Fate T. Waldia has wanted to show Nanoha how her home baking has been going so she's been busily baking all day! She's baked a little extra to put aside for her sister and the knights, but otherwise is basically preparing a feast of sweets-- turnovers, popovers-- all sorts of *overs! A cake and a pie. She is just about done placing these on the table when the door bell rings!
It's probably Nanoha. She wipes her hands on her apron and scurries in a hurry to the door to open it. "Hello Nanoha!" she beams in a small smile. The smell of sweets and baked goods flowing out from behind her inside the Waldian's Home.
Indeed! It is Nanoha at the door! She smiles, but much wider as she greets Fate with the biggest of hugs! Then her noses catches that smell as she blinks and asks "Fate-- that smells wonderful... what have you been baking!?" she asks. She knows the smells of baked goods. It's in her blood regardless of how much magic is in there.
She'll walk in after Fate and then asks. "Did you... invite me over for snacks?" she suddenly asks dubiously.
Fate T. Waldia smiles. "Something like that!" she says. "I wanted to show you how I've been coming along before I went back and showed your parents..." she says softly. She leads Nanoha to the kitchen where she shows her spreads. Turnovers! Popovers! of varying varietes, Two different pies! (One is an Apple, the other is Read Bean) and a chocolate cake, frosted in homemade white frosting.
"So... whatcha think?" she asks as she offers a blueberry turnover to Nanoha. Come on, try it! Try it! It's delicious Nanoha! She thinks.
Nanoha's eyes go wide as she gasps! "Woah, Fate, did you do this all... from scratch!?" she asks as she eyes it all. It all looks baked so well! She eyes it all and is about to pickup a knife to cut that cake when Fate shoves a blueberry turnover into her hand and she blinks and smiles and gives it a bite. Oh... oh that's wonderful. It's sweetened just right.
"So... f.. from scratch right!?" she asks, as if she wants to be sure as she places that knife to the cake and begins to slice a modest piece from it carefully.
Fate T. Waldia nods. "From scratch." she says. "I've been working since early morning! I had to shoo Hino from the kitchen earlier when I was baking." she asides. "I think the gang might had got breakfast out." she says taping the side of her chin with a finger. "So I can't make this a regular thing but..." she gives a little hop on her heels.
"It was worth it today!" she beams. She leans forward. "So you like it?" she asks, seeing the expression on Nanoha's face as she smiles a little. She leans back and then beams. "So think I'm ready to show your parents for... maybe a um...."
"Part time job?..." she asks. Aha! Secret revealed! That's what she's worried about!
Nanoha Takamachi is already shoving cake in her mouth but no one is really surprised about that. She nods a little rapidly. "Well hopefully no one is upset at you but I'm sure they understand. It's not like you have two kitchens.." she says as she mmmmmmmmssssss at the cake as she eats.
"It's wonderful Fate! All of it!" she smiles.
Then Fate asks a question and she coughs a little. "P-part time job!? I.. um...." she says. "I dunno Fate." she says meekly. "You'd need to ask my mom really. I mean. It might not help to butter up dad first but mom's gonna be the one to decide..." she says softly.
"But... if you can make this again for her I think she'd say yes!" she says. A pause.
"Why are you looking for a part time job...?" she asks. "I mean I sorta thought that like... you know... being a princess was kinda a job in and of itself...?" she asks, sort of meekly. Maybe she thought wrong for all she knows!
Fate looks down and then back up. "Well. Yeah. I mean. I don't... 'want' for anything? I don't 'need a job' I guess..." she says. "But that statement was also true before hand too. I don't..." she says. "...Have a lot I really 'want' for Nanoha, you know that." she says.
"But I do want to bake... you know. As a job. For a little bit." she says with a short, sad smile. "And I know I can work part time at your parents if I'm good enough..." she says lightly with a soft series of nods, as she cuts her own slice of cake to eat. Mmmmm. She did good, she thinks.
She's allowed to pat herself on the back right? She suddenly looks really self conicious after that burst of confidence! Whoops.
Nanoha puts her cake down and gives Fate a super tight, perhaps sugar powered hug. "I'm sure that Mom will give you a part time job after school on the weekdays and during the weekend if you really want!" she says. "I know mom loves the heck outta you." she says softly. "She always asks how you're doing." she says.
"In fact... why don't we cover this up and go over there right now!" she says with a wide smile. "We can talk about it to her! And... I don't think she'll want you to make ALL these... so..." she says. "Let's just take some of the turnovers and the cake okay!?" she suggests with a full on bounce to her step.
Fate blinks. "R..right now!?" she asks. "But..." she has nothing prepared? No, she has WAY TOO MUCH prepared right now. Maybe... maybe Nanoha's right!? "Right!... let's go then!" she says with the most super nervous but happy smile ever!
Oh dear! She didn't expect this tonight! Off they go!...