For the challenge of "cooking" on wk_100. Betaed by Rune.

Ken's idea of cooking involves a blender and raw vegetables. Yohji only knows how to make elaborate meals for two. Aya's a halfway decent cook, but he gets more withdrawn in the kitchen and afterward.

Omi asks Ouka's mother to teach him to cook in self-defense; all the takeout and boxed meals they eat can't be healthy. And this is all he can offer her after Ouka's death, this distraction from grief. He cannot speak of vengeance.

"You asked when you were five too," she says, smiling sadly. "You don't remember?"

He shakes his head, mute.

So much for distraction.

~END~