his mouth as he went for the door.Without missing a beat.
"When I get my hands on that guy,I'll-" Shiroe growled, fingers tiwtching and a vein throbbing in her temple from annoyance as she roughly swiped her face with her sleeve as she turned and busied herself clearing up the table.
"..." was all Kotaru offered, placidly as he helped himself to another cookie before too happily sailing out of the kitchen, the tray held aloft, while Shiroe, wrestling to keep the ingredients, failed to notice.
"..." Finally, as Shiroe had just untied her apron and was folding it, she turned to check on the cookies...
only to find them gone.
"KOOOOTAAAAAAAARUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!"
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End.
Contrary to my original idea of total re-write, I simply edited on of my favourite, old, fics and posted it xD Yay, slacker.
Now I wanna go Mapling! Chow!