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When they were back at Shun's dorm Mitsu set Milo down so that he could play with his new toy. With the plush gripped in his mouth Milo ran off into the room bounding to the side of Shun's bed and hopping up. It took him a few tries before he made it but finally he was in place and curled up with his new toy. So much for playing.

"A..alright." Measuring. Mitsu could do that!

Keeping as far away from the desk as possible Mitsu gathered what she needed to measure and a couple of containers to put the contents in. When it came down to measuring though it seemed she had forgotten which was which and ended up measuring out two cups of vegetable oil and two tablespoons of water. Right measurements, wrong ingredients.

"Done!" She called out, setting the things Shun would need on the nightstand for him to collect when he needed them. "So is the stew pretty easy to make?"

When he came over to inspect what she had done Mitsu furrowed her brows. "O...oh." She could have sworn he said two cups of vegetable oil and two tablespoons of water.

"I'll fix it." She assured, measuring out more water and trying to carefully pour oil back into the bottle. It was not an easy task.

In the meantime Milo seemed to be entertaining himself by laying on his side and pawing at his red panda toy. The bed was a comfy place to be so it was a very lazy game that didn't involve a lot of movement.

Once done Mitsu had....around two tablespoons of oil left and two cups of water ready for Shun to take. "Oh...that makes sense I suppose." She nodded at that, mentally taking it in for later.

"Here you are." She held up the two containers she had. One with the small amount of oil and the other with the water. "What else can I do?"

At the praise Mitsu smiled and waited for her next task. When he mentioned peeling she waited to see what he had before he finally produced the tool for her to see.

It wasn't a knife so Mitsu was sure she could manage and nodded, holding out her hand for the tool and waited for the carrots and potatoes before she began.

Peeling was an...interesting process. More than a few times she sent a piece of carrot or potato flying and had to retrieve it to put it in the waste bin. It took her more than a few minutes but finally she had one of each done.....only a few to go.

As she continued on with her task Mitsu looked back toward the desk where her pudding was still being kept hostage. It was a shame it was just going to go to waste. Frowning she turned back to her task but then turned to look a Milo who was still lazily pawing his toy though now it was just slightly out of reach.

When the idea hit her Mitsu wondered why she hadn't thought of it sooner. Milo was smart, she could get him to retrieve the pudding for her. "Milo..." She whispered to get the foxfire's attention.

He tilted his head up and when he noticed Mitsu was giving him her attention he bounded up and over toward her. Snuggling against her leg he waited for his pets but that didn't seem to be what she had in mind.

"I need you to get something for me." She said quietly, trying to keep her voice down so only the foxfire could hear. It was hard to do in such a small room. "See the desk."

Milo turned toward the desk where Shun was working and then looked back toward Mitsu. "There are pudding cups...I need you to grab one."

He looked toward the desk again and then back to Mitsu with a tilted head. Apparently he didn't quite understand.

"Fetch the pudding...."

As if that somehow broke through to the little foxfire Milo bounded off the bed and toward the desk but instead of going for the pudding he instead made his way to Shun and pawed at his leg. When he managed to get the reaper's attention the little foxfire stood on his back legs with his front paws in the air in a begging style. He wanted something.

It didn't even take the firm tone for Milo's butt to hit the floor. He waited as patiently as his little body could manage, his beady little eyes focused on the meat as he licked his lips. When Shun handed him a piece of meat the foxfire took it gently in his teeth and then immediately ran off with his prize. He ran back to Mitsu and set the piece of meat by her feet but not before chewing on it a bit.

Sighing Mitsu reached down to pat Milo on the head and then reached further down to pick up the piece of meat and offered it to him so he knew he could have it. She supposed she couldn't expect the little guy to know the difference between the different foods.

After Milo finished off the meat he hopped back on the bed now that his task was done and plopped down by his new toy again. That was a lot of work.

Since her chance for pudding had passed once again Mitsu continued to peel carrots and potatoes. It took her a while but finally she had a bowl filled and she set the peeler aside and waited for Shun to come gather what he needed. "Finished."

There was another nod of confirmation so that Shun knew she understood. At least there wasn't a way for her to mess up pouring ingredients into the pot. Taking the items Shun brought her Mitsu poured them into the pot Shun had set up on the burner and then turned the burner on high.

"What else goes into this besides the potatoes and carrots?"

Taking the spices and the salt Mitsu set them aside and searched for the right measuring tool. "Teaspoon....teaspoon. Ah!" She actually managed to find the right measuring spoon and carefully measured out a teaspoon of each spice and poured it into the pot. Looking down into their little creation she took the carrots next and poured them in as well. The pot was actually getting kind of full.

Finding a spoon she stirred up what they had so far before turning back to the salt. Pinch of salt....So did that actually mean she was suppose to pinch the salt? Pouring a little into her palm she pinched a small amount between her finger and thumb and set it in a small bowl. Shun said to wait to add it.

"Will this be enough salt?" It didn't look like a lot.

With the small bowl of salt in hand Mitsu started to add it but paused when Shun said to put it all in. She tilted her head a bit feeling like that was a strange thing to say. Didn't he just say that this was the perfect amount? She looked at the bowl and then the container of salt. Should she pour the whole thing in? Was that how this worked?

There was a moment of consideration before she finally just dumped in the pinch of salt and started to stir. Like Shun said they could add more later and if he really wanted the whole container of salt added they could do it then. It seemed like she was learning...kinda.