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[Despite the time of the year, Xanxus is not happy. Not that Xanxus is ever happy but this time he's in the worst possible mood ever. Not only did the goddamn trash forget to make breakfast and lunch and dinner, he also refuses to show up. (since he's still in denial that the fucker might be missing

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[Rebecca's just out and about again--she loves the winter for some reason; the cold doesn't bother her, and she doesn't mind moving towards the houses or into the forest on her walk. That's when she sees Xanxus--another scary-looking man. That doesn't bother her, though!]

Hello! Enjoying a walk?

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[The voice of a woman causes Xanxus to snap out of it. He blinks and turns to her, an angry scowl on his face.]

Woman. You seen a loud piece of trash around here?

[Not that Xanxus is bothered or anything, but it’s pretty fucking shitty to not have some goddamn breakfast, lunch or dinner. Even despite the fact Squalo cannot cook for shit.]

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[Rebecca stares for a second, then shakes her head.]

I haven't seen anything like that. Did you lose something?

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[Xanxus stays silent for a long time and just when he opens his mouth there's a loud growl coming from his stomach. Fuck, he's hungry and it's not like Squalo would show up or anything.

Finally he states:]

Since you're a woman, you can cook.

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[Slowly, Rebecca is starting to piece some of what's going on together. She still doesn't get the whole "trash" part, but she's actually taking the "you can cook" comment as a complement.]

Oh...do you want me to cook something for you?

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[Xanxus rolls his eyes and grabs Rebecca's arm in response.]

Yes, you're going to make me some food.

[He isn't even being polite or nice or thankful, he just tugs her arm hard, letting her know she better come with him.]

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[Wait, what? Rebecca tries to tug her arm back, but she's not exactly the strongest girl if she doesn't have her bow out.]

L-let go of me. I said I'd cook for you, you don't need to drag me!

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[Xanxus lets her go and glares at her.]

Don't order me around, woman. Tell me what you can cook.

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[She just rubs her arm where she was tugged.]

Dumplings. I can make you dumplings. Or soup.

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[Being an Italian, Xanxus isn’t really familiar with the concept of ‘dumplings’. It is probably the same tripe that those Japanese brats like to eat so he definitely picks the soup.]

Ah? I don’t want that shitty Japanese food, woman. Soup is fine.

[Actually, he rather had some beef but apparently this is just not the right moment to bitch about it. The thought of some soup isn’t actually that bad.

He leads her to his house and stops in front of the door.]

What kind of soup will you be making?

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Japanese?

...My food is not Japanese! My food is delicious. I'm a really good cook. [Unfortunately, she has no idea what Japanese means. It must be bad, though.]

What kind of soup am I making? This is your house, isn't it? What kind of ingredients do you have?

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[Xanxus blinks at the strange reply the woman gives but shrugs it away.]

You better be.

[Finally he leads her into the house and walks into the kitchen, shoving some things aside.]

There's shit in the fridge.

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[Ugh. What a mess. She's honestly supposed to cook in this place? Oh, well. She starts looking through what she has to work with.]

You have firewood, right? ...Ah, do you have a pot I can use, too?

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[Pots? Xanxus pulls a face. He is aware that soup needs to get boiled in a pot...but what kind of pot? Honestly, he does not know.]

There's wood near the fireplace.

[But a pot.]

Fucking pots should be somewhere around there.

[Xanxus gestures at a small cupboard.]

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Oh! Thank you.

[She's just going to ignore all the scary, because yay, she gets to cook for someone! It isn't long before she's got a big pot and is filling it with water. Yup. She's completely content to ignore Xanxus now.]