La Guerrera del tiempo by Starsea

chocolate amargo

Theme: Bitter

Minako picked up the box and sounded out the name on the front. "Ben-dicks... London... chocolate!" Her face broke out into a smile. "Setsuna-san, can I have one?"

"Yes, but you'd better read the descriptions carefully," Setsuna answered. "Bendicks do all kinds of chocolate and some of them might not be what you expect."

Minako nodded. She pulled the lid up and picked up the biscuit description card, her eyes flicking over the English. Then she frowned. "How is that possible?"

"How is what possible?" Takehiko asked, looking up from the newspaper. Minako thrust the card out at him without looking. He took it, scanning the writing. "Bitter. There are some bitter chocolate biscuits in here."

"That's just it! Chocolate isn't bitter!" Minako rolled her eyes. "Everyone knows that chocolate is a sweet."

"Real chocolate is bitter," Setsuna corrected her, sitting down and handing Takehiko his cup of tea and setting a pot of honey on the table before him. "The higher the cocoa content, the more bitter the chocolate. Trust me, cocoa beans do not taste very sweet."

"That's why chocolatiers add so much sugar and milk when they're making chocolate bars," Takehiko added.

"I think you two are just trying to scare me," Minako said, picking one biscuit out of the box. "I'm shocked, I really am, you two are usually so-" She stopped. Her mouth puckered. "URGH!" She spat the biscuit out into her hand. "URGH - URGH - URGH! That's DISGUSTING! ACK!" She grabbed her squash and sipped it, swilling it around her mouth and then swallowing. "How can they call that chocolate?!"

Setsuna smiled slightly. "What's that you were saying about us trying to scare you?"

Minako shot her an evil glare. "I bet you like that stuff."

Setsuna took the other biscuit, popped it in her mouth and chewed. "Mmm," she said, closing her eyes in exaggerated pleasure. Minako got up.

"Meanies," she muttered, stalking off. As soon as she was gone, Setsuna swallowed and took the teaspoon of honey that Takehiko offered her, both of them laughing quietly.


Title: Bitter chocolate

DISCLAIMER: Minako and Setsuna belong to Naoko Takeuchi but Takehiko belongs to me. ;)

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