MHA #10 - Tuesday Evening

[notagoose]

So Goose had a dinner date with Ignis, which was an attempt to make up for the other week when he had seemingly lost all of the cooking skills that Ignis had taught him. Once his class was over in the morning, Goose had spent most of the day preparing dinner for this evening and making sure that it went a lot smoother than the attempts that he had had over the previous weekend,

He decided to go with the recipe that had nearly caused him to burn down the kitchen but this time seemed to go a lot more smoothly and there were no frying pan related incidents this time round.

He even decided to try his hand at desert and make chocolate chip and strawberry cheesecake bites.

Eventually it was time for the date itself, so Goose set everything up, the food was prepared and ready to go and had selected what outfit he wanted to wear.

He was trying not to feel nervous but at least this time round he hadn’t burned the apartment down?

[for Ignis!]

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[chef_chocobro]

This, coming from the man whose preferred method of landing seemed to be crash?

Ignis figured it was probably a good time for a change in topic, before his opinion on how Shane's operation was run (or not run, by the sounds of it, how do you not go in without much of a plan?) continued to decline and before he started to get a little twitchy over the bad guys on this particular scenario also being called the Crown.

"So," he said, oh so smoothly, "about that food..."

[notagoose]

Sometimes Goose also liked piloting head on into enemy ships as well … he had a strange definition of piloting.

“Oh yes,” Goose realised that it would be helpful to actually get around to serving the meal that he had prepared for dinner, “I ended up trying the recipe from the other week … the creamy spinach stuffed salmon,” he said as he went to start serving it, “I’m hoping that it will taste okay,”

[chef_chocobro]

It was a definition that was sure to inspire many a headache.

At least Ignis was used to those kinds of headaches, though.

But with the move into a topic that would (hopefully) cause fewer headaches (and ideally no stomachaches in their stead), Ignis smiled faintly. "I'm certainly eager to try it," he said, "and see if any of that most recent...lesson," which had only marginally been about actual cooking instruction, really, "managed to stick."

[notagoose]

Goose grinned at that and found himself starting to go quite pink again at that as he remembered that lesson, "well I suppose we'll soon find out if I managed to follow the recipe correctly,," he said, trying to not feel nervous, "I think I remembered everything from that ... lesson though," and then his cheeks started to go even redder.

[chef_chocobro]

"If not," said Ignis, who was blaming this response entirely on the presence of that blush, especially as it deepened, "then I suppose maybe more instruction may be required."

[notagoose]

Apparently it was possible for Goose’s cheeks to go even redder, “well …” he said with a shy grin, “I wouldn’t say no to further instruction … I mean … there’s always room for improvement, right?”

[chef_chocobro]

"Always," Ignis agreed, with a certain sort of satisfied pleasure that came from getting to hear someone else saying that for a change, especially this particular someone else and in this particular context. "But let us dig in and see just how much work...we have cut out for us tonight."

[notagoose]

"I do like the sound of that," Goose grinned as he began to start serving the food onto the plates, "well I managed to not burn it so that was definitely a start right? I know how to cook things without setting them on fire?"

Well considering where he was when he was first starting out with his cooking adventures it was definitely a start.

[chef_chocobro]

"I feel as though it might be extremely dangerous to tell you this," said Ignis, who should know better, but such was the charm of a blushing hulk of a man trying to fumble his wah through cooking for his benefit, "but there are actually some dishes where setting them on fire is actually the point."

[notagoose]

"Really? There are foods you can set on fire?" Goose's eyes were wide, "do you think I could try to make one of them one day?

Ignis wasn't surprised at all by that response was he?

[chef_chocobro]

Not in the least.

"En flambé," Ignis offered, with a pleased, amused little smile, but there was something a bit regretful in it, as he realized that immediately offering to show Shane about it next time came with a few complications when he wasn't sure exactly when a next time would be. And the slight concern that Shane might go ahead and attempt them all on his own without guidance.

Well. The firefighters in this town did need a bit more to do, he supposed, but that was hardly optimal.

"I'll definitely have to show you sometime," he offered, nice and vague with plenty of room for the uncertain weeks ahead.

[notagoose]

“I would like that, if you could show me how to make one,” Goose smiled, “hopefully the only thing that will be on fire will be the actual dish as well,” he said.

Even though there was a good chance that he'd burn other things in addition to the dish.

[chef_chocobro]

"That would certainly be ideal," Ignis agreed.

And then hesitated a moment, with a certain reluctance, but he supposed this was as good as an opening as he was likely to get, and he should, at the very least, be honest about it.

"It maybe a while, though," he added, with a well-practiced nonchalance about it. "This treaty business is likely to demand a good deal of my time in the next couple of weeks."

With a sip of his wine, he considered some of the finer details of the terms being discussed.

"Or months, really, if we're being realistic."

[notagoose]

Even though he tried, Goose couldn’t help his expression from faltering just a little.

“Oh,” he said quietly and then stared down at his wine, trying to come up with a better response then that, “I …oh,”

He didn’t have a better response and wow that wine was really fascinating.

[chef_chocobro]

And that response (or lack thereof) was far worse than if Shane had had so much more to say about it.

"I will try," he said, "to find a few pockets of time here and there. If...if you'd like. It's just...well, I suppose there's no harm in telling you, they're likely to make it public soon, anyway, but part of the treaty involves an engagement...and subsequent marriage...between Noctis and the lady Lunafreya. I'm sure you can imagine how involved at of that is going to be."

Not to mention just dealing with Noctis himself, when he hears the news.

[notagoose]

Goose looked up from his wine, “I …I understand,” he finally said, “I hope it’s successful,” he said quietly, “the only weddings I’ve seen are the ones on Tri-D,” he admitted, “at least some of the more extravagant ones,”