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Torahime's been warned about this before…a day before today, to be exact.
𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘺.
Torahime's never really celebrated Valentine’s, since he's always been on his own for 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 holiday's for his entire life. Not that he ever minded that, 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺.
But now that he’s living with 7 other people, things have changed. He doesn't have to be alone when doing regular day-to-day things. Whether it'd be eating dinner 𝘰𝘳 showering. (Which he’d prefer privacy for, but supposedly respects the effort of keeping him company 24/7.)
However, Valentine’s Day is a holiday where he 𝘔𝘜𝘚𝘛 be careful, according to Rikai.
“𝙄𝙤𝙧𝙞-𝙨𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚...𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚’𝙨 𝘿𝙖𝙮. 𝙎𝙤 𝙄 𝙨𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣, 𝙏𝙤𝙧𝙖-𝙨𝙖𝙣.”
He doesn’t really understand what it'd mean for Iori to be 𝘵𝘰𝘰 enthusiastic about something, but he did take that advice to heart.
When he left his room, he didn't hear any sounds. Not even a single creak from the floorboards.
He assumed everyone had already headed downstairs, perhaps to eat Iori's ‘Valentine’s special’ he’d probably make.
The quietness of the house was sort of overwhelming, but he pushed that aside into the back of his head while walking down the stairs, slow and steady.
He walked into the kitchen, prepared for either the best..or 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵.
“Fuhahaha! I'm sure everyone will love 𝘮𝘺 Valentine’s Day chocolate! As usual, I will make it with all the love this slave has to offer!”
“Uhh..Iori-san?”
“Ooh! Tora-san! I'm preparing chocolates for everyone today! You haven't gotten ANY type of chocolate from anyone else, 𝘳𝘪𝘪𝘪𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? You’ve just recently signed my contract completely out of your own want, so of course you'd 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 to be given the chocolate I've made for you all!”
“..Huh?”
“Have you gotten any chocolate?”
“No, none at all, I swear!”
“You're nervous. Are you lying?”
“What?! No, of course not!”
“Empty your pockets, you're totally hiding 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
“H-how would I even get 𝘢𝘯𝘺 chocolate?! It's 8 in the morning, and I haven’t gone out at all today!”
“Valentine's chocolate check-up!”
“Huh? Iori-san—aaAAH! IORI-SAANN!!!”
“What's in this pocket? Is it a chocolate bar? Where'd you get it?”
“T-thats my 𝘗𝘏𝘖𝘕𝘌! Please, Iori-san, get off of me!!!”
“And what's this? An 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 empty wallet? Have you perhaps bought chocolate which is why this wallet's so empty?”
“HUUUH!? NO! Iori-san, please, 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥!!!”
“Did you get any chocolate from anyone else?”
“No, I swear!”
“..𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 you be receiving chocolate from anyone else?”
“No! At least I think so…”
“..Do you 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 to only eat the chocolate made by the hands of 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 slave?”
“Yes, yes! Just—Please, Iori-san, stop tackling me to the ground!”
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“..Do you do this every Valentine's?”
“Yeeep! Serving everyone on 𝘢𝘯𝘺 holiday at all is the peak of service! There's nothing better than making the 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 chocolate suitable for everybody!”
“I see…”
“...”
“..Do you want any help, Iori-san?”
“Huh? Help? That's ridiculous. 𝘐'𝘮 the slave here, not you.”
“Right..But doesn't it get 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 doing it all on your own..?”
“Absolutely not! This slave's trained their entire life for moments like these! I've been signed to serve everyone even 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 they we're born! So this job is made for nobody else but me!”
“I see…”
“Would you like to try the chocolate?”
“Huh!? It's ready already!?”
“Yep! You can't expect a proper slave like me to waste their time working on a singular thing 𝘢𝘭𝘭 day! Afterall, this slave's got multiple things to do everyday! But, of course, I do everything precisely as asked, and do not let myself make 𝘢𝘯𝘺 sort of mistake!”
“Sooo, go ahead and try the chocolate!”
Torahime, slightly hesitantly, took a bite of the well-prepared, warm chocolate.
“..It's really good, Iori-san!”
“Really? I'm glaaaad! It's good you didn't eat or buy 𝘢𝘯𝘺 other chocolate besides this!”
“Huh? …What would've happened if I 𝘥𝘪𝘥 do that, though…?”
“Oh, huh..guess I would've used my breathalyzer, I guess…”
“Your…𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘻𝘦𝘳?”
“Yep! I use it to make sure none of you have eaten 𝘢𝘯𝘺 chocolate that wasn't hand-made by me!”
“Huuh!? How does that even work!? And where would’ve you gotten that anyway!?”
“Hm? I made it myself.”
“HUUUHHH!?!”
“Fuhahaha! Valentines chocolate has been a success!~ ♪ 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘸…”