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Clow was already in the kitchen at this point, having gotten permission to reserve the kitchen for this 'class'. A few people were already here, to her surprise--Some people really wanted to make chocolates, either for their crush or just to have chocolates later on...Whatever it was, she was teaching this class and all that. 'Lets see...there's quite a lot of ingredients for this,' she thought to herself, 'Guess the staff doesn't mind if we have just one day to ravage sweets...Then again, there's Halloween and Easter too. Anyway...' After going over the ingredients, Clowrey finally looked up and surveyed the class; looks like there would still be a few stragglers left.

Too young to be involved romantically with anybody, Tabby could still have crushes, right? She was still too young to understand what romance was exactly, but if it was anything like what the other kids at school told her, it was good, right??

Although her rowdy and immature appearance told otherwise, Tabby did have a secret admiration of the Valentine's day rituals... But she never thought she'd have a secret admirer, either.

Due to the new-found, maybe even the first, possibility of a romantic attachment, joy collected in her little, fast-beating heart. She threw her hands over her chest and gripped her shirt in an attempt to ease her pounding heart... and entered the kitchen with fresh smile. Making chocolates, wrapping them up, and giving them to someone special... It was... thrilling.

She looked around and the only familiar face she saw was... the injured girl's. Well, not her face. More like her distinctive hairstyle and fashion statement. Tabby's smile dropped; it was if she was metaphorically frozen in place. It was only for a few moments as Tabby recalled their last meeting... She really liked someone, but he turned out to be a jerk. And instead of helping, Tabby ended up kicking him in the shin....

Her insides began to twist up. Was it wrong to kick him?

She shook her head. No! He's.... awful! Underneath that thick, permanent smile... is the contorted face of a DEMON.

This made sense to Tabby. She nodded to herself as she thought, And thus, it is my sworn duty to protect damsels in distress from their destructive love interests, even if they don't want me to... Tabby swallowed... Still... I don't want her to be sad...

She took another deep breath and approached the injured girl.
"Oh, hey!" she said and laughed sheepishly. "You never told me your name. What should I call you?"

It occurred again to Tabby where they were: in the school kitchen before Valentine's Day.

"You're making chocolates for that guy you like, right?" She looked to the side and rubbed her arm shamefully.. "A-about last time; I'm sorry for not being able to keep my word... I kind of... kicked him in the shin..."

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Once the kitchen was filled up, with familiar and unfamiliar faces and then some, Clowrey called out to everyone's attention. "Okay, it looks like everyone that wants to be here is here, so we're going to get started," she said, "It's two or three per station, remember that. There's plenty of ingredients at each one for all of us, so...yeah. We should be good on that." She tapped her chin thoughtfully, wondering where to go from here...It was a little odd that Clowrey was teaching a class, she thought to herself. It was just making chocolates but there were a lot of people here...'Wonder who they're making these sweets for?' Disregarding any nervousness in her stomach, the Tasean continued on.

"Check to make sure you got all these ingredients and materials, okay:
Chocolates squares
Molds
Two bowls per person
Frosting
Red and pink food coloring
And there should be some things for fillings, like caramel and stuff, if anyone wanted to do that.

First off, we're not going to use any ovens. I saw some of you turning them on already and getting pans out, but...We're just going to use hot water. Take one of the bowls and go fill them with as hot of water as you can. Put all your chocolate squares in the other bowl and stick that one on top of the other. It's important that you don't get any water or milk or anything in the chocolate, or else it'll get chunky." She continued to instruct everyone, while filling up her own bowls and such to make sure everyone visually understood. "While the top bowl is getting heat up by the hot water...take this time to think about how many chocolates you're going to make. In Tasea, we have Honmei Choco for people we crush on...and also Tomo Choco for our friends. So think about who you're going to give chocolates to and ready your molds." There were star molds and heart molds, all in different sizes...For Clowrey who had planned to give out all Tomo Choco, she was readying palm-sized molds of both type...

'Lets see...Ane, Theo, Isaac, Danica, Juno, BB...Am I forgetting anyone?' she thought to herself, going over everyone she knew in her head. Noting a minute or so had pass, Clowrey then called everyone to get their spoons and stir the bowl of chocolates. Warmed up, the squares easily melted into each other against the mixing spoons. After getting each bowl personally inspected by herself, it was then time to fill up the molds. For filled chocolates, she told people to only fill the mold part way and slowly drip a medium amount of whatever filling they wanted and then finish pouring in the chocolates over that.

After that, all respective molds were placed onto a tray and stuck into the cooler to harden. It wouldn't take too long, so it was time for a short break.

Theo hadn't noticed Hack. No, he had been far too distracted by intently trying to listen in on what Clowrey was saying and spotting every girl he knew in the kitchen at the moment. So when Hack spoke to him, he was suddenly made aware of the older male's presence and jumped, giving off an audible yelp.

"I-i-i-i," Theo began, trying to find words that would successfully travel out his mouth hole and not make him sound like an idiot, "I wasn't spying on them, uhm, honest! I just want to know how to make chocolates for my mom!"

Ok, so he got the successfully saying words thing down, but he still managed to make himself look like an idiot.

Panic stricken, he looked into the cafeteria to Clowrey, who at this point had made eye contact with him once, meaning she knew he was creepering there the whole entire time. Maybe she didn't mind because it was him, and she knew he liked to cook things. After all, they met while he was making cookies.

He starred at the smoke summoning teen for a few brief moments, the horror on his face translating into some sort of pitiful plea for him to be accepted into the room so he wouldn't feel like a jerk. Then he looked back up at Hack, he grinned in a lopsided manner and chuckled nervously.

...Theo you are so smooth with everyone.

The name Avalbane made Tabby think of an space battle alien cyborg. She rested her chin on her hand. "Avalbane... I think that's a spectacular name! It really fits you," she chirped, with a newfound impression of Avalbane being able to transform her mechanical leg into some kind of an ice cannon, and she actually gained her numerous scars from fighting in a lot of wars and ferocious battles... She must have started fighting at around my age, Tabby rationalized in her mind. So she really wasn't a damsel in distress, but she was actually a ... hardcore war veteran! Looking at her again, Tabby still got the vibe of a shy, beaten down on girl who needed to be protected... "Yer can c-call me Ava..umm.. if so'tiz easier or s-somethin'."
"It okay; I like your full name better, Avalbane," Tabby said with inspired eyes. She seemed quite fond of Avalbane, but whether it was because she was so delicate or because she was a battle-savvy war veteran didn't seem to matter...

It did take a lot of mental strength to confess, so Avalbane's laughter made her look up, blushing. She felt embarrassed by how much of a big deal she herself took it; she expected Avalbane getting upset over it, but instead, it would be the first time she'd hear Avalbane laugh. Which made Tabby let out her own laugh too, sheepishly.

"Dat is ok. Oi don't tink he likes me anyway." Avalbane seemed oddly calm and cheerful about it, which made Tabby frown.



Avalbane giving up on him was supposed to be good, so why did Tabby feel bad??

"Oi actually don't nu waaat oi'm doin'. oi jist wanted ter join in on sum things." Then just at that moment, she moved to a station as the instructor began speaking. "Two or three per station, right?" Tabby went up to Ava's side. "I'll join with you!"

Tabby followed the instructor's directions just as she was saying them. She swiped a bowl, went to the nearest sink and came back with steaming water inside it. She slammed it onto the station, making no effort to lessen the impact of it hitting the counter, and she slapped the second bowl onto it. Tabby could be quite good at cooking/baking, but she always prepared it with brute force, whereas Anemone would carefully and gingerly take care not to put a single scratch on any of the utensils. Tabby's cooking did come out delicious, just not presentable. Food was meant to taste, right??

Counting and assessing always confused Tabby, so she decided to make a lot of both of everything. She dropped chocolate squares into the bowl until it was almost full and pummeled them with her spoon until they were fully melted. Then she quickly poured chocolate into as many molds as she could until the entire bowl was empty. More than half were overfilled, but she could always break them out of the mold later. The next step would be to stick them in the cooler, which reminded Tabby of the cool breeze coming out of Avalbane and the frozen footsteps that she left behind.

Tabby smiled and asked with shining eyes, "Hey Avalbane, what's your power? Could you freeze my chocolate molds for me?! That'd be really cool!"

☎xxxxxxxxxxxAvalbane • had blushed from the compliment Tabby had given her. She was also rather relieved to see Tabby become her 'partner' in a sense. At least she knew the girl and felt more comfortable around her. This would be fun after all!

Peaking over at what Tabby was doing, Ava made sure to figure out which was chocolate and which was not. The only problem was the hot water, hopefully her hands and body wouldn't emit too much cool air to prevent the water from staying hot. It was almost like a race against time for her. As she placed the second bowl into the hot water, she was careful when putting the chocolate in. Clowrey had said not to let water get into it and she was doing her best not to.

Out of the corner of her eye, Avalbane would watch what Tabby did and relate those actions with what Clowrey was telling them to do. Most of it made sense. The chocolate had set in the bowl for a bit before Avalbane carefully started to stir them around to get them to melt. It was actually a bit of a challenge for her, she didn't want to be too forceful and create a mess by accident. She was prone to accidents. As soon as the brown liquid seemed clump-less, she carefully started to try and fill some molds. Different ones of each of course. Who knew who she would meet and could give the heart ones to. Of course as she tried to pour some chocolate into the molds, she missed half of what she was doing. The melted chocolate landed and puddled up on the counter tops. Hopefully this wouldn't be a problem. She didn't mean to make a mess. Rectifying her earlier accident, she aimed better at the next few molds and was able to fill them up about halfway. There! She thought, rather happy with what she had done.

Tabby's voice caught her attention and she turned to look at her, Avalbane's glowing pink eyes staring down at the younger girl. My power? This would have been the first time someone had actually mentioned her power. Maybe they had not realized that the frozen footsteps, cold skin, and built in air conditioning was part of her power. However, Tabby seemed to. "Me power? well, umm, oi lower temperatures." That was the best way to explain it at least. She wasn't sure of her full potential or what her powers completely entailed, but she did know some of what she could do. Tabby's voice sounded so excited about the idea that Avalbane might be able to freeze her molds that Ava couldn't say no. Well she could, but the truth is she could freeze her molds. "A-Alright. let me try."

Stepping closer to Tabby, Ava put her hands on the mold and narrowed her brow. It was time to use her powers. This would be the first time she had ever used her powers at the Academy. Hopefully it would be the first time of many, she rather liked the idea of being needed. Avalbane concentrated on the molds and kept her hands pressed firmly against them. She could feel the warmer molds slowly loosing that warmth. She could also feel the pulse of a cool stream running through her arms and out her hands. It was a rather odd sensation, but one that was hard to explain. After a bit of holding them and allowing her powers to run wild on the molds, the chocolate seemed to be stiff as it was before melting.

Letting go of the molds, Ava stepped back over to her side of the station and smiled. "Dare." She was rather proud of herself, slightly beaming with happiness. Hopefully that is what Tabby wanted. She decided to do the same thing with her own molds, now aware that she could.

This whole time she had not paid any attention to the two males who had showed up to the chocolate making or any of that conversation that was going on. Seemed she was too enthralled with making chocolate and finally having a good use to her powers.

Maybe she should become a Chocolatier.

Yulo-chan

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