Rating: T+

Pairing: Soma/Erina

Genre: A little tease for what's to come!

Notes:

Hello everyone! Zancrow here!

"Classique", the sequel to "Nouvelle" is about to be released!

Or, well, the first Chapter at least! It will be a New Story, so I won't be updating it here, but since "Nouvelle" has so many followers, I figured it wouldn't hurt to give a little shout-out here first. The first Chapter of "Classique" shall be ready to be read in about half-an-hour of my posting of this, so stay tuned!

Disclaimer: Don't own Shokugeki no Soma.

"Erina, photo!" Alice could be heard shouting from across the room, reaching her cousin in record time as one of the photographers hired for the event eagerly set up her stand to capture a magnificent shot. It wasn't every day one could snap a pic of the two heiresses of the Tootsuki Empire out on social gatherings, and she wasn't letting this chance go.

"Alice, would you beha-ack!" Erina tried to keep calm as Alice grabbed her by the arm and spun her around, somehow managing to land both herself and Erina into a modeling pose, one which Erina had no choice but to smile to, otherwise she's appear in every magazine known to man with a scowl on her face. Can't have that.

The picture of the Nakiris was taken without issue, and somewhere, Alice figured, the Sendawara twins were eating their hearts out in envy.

"Thanks dear," Alice told the happy photographer. "Now then Erina, what should we do next? Perhaps try to see who we can exchange anecdotes with. I'm just dying to see who first asks me about my advances in the field of molecular gastronomy. You want to know the answer?"

"…A lot?"

"A lot!"

"Thrilling…" Erina replied, wrestling herself out of her cousin's surprisingly tight grasp. "But, calm yourself Alice. We are here on behalf of the entire Nakiri family, not just us. This is an event hosted by one of our greatest graduates, so we shouldn't be trying to upstage h-"

"Nonsense Erina," Alice shot back. "This is a Nakiri's birthright! To be the center of attention! It's both a blessing and a curse!"

"That's not entirely inaccurate…" Erina muttered. "That aside, where's Kurokiba? Wasn't he here with you?"

"He's right here!" Alice presented, as Kurokiba seemed to materialize right next to her.

"Hi."

"What the heck?!" Erina shouted almost unladylike, as Alice merely smiled and Kurokiba just stared. "Stop doing that, it's creepy!" Erina reprimanded her cousin's best friend, before she turned to said cousin, "And you! Listen to me! Stop vying for attention for once in your life! This isn't about-"

"Oh look, Soma's here!" Alice happily interrupted, pointing towards behind Erina, and causing the elder Nakiri to freeze in place.

She turned her head slowly, almost afraid, as if she hadn't fully prepared for this eventuality. She had invited him, coaxed him into coming when he had first indirectly protested, yet, now that the time had come, she felt… nervous. Not just at seeing him, even if that was a factor. They had been apart for weeks, only seeing themselves through video calls, and of course texting nearly every hour. But…

'…This is the first time I'll be seen out with him publicly. He is my… date, for the evening after all,' Erina thought as her face turned crimson. 'All the tabloids are going to eat this up, but I can't keep putting it aside. Soma wasn't afraid to show affection in public, I shouldn't be either… right?'

Then she saw the boy, dressed in her hand-picked attire, which fit him much too perfectly for it being the first clothes she had picked out for him. What could she say? She was very attentive to details after all, doubly so when it came to him. She knew his shirt size, pants size, shoe size, and embarrassingly enough, probably his underwear size too.

She shook her head. Focus, Erina, focus.

Soma caught her gaze quickly, almost as soon as he walked into the main hall. She was hard to miss, that much he knew. Erina, dressed in that fancy dress that clung onto her frame so perfectly that it made it hard for the oxygen he was breathing to reach his brain, reminding him so much of their match against Eizan where she cooked like a champ while wearing a very similar getup. She ended up greasy and sweaty, and she had never looked more beautiful than that night. Although, tonight she was giving that idea a run for its money.

He took guided steps to her, she held her heart in her hands, and as soon as he reached her, she felt like it was about to burst.

"Hey," the boy said.

"Hey yourself," the girl replied.

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