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[Someone is digging around in the kitchen, looking for some kind of snack. More accurately, Riku is looking for chocolate. He would never tell anyone, but he's actually very fond of chocolate, despite his lack of a sweet-tooth. The fact that Riku cannot find any chocolate in said kitchen is very displeasing to him - what kind of kitchen doesn't have chocolate? Riku is moving onto a different cupboard, where there is different mixes for baked goods.]

Guess I'll just have to make something myself.

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Want my help?

[Okay, so Sora might have been watching. Can you blame him? He was partially curious as to what Riku was up to, after all.]

[Oh, hey Sora. You startled him, since he hadn't noticed you there. Riku looks pleased to see him, none the less.]

Sure, if you'd like to help.

What are we making?

Don't know yet. Something chocolate though.

What would you like?

Ummm...

Brownies.

Brownies it is then. [digs around until he finds a brownie mix - he's not a good enough cook to make them from scratch]

[Who actually is?]

Cool.

[Uh... Zexion? Or Paula Deen.]

Let's see what we need... [places the box on the counter and starts reading it]

Do you want to set the oven to 350 for me?

Sure thing. [Aaaand over to the stove with Sora, looking at the oven for a moment before pressing a few buttons and ta-daa, heating up. He looks over at Riku, then, before heading for a drawer, digging through it] Y'gotta do this right. [He insists, then holds up an apron triumphantly, tossing it to Riku.]

Wear this!

[Glances back at Sora when he tosses the apron at him. Riku just stares at it.]

Do I have to?

Yes. Yes you do.

... Fine.

[Riku pulls on the apron. At least it's not pink and frilly or anything. Just a pretty standard apron. If Sora tells anyone about this he's going to beat him though.]

Better?

Yup!

Now what?

We need a big bowl first and a measuring cup for liquids. Want to find a bowl for me?

[Riku starts checking the cupboards for the right kind of measuring cup now.]

Sure thing... [goes looking through some of the lower cabinets and stuff, looking for a bowl]

[There's the measuring cup he needs. Riku glances at the back at the box, going over to the sink to get the water he needs.]

Any luck?

[Holds up a bowl] This one big enough?

[Glances over at Sora to see what kind of bowl he got. Riku nods, walking back to the counter with the cup of water.]

Yeah, that's good. Bring it over here.

[Brings the bowl over to Riku and sets it on the counter, watching him.]

And now...?

[Riku pulls the brownie mix out of the box, handing it to Sora.]

Open that up and put it in the bowl. [going to the refrigerator to get some eggs]

[Ooh, bag of brownie mix. Riku, you are a very trusting person. Perhaps too trusting... Nah, Sora's going to do as told. He opens the bag and dumps it in the bowl.]

[Brownie mix is good, but real brownies are better, so he's pretty sure Sora isn't going to eat it. Riku comes back with two eggs, cracking them and putting them in the mix, along with the water. Now he just needs a spatula or spoon to stir...]

Do you know where a spoon or something is?

[maybe the kind of kitchen whose chocolate stash has already been looted?

He watches without feeling from the counter, the idle wariness of a fighter. Having nothing better to do, Roxas is experimenting with different tastes, the ingredients of which are scattered all around him. At the moment? Dark chocolate bar topped with peanut butter.

Only the minutest twitch betrays his thoughts as he samples it. Then he starts on the rest of the bar with no sign of pleasure whatsoever.]

[The sound of Roxas biting into the chocolate bar makes Riku turn to look at him, which causes his expression to turn sour. Firstly, he wasn't fond of Roxas, not in the least bit, but at least this one isn't the one from his world. And secondly, you are wasting good dark chocolate.]

That's disgusting. If you're going to eat chocolate with peanut butter, make it milk chocolate. Not dark.

[Milk chocolate... He checks the wrappers. Oh. The boring chocolate.]

Milk chocolate isn't bitter.

[Blandly, he picks up a salt shaker and dusts the next piece of dark chocolate with white, then bites down again.

Ugh. Still not right.]

Of course it's not bitter. It's not supposed to be bitter.

[Just... Just staring. This Roxas is murdering good chocolate by putting things like salt on it. There has to be some kind of law against that.]

What the hell are you doing?

Then why would anyone eat it?

[doesn't look up. That's another piece gone, leaving three. Roxas gives up on chocolate for now and chooses, instead, a sack of sour gummies. He pinches a piece between thumb and forefinger. It stares back at him, ominously.]

Trying to find a good combination.

[He's moving steadily more towards combinations that taste like sea-salt ice cream, which is, apparently, the one flavor he doesn't want to kick off the edge of the world. Thus, the experiments.]

Because some people don't like bitter things.

[At least he has moved on from destroying the chocolate. Little whelp. He's moving over to the counter to see what has been spared.]

Why don't you just look in a cook book? That would be easier and save what few taste buds you must have.

[eyes the chocolate] You done with that?

Cookbooks don't have anything good. Cakes and fondues... I don't like that kind of stuff.

[comes to a decision. He breaks off a piece of the chocolate and takes the first gummy bear to look at him in a less-than-accusing way and pops them in together.

...

Clearly a bad and a bad never make a good. His brows twitch together, and he places a hand over the chocolate.]

Not yet.

Have you actually ever looked in one? Because any good ones have a lot more than that.

[Just watching Roxas eat that makes him want to puke. Clearly this one never learned the rules of what to combine chocolate with. When his hand goes over the chocolate, Riku frowns.]

You're going to waste it all. What flavor are you trying to make?

The other ones had a lot of chicken. Not interested in that either.

[So, yeah. Roxas never bothered to learn the difference between types of cookbooks. A cookbook is a cookbook. He tilts his head.]

Sea-salt.

So you didn't bother looking through many of them.

[Displeased Riku is displeased.]

Then just eat sea-salt.

Most of them said the same things.

[Bored Roxas is bored. He's now eyeing the last piece of dark chocolate and -- is that blackberry jam? His head snaps back at Riku's last statement, however.]

Sea-salt ice cream.

[Now he's just. Kind of looking at Riku like the latter's retarded.]

[Riku returns the look to Roxas.]

I knew what you meant. No one in their right mind would eat pure sea-salt.

[Riku folds his arms over his chest, eyes dropping to the last piece of chocolate. Roxas is probably going to murder it too.]

You should just eat sea-salt ice cream instead. Or use confectioner's chocolate. That's more bitter than dark chocolate.

Tried that.

[He gestures at a transparent bag on the faaaaar end of the counter. The bitten piece of confectioner's chocolate has been carefully returned... to the bag. Really appetizing.]

Some worlds don't have sea-salt ice cream. But they do have these things. Which is why I'm trying.

[Riku stares at the chocolate Roxas bit off of, then put back in the back. There had to be something wrong with this kid in the head.]

You can't just put chocolate you half ate back in the bag. It spreads germs.

Can I at least have one piece before you ruin it all? Please?

[He's never met this kid before, but he's getting on Roxas's nerves. Roxas doesn't even have nerves to get on.]

I haven't been sick. [Well, except for--] And I'm not ruining it. I'm eating it. That's what you do with food.

[Riku always gets on Roxas' nerves when they don't have nerves. He's talented like that. Any Roxas he meets has the same effect on him. They piss him off.]

You don't have to be sick to have germs. You always have them.

Just never mind. For all I know you've bitten off all of them.

Me? Always? You're thinking of someone else.

[Assuming that what applies to one Roxas applies to all - how stupid. He lowers his chin and dips the chocolate in the jar of blackberry jam.]

Just one was enough. I didn't touch the rest.

... You're impossible.

[At least chocolate and berries is a bit better. Riku can stand to see that combination. He just sighs.]

I don't even think I want to eat anymore.

No, I'm not. I'm easy.

[Simple, he means. Roxas never really got the hang of that slang. He looks at Riku without pity.]

Good. Does that mean you don't want this?

[He dangles the milk chocolate. There are still a few jams he hasn't tried, after all.]

No your not.

[Waves a hand lazily at Roxas. It's not really worth the struggle with this kid. He can find chocolate elsewhere.]

I don't care. Have it if you want it.

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