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“Is it done?” Ash said, entering the kitchen
“Not yet” Gou simply replied
“And the secret ingredient?” Ash asked, looking at the bubbly stew in front of him
“I already added it, you’re never gonna figure out what it is” the other boy responded, stirring the contents of the pot with extreme delicacy. It was his turn to prepare dinner that night, and he wasn’t gonna screw it.
After two minutes (and at least five more “is it done yet?” from Ash), Gou took a spoon, tasted a bit of sauce and declared:
“All right! My grandma’s super-secret stew is done!”
Ash took another spoon and went directly for the pot, but his boyfriend slapped his hand, frowning:
“Wait until I serve it, Ash”
“But I want to eat already” the boy complained
“You’re not a wild Pokemon, now go sit on the table and wait like everyone else”
Ash turned around, pretending to be offended
A few minutes later, Gou finally came out of the kitchen, he put a plate in front of Koharu, and the girl said:
“You took longer than usual in there”
“Well, I usually don’t have someone watching every single one of my movements” Gou replied, shooting a glare to Ash
“I just wanted to make sure you followed the recipe!”
Gou didn’t replied and came back with plates for Professor Sakuragi, Reni and Kikuna. When he finally approached his boyfriend, Ash commented:
“You’re making me wait on purpose, aren’t you?”
Gou stick his tongue out and Ash smiled at him. It was impossible to be mad at the researcher from Vermillion City for more than five seconds.
The boy from Vermillion City stood in front of the table, waiting for the comments, Renji was the first one:
“Exquisite!” he said enthusiastically
“Delicious as always Gou” Kikuna added with a smile, and Gou made a little bow
Sakuragi ate his plate so fast that Gou considered that was a very good compliment in itself.
Her daughter ate the stew slowly, but it came to a point when she had to say what everyone was thinking:
“So, what’s the secret ingredient?”
“I’m not telling” Gou replied
“It can’t be that hard” the girl insisted “Let me guess, coriander?”
“Nope”
“Provencal?” Renji hypothesized
“Nope” Gou repeated
“Red Pepper?” Kikuna theorized
“You’re really far”
“It has to be paprika” Sakuragi said with conviction
Gou simply shook his head and everyone in the table stared at the only one who hadn’t made a comment so far.
“Aren’t you going to say anything, Ash?” the professor questioned
“I’m thinking” he quickly replied
“That’d be a first” Koharu said, chuckling
“There are too much things in the stew, but I’m pretty sure the secret ingredient is in the tomato sauce”
“You’re not getting another plate, Ash” his boyfriend replied
Ash ignored the comment and stood up from his chair, walking towards his boyfriend
“First of all, delicious Gou”
“Thanks Ash” the boy said, blushing a little
“I need to taste a bit ore”
“I told you, you won’t…”
Immediately, Ash interrupted Gou, taking him by the waist and kissing him, with force, with intensity and for several seconds
“You have your own room; stop doing that in front of all of us!” Koharu complained and her father laughed
Still, the couple kept kissing for a few more seconds, Ash let go of his boyfriend and declared:
“Your lips are sweeter than usual”
Gou was blushing so hard that he couldn’t respond
“His lips are sweeter than usual” Ash repeated, looking at his friends
“And?…” Renji asked
“Sugar, that’s the secret ingredient!”
“You kissed me just to figure out my secret ingredient, Ash Ketchum?”
The boy looked at him with a huge grin and Gou huffed… It was impossible to be mad at the Pallet Town trainer for more than five seconds.