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[with_a_song]

Who: Luke and Tear
What: Houston, we have Rabu-Rabu Virus.
When: [BACKDATED] March 13th, 2008
Where: Tetha

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She sat up in bed, her cheeks still burning ... she thought, though, that perhaps if she became busy with something, she could take her mind off of things for a while.

Pulling her hair over one shoulder, she stood, stepping through the apartment and into the kitchen. They didn't have much ... but the people next door did bring some things over in the way of food. There were a lot of people staying next door, and one of the young ladies staying there came by once or twice a week and offered some food for them all. Luke knew her ... her name was ... Chika, right? She had helped them before, she had been told.

This past week, she'd brought some sweeter ingredients ... Tear absentmindedly gathered everything necessary for a cake. She hadn't made one in a long time ...

Actually, she hadn't made one since that time before Tattaroo valley, when she shared it with most everyone.

That brought back thoughts of Luke.

She just barely managed to catch one of the eggs before it fell. She sighed in relief, placing the egg safely into a small mug, along with another, before continuing to gather ingredients.

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Luke stopped as he reached the apartment, waiting outside the door for a bit. He knew it was silly, Tear loved him. He loved her. It was simple.

But now that they had BOTH said it to each other, were things going to be different now? It was easy to say it over the D-Comm, but how would it work in person.

"Is something wrong Master?" Mieu asked. "You and Tear do love each other, right?

Luke blushed, but then smiled. Mieu was right.

Luke opened the door and entered the apartment. "Tear, are you here?"

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At the sound of his voice, Tear dropped the egg she was trying to crack into the bowl. Her cheeks burned even more. She closed her eyes for a moment, and took a deep breath, rushing to the other side of the kitchen for something to clean the mess up.

"I-In the kitchen!" She managed to stammer out, busily cleaning up the egg she'd dropped.

"I need to get a new egg ..." she sighed to herself softly.

[ofsacredflame]

Luke walked over to the kitchen, seeing Tear frantically cleaning something off the counter. "Hey, what are you making?" he asked.

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She looked to him for a moment, blinked, blushed a little more and looked back to the napkin she was using the clean the egg from the counter.

"Cake," she replied simply, finishing with her cleanup and throwing the napkin and the eggshells in the garbage. She made her way to the fridge, opening it and taking out another egg, noting that she had to be careful how many of them she used ... they were running a bit low. She closed the fridge door with a sigh, staring at it for another few moments.

In all honesty ... she didn't know how to act around him, now that she knew that he knew her feelings ... and that she knew he returned them. She slowly felt herself smile.

How awkward, she thought to herself. Just ... act normal?

That seemed like the best decision. Still, the part of her that really wanted to be just a little closer to him told her otherwise. She finally looked to him with that smile.

"Do you want to help?"

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Luke smiled as he watched Tear. "Sure, what do I have to do?" It was going to be nice spending time with Tear and not having to worry about the end of the world happening in a few days.

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She now became a little shy.

"Do you .. know how to work the oven?" She was going to figure that out eventually, but for the time, she'd been a bit more concerned with getting everything she needed and mixing the cake batter.

Still couldn't escape the fact that the oven needed to be preheated, though. She made her way back over to the bowl, cracking the egg into it and adding in the pre-measured milk afterward. She kept focused on what she was making, rather than him; if she were to look at him again, she knew her face would be a brighter shade than it had been when she was merely thinking about him.

[ofsacredflame]

Luke took a look at the oven for a moment. "Ummm... maybe helping with the cooking isn't such a good idea after all," he said, blushing. Figures that when he wanted to help Tear he couldn't do anything.

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Tear felt herself smile a little in amusement. She added the last few ingredients to the batter and then moved to the oven.

"Okay, then ... why don't you mix the batter? It doesn't take much effort ... i'll figure out how to work the oven in the meantime."

[ofsacredflame]

"Alright," Luke said in relief, heading over to where the batter was and began stirring, making sure to avoid messing this up somehow, that was the last thing that they needed.

Meanwhile, Mieu decided that it might be better to go lay down on the couch until the cake was ready. His Master and Tear really seemed to be happy, so they could use some time alone.

Until the cake was ready, of course.

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Tear tapped a finger against her chin, looking at the buttons and controls for the oven ... before pressing a button and seeing the pre-heat menu pop up. She smiled, setting the correct temperature in order to pre-heat the oven and letting it heat up. She moved to stand next to Luke, placing her hands on the counter and looking to the mixture.

"It looks good," she commented. She couldn't look at him; she'd start blushing again.

Too Late, she commented internally as she felt her cheeks heat again.

[ofsacredflame]

"Really?" Luke said, while smiling and blushing. "That's good."

Luke looked over at Tear and noticed that she was blushing a bit also. That... just made him blush more.

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Tear nodded, reaching a hand out and placing it on the hand of his that was mixing the cake batter. She almost jerked her hand back as soon as she made contact, but she willed herself to make it stay.

"I-I think .. t-that's good enough, Luke." Even if she made her hand stay, her voice just had to give away how nervous she was, huh? Great. Just great.

She felt herself blush more, trying to maintain her composure.

[ofsacredflame]

"..Al..right," Luke said, feeling Tear's hand on top of his. He stopped stirring and his blush went to an even deeper shade of red. "What do we need to do now?

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She removed her hand, curling it near her heart. She looked away, knowing that her face must have been as red as ... well, it was red.

"I-I ... I can take care of the rest. We just .. need to pour it into the pan and ... and put it in the oven so it can bake." The oven was heated enough, she figured.

[ofsacredflame]

"Al..right." Luke didn't know why he was stuttering, but did what Tear said, hoping that he was doing it right.