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Ito Keiichi (伊藤慶一) (keiito) wrote in disappear_rpg,
@ 2009-05-27 22:10:00

Entry tags:

keiichi, maeko, misaki, shiori

Who: Keiichi, Misaki, Open to all.
What: Cooking Club Open House (looking for new members)
Where: Cooking Club Room
When: Saturday. After-school
Why: Because the current members MIGHT burn down the school in contravention of the club motto.

The club room had been polished to spotlessness, and a stack of leaflets sat on one of the tables near the room's entrance, advertising the virtues of the Cooking Club. It was about fifteen minutes before the room would be open to the students of the school, and behind Keiichi, the existing members worked dilligently on their cookies. After all, what would a Cooking Club open house be without yummy treats?

Sitting on one of the desks, feet kicking, his mind wandered to the events of yesterday. He still didn't quite know what was going on, but he would find out eventually. At least, he hoped that would be how it worked.

"Where's Misaki," he asked himself, referring to his first year second-in-command. The pink-haired girl was quite easy to talk to, he noted, and was also the only person who'd ever expressed any interest in being in the club to begin with. Hopefully, he could grab a few moments with her before the flood of future Cooking Club members entered.

Flood? Right. Maybe a trickle, if he was lucky.

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pinksunbeam
2009-05-28 04:14 pm UTC (link)

"R-Really Senpai? I..." she was blushing so red that her cheeks were as pink as her hair. "Thank you Senpai. I really appricate a compliment from someone who is as good a cook as you are."

"Well I'll try to get them to think about it, I promise," she gave him the Victory sign and giggled, "Well flower scents help make people feel more hungry. The smell brings them in and then the mixing of food hightens that feeling so..."

Her eyes driffted over to a group of thrid years that were whispering. Feeling suddenly less sure of herself she smiled slightly saying, "I...I might have over done it. I didn't give the others a chance to make food or anything. I'm sorry Senpai, I got carried away again it seems."

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keiito
2009-05-28 07:17 pm UTC (link)

"Much better to be too enthusiastic than not enthusiastic enough."

She was blushing. Cute. Very cute, really. Which was, of course, the problem.

Keiichi watched the others, and shook his heads. "Don't listen to them, Misaki," he said. "I wish they cared half as much as you do. Most of them are here for the free food, or to have a club on their resume when they try to get into uni..."

Shaking his head, Keiichi cast a withering look at the third years, who scurried off for a less watched corner to do nothing in without having to put up with their annoying second year club president.

"Don't pay any attention to them," he concluded. "Next year'll be my last here, the club will need a strong leader to take over. You'll be that leader if you keep this up."

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pinksunbeam
2009-05-28 08:33 pm UTC (link)

"Tha--Thank you Ito-senpai! I'll do my best then!" She smiled happily and grined at him. Then she nodded taking in his words.

"You're really sure of yourself aren't you Ito-senpai. I wish that I was so sure. I mean..." should she tell him about the looks she got from some of the girls? No that wouldn't be right, or fair. Looking up she gave him a kind smile. "I mean you're really brave to be the president. It's a hard job, but you do an amazing job. Thank you for all the hard work you put in. It's easy to do my best with someone like you around being my mentor."

"Oh, that reminds me um, Sato-san wanted to borrow one of my books on cookies for some reasons. I don't know if it's still in the classroom or not. Um...do you think, maybe I can come there after this to look for it?"

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keiito
2009-05-28 09:01 pm UTC (link)

Inwardly, Keiichi sighed. This was going to be difficult. It had been some time since he'd been so...immediately grabbed by someone. Usually, it was a slow descent into feeling like this.

Probably not good at all, but by now, he was used to it.

" It's only because I have willing cooks like you that I'm able to be a good leader," he stated. "Besides, this is what I've wanted to do since I was little. And you don't need to call me that. It's too formal." He frowned momentarily. Formality was one of the few things that bothered him. "Call me Keiichi. Easier that way."

Besides, if he could get rid of the formality...

"Of course you can," he replied. "I'll go with you if you want. I don't expect this to take long, unfortunately. Cooking's not for everyone."

A glance around the room seemed to confirm this fact.

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pinksunbeam
2009-05-29 12:05 am UTC (link)

"Um..." he was letting her use his first name? But he was her senpai...then again Sato-senpai had said the same thing to her, but she didn't feel at the time it was right. Still if he wanted her too.

"Okay, Keiichi-senpai," Misaki said softly but smiled none the less. "And thank you, for offering. I'm sure with your help I'll get my book back, and I'm sure that we'll get more people in here. They just...They just have to know we're here."

Misaki furrowed her brow some as if in deep concentration then grinned, "I know! We can have some of the girls go around on the other floors and offer some of the treats and tell people there are more down here."

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keiito
2009-05-29 01:03 am UTC (link)

"Thanks," he replied, letting a smile play on his lips. "That feels better already. I want the Cooking Club to be close. I may be your mentor, but you are already better than me in many ways. I think of us as equals."

She was a better cook than he was, as much as it pained him in some ways to admit it. And even if not...Misaki was definitely better at the other elements of a good meal, such as presentation and table setting.

If anything, she would probably end up pushing him. Over the edge of his sanity, probably.

"Excellent idea," Keiichi replied, calling over several of her fellow first years. "You three, gather up plates of the lovely treats and take them around the school. Different floors, each of you! This school shall know the name of its Cooking Club!"

The three first-years looked at each other, then Keiichi, and finally walked off, one making the universal signal of "this guy is clearly nuts" as she left.

"Sometimes," he told his second-in-command, looking at her intently, "I get the feeling that we're the only two people who actually care about the Cooking Club."

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pinksunbeam
2009-05-29 01:27 am UTC (link)

"That's not true! I'm sure the others care, they're...they're just not sure how to deal with the other students. We'll show them though! There's lots of stuff we can do, and if we hold bake sales and Oh a cook off over the summer, I'm sure that that would get them to be excited." Misaki grinned.

Shaking her head and looking down blushing some she said softly, "I'm not better then you Keiichi-senpai, I just have a lot of time on my hands to do things. I'm...I'm sure that between the two of us, you know that more people look up to you. You're kind and respected, and the club members really see you as a leader. They...They won't see me." Misaki looked up and smiled, "But I"m happy to help you out in any way I can. Just tell me what needs doing and I'll do it."

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keiito
2009-06-01 05:29 pm UTC (link)

"They don't look up to me," he sighed, gesturing to everyone around them. "They're in the club because they think it's the least work out of all of them. If they didn't need something to pad their resumes, they wouldn't be here."

His usual smile crumpled momentarily, and Keiichi shook his head back and forth. "The members who do care like both of us. We're both nice to them, and both try to help them as much as we can. The real members of this club like you."

He nodded. "I just wish people would really care about the Cooking Club." Keiichi was confused. Couldn't the girl tell how many people liked her?

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pinksunbeam
2009-06-01 05:47 pm UTC (link)

She thought about it. Real members cared....what could she tell him? She did like the club, it was fun, but did she care about it the way he thought that she did. She liked it, it was fun, but care about it and liking something were two very different things. Misaki wanted to believe she cared but there was a nagging feeling in the back of her mind that said otherwise.

Still she smiled at him and nodded, "Hummm, well then we'll just have to get them to care right? Besides like I said you're more the leader type then I can be. I'm just here to lend a hand."

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	keiito 2009-06-01 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Alright, alright," he finally gave in. "We'll worry about all that later, yes? I think we have some people coming in!" He hurried to grab some of the flyers, ready to pitch the club to some new recruits. If he was lucky, of course. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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