Who am I? (Shokugeki no Soma x reader)

Part 55 - Menu Competition

"hei (name)-chan? Shinomiya-senpai is being stingy.... He doesn't want to tell me why he'd choose French Cuisine, do you perhaps know why?", he asked as he was next to her prepping for the desserts.

"oh? Of course I know.... But I'm not sure if Kojiro even wants me to tell other people about his secret.... So I don't think I should", she smiled at the end.

"I can hear that Yukihira", Shinomiya muttered, making Yukihira stunned before grinning, "damn.... I was just curious".

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(name) was standing next to Shinomiya as Shinomiya's mother was going to get into the taxi.

"(name)-chan, next time come over to my house, okay? And bring Kojiro with you... he needs to visit his home town at times too", she said while patting (name)'s upper hair. "sure do okaa-sama", she hugged the older woman making her surprised a bit, but couldn't help but love the little girl, she could feel the lingering feeling of loneliness in her hug.

"take care mother", Shinomiya said while closing the door behind her. "sure, I'm not that old anyway..... the food was great Kojiro", she added in the end of her words, Shinomiya smiled because he always loved the smile on his mother's face, for that was the reason why he decided to make French Cuisine.

As the taxi left, (name) could feel eyes on her, so she look up at Shinomiya to see that he was indeed staring at her.

"what is it?", she asked.

"nothing, you did great.... Next is for the menu competition... I should tell the others to leave", he grunted in the end, earning laughter from Gao Wei who was watching them for a while.

(Name) walked in with Shinomiya by her side as he started to force Hinako to leave the place, since she's too annoying to handle.

"what are you talking about!? (name)-chan is going to cook!! I cannot leave just like that!! Moreover, it's like Yukihira vs Shinomiya! A round two for the shokugeki back in the camp!!", Hinako grinned widely, before Shinomiya started to squeeze her face making Hinako struggle.

"what shokugeki are you talking about?", Chapelle raise an eyebrow at the other alumnus.

"we don't actually understand what she's talking about", Mizuhara piped out in a serious tone.

"ah right! Since the honorable alumnus are staying here, I'll make servings for you all", (name) tilted her head with a smile. "you don't have to (Name)..", Shinomiya frowned after letting go of Hinako's face after squeezing it too much. "don't worry! I'd love to make it for all of you", she said before passing by a sighing Shinomiya.

(name) walked into the kitchen and prepared her things, since she needed more ingredients than the other participant. Abel was watching her curiously as she was checking the ingredients.

"I heard (name)-chan is making 11 servings", Yukihira said to himself, Abel who was next to him was surprised as he heard what Yukihira had said. 'one little girl is doing all that? Let's see how she does', he narrowed his eyes on her as he spotted something.

Shinomiya peeked through the kitchen before saying, "begin".

(name) smirked as her eyes were now fully golden as she started prepping with her quick hands, making the others couldn't help but stare at her swiftness, since they've never seen her like that, they may have seen her during the first day on how she cook but this was different.

She was swiftly slicing the grade A5 beef into smaller sized while smirking with a menacing glare from her golden orbs. 'sh*t I nearly messed up', Abel muttered to himself after being glared by (name)'s menacing golden orbs. Gao Wei, Lucie and Abel had already finished cooking and serving for Shinomiya and he judged their food.

"well, what do you think about (name)? did you see her cooking?", Shinomiya placed the fork as one of his eyebrows was raised as he look up at his co-workers. "she seems like she dominated the kitchen all by herself!", Lucie said what had been in her mind. "I know right! She doesn't feel like her usual self at all! To the point I was afraid to get in her way", Gao Wei commented.

"sh-she...... was so focused on her cooking, that it seems like she was all alone in the kitchen and she was the only one who was cooking in there..... she seemed way better to become a head chef rather than an assistant", Abel looked away, remembering his previous statement about saying that (name) was suitable to become an assistant.

Shinomiya chuckled lowly, "you may have tasted her dish before.... But that was simply dessert..... you haven't taste her specialty yet".

"now that you mention Shinomiya-narcissist-bastard-senpai, her specialty is not about the type of cuisine she makes..... it's about what resides in her cooking itself", Hinako nodded to herself, "uwuuu I can't wait for her food", her stomach rumbles.

"who would've thought she could make a point with that stupid brain of hers", Shinomiya narrowed his eyes on Hinako who was getting ready to punch him, until Mizuhara replied, "but you just ate", she looked at her in disbelief.

"SO WHAT!??? FOOD IS LIFE!!", she pursed her lips is annoyance.

"fufu~", the laughter made all of the guest look over at the kitchen door to see, (name) with a tray that was carrying eleven plates with its lid covering the food, "Tsubasa~ you came in time, would you be a dear and bring these plate to all of them, ah~ leave one for Soma", she brought her index finger to her bottom lip with a small smirk.

Everyone was looking at Tsubasa after hearing what she said, no one noticed that he was there sitting at the end of the room.

"munch off now~", (name) smirked still doing what she was doing seconds ago.

As they themselves lift the lead off, a nice smell emanate from her dish, it was Mille Feuille. (the picture above)

"this is.......", Chapelle's eyes widened.

"what do you call it?", Shinomiya raise an eyebrow at her eventhough he couldn't hide his fascination.

"ara~ if you eat it, you'll know it's name", lift her chin up as she rest her hand on the table where Shinomiya's plate was. All of the guest were gulping hard before tasting and it made their eyes widened, red face, tears streaming down their cheeks.

'a-amazing.... Wh-why am I crying?', Abel thought to himself before looking at Shinomiya who was covering his face with his hand, 'this is the second time I see Chef Shinomiya making that face'.

(name) twirled her black locks with a smile, "thanks for enjoying the food~".

'amazing....... She combined French and Japanese cuisine and make this amazing dish.... How in the world can I re-create this dish', Shinomiya stood up, "this is acceptable..... however, I will need.. ahem.... Your help to recreate this dish in order to maintain its taste, this will go.... Into the new special menu, chef's recommendation", he muttered, hearing gasp around him.

"Sure Kojiro~", she cast an eye-smile as her eyes changed into their normal colour.