Omi Fushimi/Journey of Blooming

A Special Flavor

Backstage Stories

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Omi	I see, this one is nice too…
Friend A	Heeey, Fushimi.
Omi	Hey, how is it going?
Friend A	Great~.
Friend B	What do you know, I thought you were reading a photography book but turns out it's a cookbook?
Friend A	Fushimi is a cooking boy after all~. You're cooking everyday right? Can't you just cook without looking at these books at this point?
Omi	Ah… truth is right now I'm cooking for someone, so just like you said, I'm always cooking.
	So I was reading it in order to increase my repertory.
Friend B	Cooking for someone you say… can it be, a girl?
Omi	It is a girl but…
Friend B	Then, it's the girl you took snowboarding right!? You so smooth dude~!
Omi	No, you got it wrong! It's not like that.
	The theater company I'm affiliated with is having its second anniversary soon.
	So, because the Director is taking care of us every day, we decided that each one of us members will cook her something as a present.
Friend A	So that's how it is~…
Omi	Sorry for betraying your expectations.
Friend A	But that's actually kinda nice. Handmade cooking is like, filled with emotions you know?
Friend B	I guess it's not the same for boys and girls, but I would be happy if someone cooks a familial dish for me~.
Friend A	I get you! It's really touching!
Omi	Something familial, huh…
	(Thinking of which, Citron gave me a gift coupon for the shopping district. I think he told me to use it to add to the ingredient for dinner)
	(Alright, then today I'll use this coupon to buy vegetables, and I'll make some heated vegetables…)
Woman	Hmm… perhaps this one… but this one too…
	That is tough, I wonder which of them is tasty…
Omi	Excuse me… are you perhaps having trouble with choosing onions?
Woman	Eh? Oh no! Was I talking out loud!? Forgive me!
Omi	You should choose an onion with a firm weight in your hand, one that has a yellow, dry skin and also a luster to it.
Woman	Heh… Thank you, it is very helpful. If you don't mind, can you tell me the best way to choose the other vegetables…?
Omi	Of course.
Woman	Great! It is pitiable, but I have not the slightest clue about this type of things.
	The truth is, I'm always so busy with work, I was leaving all the cooking to my mother but--.
	Today is my child's birthday so I want to cook something for them, I even left my workplace early.
Omi	I see.
Woman	I'm not a good cook, I don't know if I can make anything tasty but… I want them to see what the taste of home cooking is like.
Omi	It's wonderful. By the way, what are you going to cook?
Woman	Fufu, meat and potato stew.
Omi	--.
Woman	You've been such a great help! I'll work hard in order to make a delicious stew out of these ingredients.
Omi	It will definitely be tasty. I hope your child will be happy.
Woman	Yes. Thank you so much. Goodbye.
Omi	Yes, goodbye.
	Alright then, I have to head to the dorms too--.
Juza	Hey stop right there!
Banri	You're not getting away!
Omi	!?
	Is that… Banri and, Juza?
Man	Huh, huh! Damn, for how long are they going to chase me!?
Omi	Are they running after this man?
Banri	--Omi! Catch this dude!
Omi	S-Sure.
	Excuse me, I'll listen to your excuse later, so please stop--.
Man	Out of my way!!
Omi	--!
Man	Gaahh!?
Juza	Alright! Omi-san, thanks.
Banri	Nice one Omi! Nothing less from you, twisting his arm when he was about to hit you.
Man	Screw you…
Omi	…and, what's going on?

Azami	You caught a habitual offender for shoplifting?
Banri	Right. For him to meet Omi on his escape, the dude really ran out of luck.
Omi	I'm happy I could be of use.
Taichi	Woo~! The three heroes who saved the shopping district! You're awesome!
	So that’s why you got so many vegetables and quality meat from the people of the shopping district right!
Omi	Yeah. I thought we can have a hotpot with all of us Autumn Troupe members.
Sakyo	Still, why are we doing it in this room…
Juza	munch munch…
Banri	Oi Hyodo! Stop eating nothing but meat!
Juza	Aah? Same goes to you!
Azami	All of you eat your vegetables, take some vitamins.
Taichi	munch munch, it's so yummy~! The last meal is ramen right!
Omi	Right. Ah, there's also rice gruel.
Banri	One vote for ramen from me.
Juza	Rice gruel obviously.
Azami	It's ramen right?
Taichi	So hard to decide! Which one do you want Sakyo-nii?
Sakyo	Doesn't matter. More importantly can't you eat more quietly!?
Juza	…we're out of meat.
Omi	Haha, that was fast. But there's more in the fridge, I'll go and bring more.
Taichi	Ah, then I'll go and grab it!
	I'm back! Here you go, your extra meat!
Omi	Hm? …ah, sorry, Taichi. That's not the meat we received, it's in the other pack.
	That's the meat I bought in order to cook for Director tomorrow.
Taichi	Eh, is that so?
Banri	Aah? For Director-chan? Then--.
Izumi	You're in charge of cooking today right Omi-kun.
Omi	Yeah. Here you go, Director.
Izumi	Woah, it's a meat and potato stew! Thank you for the food!
	…yup, it's delicious! It's a bit sweeter than usual.
Omi	I thought you would notice.
Izumi	Fufu, I'm always eating your cooking after all.
Omi	…the truth is, I tried to make it similar to my mother's cooking.
Izumi	Your mother?
Omi	Yeah.
	My deceased mother, it wasn't like she couldn’t cook, but honestly she wasn't a good cook either.
	Everything she made had this deep sweet taste, see. But my brothers and I didn’t hate it, for us it tasted like home.
Izumi	I see.
Omi	My mother has often made this stew for us, and it's probably the one I found the tastiest.
	At first I thought about cooking an extravagant full course but… I wanted to give you as present the meal I find the tastiest.
	But even if I think that it's tasty, there's no point if Director doesn’t like it.
Izumi	…not at all. I like this flavor too. It's very good.
Omi	I see. I'm glad.
CHOICE 1: Your repertory is amazing Omi-kun [+] Izumi Your repertory is amazing Omi-kun. You can cook anything from fancy meals to a homely flavor like this. On top of it each one of them is so delicious! Omi I'm happy to be complimented like that. Thank you. Izumi I want you to teach me again some tricks for making tasty food. Omi Of course. I too like thinking about new menus while shopping together with you, and cooking while talking about silly things. I liked cooking from the start, but when I'm doing it with you Director it's different from doing it alone… how to put it, I'm feeling happiness. …saying it out loud made me a bit embarrassed. Izumi (I'm blushing too now…)
CHOICE 2: It's a special flavor [+] Izumi For you Omi-kun, it's a special flavor. Omi Yeah. But now, the food director makes is also one with a special flavor for me. Izumi Eh? Omi Smelling that nice smell from the kitchen when I come back from university or after practice, makes me happy. When I eat the meals Director made for us, my heart feels full too. Even more so when I'm eating with you and the other guys. Izumi --.
Omi	It's the Company's second anniversary. Director, thank you for everything. I'll do my best to improve my acting.
	Of course, I intend to work on my repertory of meals that will make Director happy. Look forward to it.
	Take care of me from now on too.
Izumi	Omi-kun… thank you. Same here, I'll be in your care.
Omi	Yeah.
Izumi	Back to our topic, this stew is really good.
	And this meat, it's of a really high quality isn’t it!?
Omi	So you've noticed that too?
	You heard about us Autumn Troupe receiving things from the shopping district for catching a shoplifter right?
	The truth is Banri and the others told me to use the high quality beef we received for your meal.
	It's a result of everyone's goodwill--.
	And more than anything they wanted you to have something tasty, so they gladly shared it with you.
Izumi	I see…
	Fufu, thank you. I have to thank the other Autumn Troupe members too.
Omi	Yeah, you're right.

Hoshiko