Fire and Ice

Secrets Galore

The next morning, Tsuki had gotten up before Tsukasa as she found the boy sleeping on the couch nearby instead of next to her. Tsuki smiled to herself as she remembered how forward Tsukasa was, making the girl blush brightly. "Guess you did grow a backbone in the time that you've been gone huh..?" Tsuki muttered as she planted a kiss onto Tsukasa's forehead.

"I love you Eishi." Tsuki smiled as Tsukasa opened his eyes, hiding his blush, with a small smile on his face.

"I love you too Tsuki." Tsukasa smiled as he caught Tsuki in surprise as she jumped back.

"E-eishi! H-how long have you been awake?!" Tsuki yelled as Tsukasa sat up from the couch.

"Not that long ago." Tsukasa answered. "I thought you were going to sleep a bit longer so I was going to start making breakfast in a few minutes." Tsukasa was back to his usual shy self.

"A-are you feeling better?"

 "Yeah... though... I wasn't expecting you to be that forward last night." Tsukasa blushed brightly as he remembered what he did.

"I-I'm s-sorry! W-was I too-" Tsukasa was quickly shut up as Tsuki kissed Tsukasa.

"If you're going to keep apologizing... I'll just have to keep doing this to you until you forget." Tsuki teased, mimicking Tsukasa's tone and look as Tsukasa blushed even brighter.

"AAAAA STOP! D-did I look like that?" Tsukasa stammered, covering his face in his hands as Tsuki nodded with a smile.

"Even better." Tsuki stood up and moved closer to Tsukasa. "I really am sorry... for everything going on behind the scenes of this tournament..." Tsuki sighed as she wrapped her arms behind the boy, resting her head on his shoulder.

"Are you alright Tsuki?" Tsukasa asked, looking back. "What was that all about? Changing the world of cooking...?"

"Yeah.." Tsuki nodded silently. "It's... a long story to talk about... and I think I rather talk about it with everyone...Can we call everyone out before we go back to Totsuki, oh wait... do you have work?"

"Ah... I have a flight to catch later tonight..." Tsukasa sighed as he saw Tsuki's sad look. "But... I can cancel it for you." Tsukasa hugged Tsuki. "I'll just ask to reschedule because of a family emergency."

"Thank you Eishi..." Tsuki smiled.

When the Polar Star Dorm, Tsukasa, and the Elite Ten minus Erina,  gathered in Tsuki's room. Tsuki handed out cups of tea for her friends before she bowed deeply to her friends. "I'm sorry about all the trouble A-chan... Asahi-san has been causing." Tsuki apologized as everyone except for Tsukasa and Soma was surprised to see the girl like this.

"Tsuki-chan..." Megumi knew about their connection but wanted to confirm with the ice bluenette herself. "Do you and Saiba-san... have a history together?"

"...Yes we do." Tsuki nodded as everyone was shocked to hear. "It's... nothing bad of course." Tsuki nervously smiled. "It's just a long story to tell."

"Does it have something to do with why Saiba Asahi has a fixation on you?" Isshiki asked.

"Yes." Tsuki nodded. "When I was younger... I had a time where I was unable to eat food, because of Azami. Anything I ate, couldn't stay in my system so I had to drink water and many liquid based foods and... after a few months of living like that..."

"My pops took Tsu with him to America." Soma continued. "That's where she met Saiba Asahi. He was the person who got Tsu to eat food again... which is something I'm grateful for." Soma pat his sister's head. "But... to the point of calling cooking useless... makes him unlikeable to me."