He laughed and waved his hands. "I was just askin'!" he assured her. He hadn't been questioning her cooking ability so much as asking if she did cook. Dammit, he was apparently having foot for breakfast again.

Then he gave her a big grin, and nodded.

"That sounds awesome," he said; "I'll look forward to it. I don't think I've been given whatever allowance I get as a student here yet, but I had about ¥3000 on me when I got here, and they swapped it out for me to ah..." What was it again? "Grill? Whatever the currency here is. I dunno how much it's worth."

He glanced up at the clock, then watched as a few students walked past them and headed into the classroom.

"Well, guess we'd better get going," he said, catching the door and holding it a moment. "What's your last class today? We can meet up in the first floor lobby or somethin'."