[Team Sonic] Life Hack
Starting words from here.
I was looking up a recipe in youtube and the next thing I know, I was watching this (which eventually inspired this drabble) XD
“You could do that?” Juri throws a skeptic look at Jesse who nods at him excitedly. “You’re bluffing. That’s not even possible.” Juri returns to his phone, leaving Jesse to his own devices.
“You’re no fun, Juri.” Jesse whines as he pokes Juri’s cheek. “Want to bet?” he asks. “I’ll switch rooms with you if you win.” Jesse wriggles his eyebrows. “You get to room with Taiga tonight, what do you say?”
Juri clears his throat to hide his blush; Jesse sure know how to use other people’s secrets to his advantage. He puts his phone away this time and studies Jesse’s face. There’s that smug look again, but Juri’s confident he can win this one. “Sure.” A sly grin appears on his face and his eyes meet Jesse’s.
“Deal!” Jesse beams. “But if you lose…”
“Where did you get that?” Hokuto asks, appalled, as he eyes the watermelon Jesse just placed in the table. “We’re not having a watermelon eating contest, right?” he asks warily. He shoots a dirty glare at Shintaro and Yugo laughing at the side.
“They’re not even in season,” Taiga leans forward and pokes the watermelon before looking up at Jesse. “I don’t think the inn’s going to lend us a knife?”
Jesse’s face breaks into a huge grin. “I’ll cut it in half with a coin!” he declares excitedly as his band mates gape at him, except for Hokuto who still looks uninterested and Juri with that challenging look on his face.
“That’s cool!” Shintaro leans forward to better see what Jesse will do. Yugo does the same that he’s almost shoulder to shoulder with Shintaro.
“Just watch.” Jesse fishes a coin from his pocket and hands it to his band mates so they can check that he’s not using weird tricks on them. He sits down once the coin’s back and pulls the fruit closer. He pretends on studying and turning the watermelon, making sureto sigh too every time he touches the surface for added effect.
“Jesse! You’re just being dramatic!” Hokuto cries out impatiently. “Just get on with it.”
Jesse glares at Hokuto. “Fine.” He rubs the coin in the middle of the watermelon before applying pressure on it so that it breaks the skin and presses harder until only half of the coin is visible. He shows it to his audience before proceeding to make a cut around the whole fruit.
“We should’ve asked for a knife. That would’ve been faster.” Taiga whispers as they wait for Jesse to finish. “And that coin is dirty…”
Hokuto hushes him. “Survival skills, Taiga. We could use this for magazine interviews.”
“You don’t even care if we can eat the watermelon after…” Yugo points out.
“Hey.” Jesse calls the attention back to him as he finished making a cut around the watermelon and shows it to his band mates. “I’ll just do this…” he karate chops the watermelon and the fruit breaks in half. “Cool isn’t it?” he says triumphantly. Shintaro high-fives him while Yugo and Taiga examine the fruit. He winks at Juri knowingly, making the other scowl.
“Fine, you win.” Juri admits when Jesse sits down beside him. He hands over his phone and waits as Jesse scrolls through his gallery and deletes all the questionable pictures he’s taken for this trip. “You suck.” Juri mutters dejectedly under his breath, half-mourning the loss of his blackmail material and the chance to room with Taiga.
“Guys,” Hokuto’s distressed voice cuts through the noise in the room and everyone turns to face him. “What are we going to do with all these leftover watermelon slices?”
I was looking up a recipe in youtube and the next thing I know, I was watching this (which eventually inspired this drabble) XD
“You could do that?” Juri throws a skeptic look at Jesse who nods at him excitedly. “You’re bluffing. That’s not even possible.” Juri returns to his phone, leaving Jesse to his own devices.
“You’re no fun, Juri.” Jesse whines as he pokes Juri’s cheek. “Want to bet?” he asks. “I’ll switch rooms with you if you win.” Jesse wriggles his eyebrows. “You get to room with Taiga tonight, what do you say?”
Juri clears his throat to hide his blush; Jesse sure know how to use other people’s secrets to his advantage. He puts his phone away this time and studies Jesse’s face. There’s that smug look again, but Juri’s confident he can win this one. “Sure.” A sly grin appears on his face and his eyes meet Jesse’s.
“Deal!” Jesse beams. “But if you lose…”
“Where did you get that?” Hokuto asks, appalled, as he eyes the watermelon Jesse just placed in the table. “We’re not having a watermelon eating contest, right?” he asks warily. He shoots a dirty glare at Shintaro and Yugo laughing at the side.
“They’re not even in season,” Taiga leans forward and pokes the watermelon before looking up at Jesse. “I don’t think the inn’s going to lend us a knife?”
Jesse’s face breaks into a huge grin. “I’ll cut it in half with a coin!” he declares excitedly as his band mates gape at him, except for Hokuto who still looks uninterested and Juri with that challenging look on his face.
“That’s cool!” Shintaro leans forward to better see what Jesse will do. Yugo does the same that he’s almost shoulder to shoulder with Shintaro.
“Just watch.” Jesse fishes a coin from his pocket and hands it to his band mates so they can check that he’s not using weird tricks on them. He sits down once the coin’s back and pulls the fruit closer. He pretends on studying and turning the watermelon, making sureto sigh too every time he touches the surface for added effect.
“Jesse! You’re just being dramatic!” Hokuto cries out impatiently. “Just get on with it.”
Jesse glares at Hokuto. “Fine.” He rubs the coin in the middle of the watermelon before applying pressure on it so that it breaks the skin and presses harder until only half of the coin is visible. He shows it to his audience before proceeding to make a cut around the whole fruit.
“We should’ve asked for a knife. That would’ve been faster.” Taiga whispers as they wait for Jesse to finish. “And that coin is dirty…”
Hokuto hushes him. “Survival skills, Taiga. We could use this for magazine interviews.”
“You don’t even care if we can eat the watermelon after…” Yugo points out.
“Hey.” Jesse calls the attention back to him as he finished making a cut around the watermelon and shows it to his band mates. “I’ll just do this…” he karate chops the watermelon and the fruit breaks in half. “Cool isn’t it?” he says triumphantly. Shintaro high-fives him while Yugo and Taiga examine the fruit. He winks at Juri knowingly, making the other scowl.
“Fine, you win.” Juri admits when Jesse sits down beside him. He hands over his phone and waits as Jesse scrolls through his gallery and deletes all the questionable pictures he’s taken for this trip. “You suck.” Juri mutters dejectedly under his breath, half-mourning the loss of his blackmail material and the chance to room with Taiga.
“Guys,” Hokuto’s distressed voice cuts through the noise in the room and everyone turns to face him. “What are we going to do with all these leftover watermelon slices?”