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"Sí, we probably do. Everything ought to be in the refrigerator." Romero gave his brother an amused grin. "Why are you asking me? You've had the dorm longer this year."

The Venezuelan gave an exasperated snort when both Franny and Luis turned down his offer. It seemed no one wanted to try his food. Admittedly, he couldn't fault their logic. He needed to save his stomach for the big event, too. "Hmph. Suit yourself," he said, playing the injured cook. He picked up another hallaca before setting the plate down on an isolated corner of the stove to keep it warm.

(Phone)

Franny made her self at home and sat down on the couch. She was only here because she was bored, not to cook. She was happy that Luis was going to stay. She was not going to give up on her quest to make him more of man, and these were the first steps.

Romero paused in the midst of handing Luis the appropriate ingredients for tamales when he hard a knock on the door. His pulse unconsciously sped up in eager anticipation. At last! Someone had arrived! Who was it? The Venezuelan all but raced to the door and flung it open wide.

"Hola, Kiku!" he cheered, letting the Japanese boy in. "So glad you could make it! You brought cookery too, I assume?" he added, eyeing the bag curiously.

"Luis, Franny, this is Kiku, from Japan. He's one of the others I invited over here," Romero said, introducing ghost and brother to the fellow senior. He pointed to each person as he called their names so that Kiku could distinguish them.

Franny nodded at Kiku and gave him a wave, "Sup Japan. Franny' she said not being as polite as Luis was, she was American what did you think she would say?

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Kiku stepped inside and smiled politely as he bowed in Luis and Franny's direction. "Hajimemashite." He couldn't figure out why Luis seemed so nervous, though...He wasn't being intimidating, was he? Or so he hoped.

Kiku could already smell the delicious aromas that wafted about the room, and glancing around he located a plateful of some kind of food that reminded him of...What were they called? Tamales. They looked slightly different from the tamales he remembered, though, especially in the way they were wrapped up. He would probably try some later - first, though, he had his own dish to make.

"It was fine, thank you," he replied to Romero's question. He decided not to divulge Feliciano and Zlata's...meeting, figuring it would be fairly awkward to bring up. "Not much, really...I brought ingredients for korroke - meat and potatoes breaded and fried." Come to think of it, he could probably make some okonomiyaki as well with the ingredients he had brought. Romero seemed to be using the stove, however, so Kiku just stood nearby, waiting his turn.

Franny yawned, well if all they were going to do was cook, this was going to be a real bore. Well maybe she could help Luis cook. She go up and floated to the kitchen. "Hey Luis want any help?" she asked.

It seemed that both Luis and Kiku wanted to use the small double-stove, whereas he really didn't have any reason to. Romero backed away from the burner he was currently hovering over so that Japan could use it.

"Your day couldn't have been that boring, hombre!" he told Kiku. "Or was it just the same old, same old?" he added with a wink. Korroke... Romero had never heard of that before. But from the Japanese boy's description, it had to be good!

He nodded full agreement at Luis' desire for a grill. "Sí, steaks always taste best grilled. But you're so good at cooking them, we don't really need it at all!" Argentina had a long history with ranching, so it made sense that Luis would cook the flanks well. If Luis happened to need a grill, there was always a chance that one of the people Romero had invited knew fire magic...

It seemed Franny was bored with nothing to do. "Have you managed to find Connecticut?" he asked, in an attempt to engage her. "Didn't you say you were looking for him?"

(Phone. Ugh, where are Austria, Hungary, Tennessee, and Brazil? || EDIT: Found the last two... Kinda.)