| Omi | ...... |
| (I bought some barley miso to make a new miso blend for the soup, but I guess it's going to be a while before I can use it.) |
| ...... |
| (I also wanted to try a different method of preparing the burdock root...) |
| (...There I go again. I guess Sakyo-san wasn't wrong about me being obsessed.) |
| (I've never really thought about what my relationship with cooking is. It's always been something that I do... just because.) |
| (What does cooking mean to me? I like cooking, and it helps me relax...) |
| (...but it's different from everything else I do. It's not like acting, or my handicraft hobbies, or photography, which I ended up pursuing professionally.) |
| (Cooking comes as naturally to me as breathing does.) |
| (If I love it so much, I could've turned it into a career, but that's not something I ever felt the need to do.) |
| ...... |
| (What, exactly, does cooking mean to me?) |
| Taichi | Omi-kun! Open up! |
| Omi | Taichi? |
| What's up? |
| Taichi | Sorry I couldn't open the door myself, my hands were full. |
| Omi | I thought you were going to get ramen with the other guys? |
| Taichi | Nah, didn't feel like it. I got some pizza instead! Want some? |
| Omi | That smells good. What pizza did you get? |
| Taichi | Hehe! I got something called "quattro formaggi"! Look! |
| Omi | ? |
| Is that... a face? |
| Taichi | Doesn't this pizza look like a giant yellow sticker? |
| Omi | ...! |
| Taichi | I tried drawing a face on it with some sauce. |
| I know it's probably not a yellow sticker kind of day for you today, so I got you this pizza instead! |
| I know we can't have yellow sticker days every day, but... |
| ...as your roommate, I'm here for you on the days that you can't put a yellow sticker on. Let's have a pizza party and eat our worries away! |
| Omi | Taichi... |
| Taichi | I'm gonna dig in and forget all about the surprise test we got landed with in English today! |
| Omi | Thanks, Taichi. |
| Taichi | Hehe! C'mon, eat up before it gets cold! |
| Omi | You're right. Thanks for the pizza. |
| Taichi | Pizza time! |
| But man, seeing Sakyo-nii ban you from cooking was such a shocker. |
| Omi | I feel bad for worrying him. |
| Taichi | I kinda get him, though. You never mess up your cooking, so I was a bit worried. |
| And the line you flubbed was about pork miso soup, too. |
| Omi | ...... |
| Taichi | What's going on, Omi-kun? I know it's not about work. |
| Omi | ...Yeah. |
| Taichi | Is it something to do with Nachi-san? |
| Omi | ...When I went to have dinner with his parents, they made the pork miso soup Nachi loved. |
| That's not what's got me down, though. |
| ...They also gave me this notebook Nachi had written in. |
| It was full of notes he had taken about becoming an actor. |
| Taichi | Was that what you've been reading at night? |
| Omi | Yeah. Sorry I lied and said it was for work. I didn't want you to worry. |
| Taichi | It's okay. |
| Omi | There was something else written in there, and... I'm having trouble believing Nachi would've written something like that. |
| I can't make heads or tails of it, and it's been bothering me ever since. |
| I know I probably should've talked to everyone first, rather than brood over it myself, but... |
| Nachi and I were always together, and we never kept anything from each other. I'm the one that knows him best... or so I thought. |
| I wanted to think about what his note could've meant by myself, before telling anyone else about it. |
| It's probably useless to mull over since I'll never be able to ask him what he truly meant, but... |
| ...I don't want to give up on it. |
| Taichi | So, is cooking something you need to do to understand Nachi-san? |
| Omi | Huh? |
| Taichi | If it is, then I'll help you convince Sakyo-nii to lift the ban! |
| Omi | No, it's okay. I only ever cooked for Nachi... once, I think? |
| It's sad that I can't cook, but at least I'll have more time to think back on my time with Nachi. |
| |
| Taichi | Whew, I'm stuffed! |
| Omi | It's nice to get pizza delivered once in a while. Thanks, Taichi. |
| Taichi | Yeah! Oh, here. I filled in the survey. |
| Omi | Oh, thanks. I really appreciate it. |
| Taichi | I know you told us not to put down your cooking, but I really couldn't think of anything else... |
| Omi | You've got here... my homemade pizza? |
| Taichi | It was between that and your midnight hot dogs, but the pizza ended up winning! |
| Do you remember the pizza you made when we had that party with everyone, after Winter beat GOD-za in the act-off and saved Mankai Company and paid off the debt? It was that pizza! |
| It was soooo good! |
| I'll never forget that pizza for as long as I live. It was the taste of relief and happiness, knowing that the first place I truly felt I belonged to would be safe. |
| Remember how you made another one when we beat GOD-za again with Stray Devil Blues? |
| The bacon and mushroom one! |
| Omi | Oh, yeah, I remember. |
| Taichi | Can you make us another pizza once the play's over? |
| It'll be a day that you can actually put a yellow sticker on, not just a day with a big yellow pizza!I just know it! |
| We can get through this together. Let's all do our best! |
| Omi | Thank you, Taichi... I couldn't have asked for a better roommate. |
| Taichi | Hehe! Sorry about the survey, but I really just had to write your cooking down! |
| The Company's been through all sorts of thick and thin, but we've always had your cooking waiting for us at the end of it all. |
| It's part of what makes Mankai what it is, and I'm sure everyone would agree. |
| We've all got our favorite dishes by Omi-kun. Something that we'll never forget. |
| Omi | Something you'll never forget, huh... |
| Taichi | Oh, and that includes Director-sensei's curry, too! |
| Omi | True! |
| Taichi | I know the cooking ban is tough on you, but I think it's been even tougher on everyone else. |
| Omi | Haha. I feel so lucky to be able to cook for everyone. |
