Sworn friends and the year's end - 2-4N

[Home Ec room]

Wak: Sorry, Fuu-san. I was giving the kids at a local dojo a iaido performance, so I ended up running late.

Hin: Sorry, we'll start helping now.

Fuu: Wakaba, Hinata, there you are.

Uta: Phew, I'm finally done with fieldwork.

Yum: I was finally able to escape the clutches of the high society gathering I was attending.

Kar: Weren't you just arguing with a fish vendor at the shopping district whether silver pomfret or skipjack tuna was better?..

Yum: D-Did you see me!?

Hin: Looks like everyone's beginning to finish their business and gather here.

Fuu: Thanks. But we have enough people to do the cooking already.

Uta: Looks like even Itsuki-san is doing a good job, so we would probably only get in the way if we joined in.

Kar: Want to do something else then, since we came here anyway?

SON: Hmm, what exactly?

Yum: There seem to be plenty of ingredients left, so why not cook something other than New Year's dishes?

Mit: Aaa... Miroku-san, if you say that...

Wak: Other than New Year's dishes, huh. You must mean toshikoshi udon, then.

Uta: Wakaba, I can't just let that slide. Toshikoshi soba is what you're supposed to have for New Year's Eve.

Wak: You just made soba for your birthday party, didn't you? This time you'll be making udon!

Uta: You're eating udon every day as it is! We should be making soba instead!

Mit: Ah... In the end, it came down to this again...

Suz: That's basically a fight, isn't it!? Aah, they're going to drag me in too!

Shi: ...You think so?

Tak: No, it's fine! I thought this would happen, so... Ta-da! I prepared this!

Wak: Two bowls with different noodles?..

Uta: Really thick soba and... Somen? No, thin udon?

Tak: I thought it'd be great if you two reconciled this year, so I made this in advance.

Tak: It's soba as thick as udon and udon as thin a soba!

Wak: *slurp* ...No, that's not it. It's thin and has no firmness. This is just slightly thicker somen.

Uta: *slurp* The soul of soba lies in how it slides down your throat, but this is clearly way too thick...

Wak: Now that it's come to this, looks like we'll have to cook ourselves. Utano, I'll make udon good enough to turn you into an udon lover!

Uta: And I'll make soba good enough to turn you into a soba lover!

Tak: Waah... And here I thought this'd be a good idea...

Chi: Takashima-san, it's not your fault. Just let the two of them do whatever they want with their noodles. 

Tak: Gun-chan! *hugs*

Chi: (Comforting Takashima-san... feels great.)

Chi: Takashima-san, let's go help Doi-san and the rest decorate the clubroom.

Tak: Uu... Alright...

Kar: Looks like anything goes at this point. Guess I'll make the broth.

Yum: Allow me to help. We would need two types anyway, for udon and for soba.

Yum: Hm? Suzume-san, what are you doing with that mandarin?

Suz: A top-grade Ehime mandarin... To go with the soba and udon.

SON: Apparently you can use mandarin peel as a condiment.

Suz: Yeah, that!

Shi: ...There's ramen that uses mandarins as a condiment too.

Suz: What, for real!? I want to try that!

Kar: I've got a feeling we're moving further away...