"Pfft, I never said that you were cute."

"Yes, he did." A voice from the other side of the counter perked up amidst the sizzles, chopping and spitting oils. "Oh yeah, he totally has a thing for you, started talking to your old pal Tanaka about you months ago. How funny you were, how smart you were, the whole cute thing... it's just been non-stop y/n."

"I swear to god I am going to kill you, I never said anything like that." Tanaka couldn't stop himself from laughing as he prepared more ingredients and continued to mock his customers.

"Why didn't you say anything to me?" His hood came over and rested on top of his hair tightened so that it covered pretty much his whole head, his arms rested tightly crossed against his chest.

"I didn't say anything!" He protested heavily.

"Stop lying man, you said that today you were going to bring them here, have a wonderful meal cooked by yours truly and then ask them to go on an actual date with you." His face turned from red to very pale and his jaw dropped, he turned to you, trying to deny all the allegations that were being made against him.

"I never said that, I wouldn't say that, especially to him!" Tanaka seemed very offended by that statement, a very noted 'come on man, you tell me stuff all the time' echoed around the small shop.

"Would you not want to go on a date with me?" You asked him partly offended at how much he was protesting, looking into his eyes, not quite sure what to expect.

"I'm not... totally against the idea... I guess" He tried to play it cool, but it wasn't really working.

"Well neither would I." Tanaka carefully handed two steaming and still bubbling bowls over and sat them in front of you, as your spoon hit the dark and rich soup, you saw Genji silently thanking the unlikely cupid out of the corner of your eye, with the chef just nodding and smiling at both of his works, looking extremely proud of himself.

"So, you think I'm cute huh?" He had pretended not to hear you, but Tanaka did.

"Come on lover boy, your new girl/boyfriend is talking to you."

"Don't push your luck." He picked up the bowl and slurped the rest of the meal from the bottom of the bowl.

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Written by Aaron.