igneuspugnus replied to your post “Here, try some of this.”

/insert sad face here at being questioned about his cooking, even though it sucks and resembles a pile of burnt... whatever it was./ B(

"Ah! I-....."

Kougyoku took a moment to stare at what was in the freckled-man’s hand, wondering what exactly it was. Eyebrow slightly raised, she began to eye him suspiciously.

Today Kougyoku ventured out on the other side of the city, wanting to see how everything ran over there. When she first moved here, she chose to walk around only a certain area to avoid getting lost, even if she had a map in hand. But knowing herself and how she could be such an idiot sometimes, she believed that to be the right decision. It was only a few hours ago when she chose to dress up and leave her dorm room. She did not want to be shut in just as she was before she started her “new life.” So to avoid that, the redhead was always out and about.

Dressed in a casual dress, stockings and a trench coat, she was currently standing on the sidewalk of a completely different school. Huh. Well this was odd, she was sure she had followed the correct directions that the man at the shop had given her. The buildings behind the large gates signified that the was obviously not Ouran, and she was sure that she didn’t get a notice about the whole academy getting a renovation. Not like that could happen in a span of four hours anyway. 

Nervously rubbing her arms, she’d begun to think that she may not even be cut out for living her own life by herself after all. It had only been a few weeks away from home but she already missed everyone terribly, whether she liked it or not. Though it’s her own fault, she made this wise decision of running away and stripping away her title as a princess. But she vowed to herself to not cry; staying strong was a must if she wanted to maintain living away from her whole family. With a slightly quivering lip, she approached a tall brunette not too far away. He had unusual red tattoos on his face, which was very…different. But then again Kougyoku herself had natural red-pink hair, even arranged in a weird hairstyle. 

Wiping away the tears that kept threatening to spill from the corners of her eyes, she spoke up once she came near to the man, cheeks dusted with a light tint of pink. “E-Excuse me, may I ask for some assistance? I’ve gotten a bit lost…”

The ambrosial scent of a variety of food wafted by his nose, causing the freckled pirate to perk up, head turning towards the direction of the source. Spotting a petite female passing by him, a couple of food protruding from her mouth, a chuckle parted his lips. Removing himself from the bench he was previously situated on, jogging slightly to match her pace, he was getting close.

Strutting alongside the female with a regal appearance, amusement danced in his eyes at the sight of someone like her with food stuffed in her mouth. It seemed she was having quite some trouble with her food. When a situation involved food, he was more than happy to help. Also, the fact that he was hungry, as always, helped as well. "Hey, let me help you out with that." Ace abruptly chided as he teasingly snatched a piece of food from her; tossing it in his mouth as he broke out into a grin. Savoring the taste, chewing the food slowly before passing it down, he blinked before glancing at her, astonished. "Oh, that’s actually pretty good. Where’d you get this at?" 

The previous princess just so happened to walk out of a small Japanese food shop at a corner in the city. Here’s to say that the shop had quite a sale on everything they owned, due to them having to close down for an unknown reason. And with the way Kougyoku was, one could guess that she bought nearly half of their shop, having been attracted to the food’s cuteness. Which was exactly what she did. A silly reason to buy food, one would think. But it was something that she just couldn’t help, and now she was walking with multiple plastic bags, all mainly filled with bento boxes that contained onigiri with cute faces on them. It was only a while after she walked into the park when she came to realization that buying this many had been a mistake. She already had tons of food stored in her dorm room, and it came to mind that all of this food could go to waste.

Even if she wasn’t hungry at the moment, she thought that maybe she should start eating some now, so that it wouldn’t be a waste later. While walking through the park, she made it so that she was able to eat and hold the heavy bags of food at the same time. Bags hanging at her elbows, one bento box in one hand, and one onigiri in the other. She began stuffing her face with as much food as she can, while looking for a bench to sit at—but it appeared that all of them were occupied. It was then when she noticed that a tall man had walked up next to her, and she jumped when he took one of the remaining onigiri that was at hand.

"E-Ehhh?" She turned to stare at the freckled-man before her, much thoughts of confusion filling her head. Is that what people would do in this town…? Would that be how you made friends here? To be overly-friendly with others such as sharing food the first time you meet? She blinked for what seemed like a thousand times, before finally calming down and setting down her shoulders. If this was an opportunity to make a friend, then she would be damned to let it pass. Gulping her food down, she started to speak with a quiet voice. "Ah….I’ve purchased these at the Japanese food shop not too far away from here," she let out a nervous chuckle; making friends was not her specialty.

Holding the bento box up to him, she gave a small smile with cheeks tinted with pink. “Would you like another? I’ve got plenty more of them in these plastic bags!”