The calm before the storm

"Shoot! God what am I going to make?" he said while rushing to his dorm kitchen.

'

'No, well I could quickly make it afterward as a side '.

the voice asked.

'I was thinking dessert' he /said/ as he racked his brain for baked goods he could make.

the voice suggested.

'They might have allergies' he stated.

' how would I d-'.

'Oh yeah'.

He began to cast the message spell as the voice recommended Finnigan was the first one he was going to ask. Once the spell was cast all he had to do was wait for Finnigan to receive it.

" Mitch? Why are you messaging me " there he is.

" um hey i just wanted to ask if you have allergies?".

" Nope! don't have any i'm to fire up for any!" Finnigan shouted.

" ok thank you ".

" no problem Mitch " Finnigan said before ending the spell.

'Ok who next?' he asked the voice.

'Why's that?'.

'But, nevermind ok i'll call Austin'.

' ahem i'm poor don't exactly have a phone '.

'Your family's somewhat famous though shouldn't they have money'.

'Well yes but no, we keep only what we need the rest normally goes to a wide variety of charities'.

'Ah yes your family's so kind'.

' how do you not know this your literally in my head?'.

'You mean your forgetful'.

the voice said in an annoyed tone.

"Shoot!" he screeched before beginning to cast.

" hey Mitch do you need something?" Austin said as he answered the 'call' almost immediately.

" hey Austin just wondering if you have any allergies? " he asked.

" eggs that's the only one " Austin said calmly.

" ah ok then I'll just make a no bake version "he replied.

" what are you making? " Austin asked.

" it's a surprise, " he said a soft smile growing on this lips.

" well ok then see you later " Austin said almost sounding disappointed that he couldn't find out.

" see ya" he said before ending the spell.

'Ok one more'.

'It's only a little bit sore my throat still hurts from the coughing but other then that its fine'.

'Yes for now' he rolled his eyes.

'Any way alright last one '.

He nodded and began casting.

" yes? Mitch what do you need?" Valerian asked impatiently.

" ah hey Valerian um so do you have any allergies " after he said that there was a long pause before valerian answered.

" even if I did couldn't you just heal me ".

" well no, not really I can heal injuries but not allergic reactions or poison ".

" and why can't you ".

" I haven't learned that yet ".

" Oh, of course " he snapped.

" so... do you have allergies?" he asked softly as if he was talking to an injured creature.

" er... yes i'm allergic to .. soy " Valerian said sounding embarrassed.

" ah well that wouldn't be a problem then ".

" well.. you better not tell anyone or.. or i'll Thunder Bat you!" Valerian threatened.

" yes Valerian your secrets safe with me " he said with a hum.

" good... by the way, why aren't you using a phone? ".

" I don't have one, " he said straight forward.

" why? Too poor? ".

"No I just never had the need for one, " he said honestly.

" oh well um farewell Mitchell " Valerian said be for cancelling the spell.

' he's so dramatic' he said giggling to himself softly.

' I love all of them and their quirks '.

'Yeah the curse of loving them'.

With the comment from the voice in his head he felt his anxiety began to rise as he began getting the ingredients ready.

He was creating this cheesecake as if he's done it a billion times, his movements around the kitchen were like a dance. He was in this sort of a trance as he made this cheesecake using his magic to speed up the process. He decides to make dark chocolate flowers with white chocolate vines that go down the sides as extra decoration along with the raspberry sauce and fresh raspberries.

When he finished decorating he took a step back to admire his work he quickly realized the irony of making flower decorations and started laughing like crazy. Somehow he made it onto the floor as he was trying to control his giggles.

'I made flower decorations on the cake i'm going to eat with the three people I have hanahaki for, don't you see the irony'.

'Comedy gold right here'.

" Shoot!" he shreeched as he scrambled off the floor and quickly packed the cake and placed it by the door before he hastily began to clean.

Multiple creatures worked in unison at assisting Mitch clean the mess of the kitchen. And by eight minutes later it look cleaner than before. At some point one of the Fea had made a garden salad knowing what was going on. He thanked all of them for helping clean and picked up the cake and the salad and headed off.

When he arrived he was two or so minutes late he hide the cake with magic and knocked on the door. With a slow creek the door opened, he was greeted by finnigan who quickly stepped aside to let him in.

He put the salad on the table and the cake in the fridge and putting a seal and unbreaking spell on the box so no one could get to it.

" ah late again " Valerian said as he entered the living room.

" sorry, I was cleaning up " he replied apologetically.

" definitely not your outfit " Valerian said pointing at his robes.

He looked down to see his robes where indeed covered in various baking smears.

" ugh I forgot to change " he said while facepalming.

" oh it's fine you could borrow some of my clothes" Finnigan said as he gestured for him to follow.

" Oh um ok " he said as he began to follow finnigan into his bedroom.

" I don't know what would fit you ".

" well out of all of us we are the closest in size ".

"I guess so " Finnigan said as he opened the closest.

Inside the closet were various rodes coats and wait... is that a dress. Taking a bit of the item and pulling it out from the rest of the clothes he finds that yes it is it's a beautiful ruby dress with golden and black patterns at make it look like fire. Its long black silk sleeves felt super soft and he enjoyed playing with the texture under his finger tips.

" Oh um that dress was a joke from one of my Family members one of them snuck it into my suitcase when i wasn't looking, " Finnigan gave a laugh at that.

" could I wear it?" he said with a devious plan in mind.

" yah why? " finnigan said.

Only thing he did to answer his question his turn to him with a mischievous smile plastered on his face. All Finnigan did was nod and give a thumbs up and left the room.

After he took off his robes and put on the dress, he did a little twirl in it and prepared himself.

Getting into character is look in the mirror and did a bunch of dramatic poses.

'Ok i'm ready'.

He took a breath then swung open the door and strode into the living room with the most prideful walk he could muster. Once he was in the living room he saw all three of them were on the couch all staring at him. He paused before overdramatically flipping his hair and doing the best impression he's ever done.

" i'm Valerian Stormbreaker and im sooooooo rich and fabulous look and be in awe at my power, i'm a storm wizards obviously the best type of wizard " he said while doing a bunch of dramatic poses and more hair flipping.

Once he looked at the three he saw Finnigan was dying with laughter while Austin was trying to hold it in. Valerian, on the other hand, was still trying to process. A mischievous smile returned on his face as he started over and flopped on Valerian, dramatically.

" pay attention to me and my powerful richness" he said while reaching up a hand and stroking his face.

This is what broke Austin now both of them were dying of laughter. He looked up at Valerian to see that he was about to laugh as well. He would have to fix that.

" thunder ba- oh nevermind I fizzled " that broke Valerian giggles erupted from him.

He had another idea he began to bicker with finnigan but really over the top.

After a few minutes things calmed down, Austin got his composer back , Finnigan could breath again and he was still lay on Valerian.

" wow I didn't know Mitch could joke" Finnigan said shocked.

" that was unexpected" Austin agreed.

" I know I should feel offended but i'll let it slide as that was amazing" Valerian immited.

" should I impersonate the other two?" he ask Valerian who eagerly nodded.

Slowly he stood up and walked into the middle of the room.

" I'MMMM ALL FIRED UPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!" he screeched at the top of his lungs.

" ok ok wait let me do Austin, ahem... NOONOONONONO OH GOD PLEASE NOT THE HAIR NOT THE UUGGGGGGGGGGGG my my beautiful hair ruined it to FIVE HOURS TO STYLe le sob " he said while dramatically fake crying.

The four of them erupted with giggles, their laughter rang throughout the small dorm room. It took them all a minute to recover from the infectious giggle diseases but eventually they did calm down.

After the impersonation event Mitch did return the dress and get actual clothes on such as black sweat pants and a plain red t-shirt.

' I only wish he knew you weren't giving him his shirt back'.

'Shh what he doesn't know won't hurt him'.

The group started playing a variety of boardgames, Valerian and Finnigan tried to best each other while Mitch and Austin just had fun playing and actually winning. On their last round of their fourth board game Austin pointed out that it was around the time they should start setting up the table for dinner.

The first of them to present their dish was Valerian, as he had the need to be number one. When he removed the tin foil from the glass baking tray it revealed a garganelli pasta with meat sauce.

" did you actual make that?" he said to valerian.

"Yes .... With the help of a recipe" valerian replied.

" I also had to use a recipe" austin said as he undid his tin foil.

There lay a perfectly season baked salmon with various baked vegetables on the sides. The top of the salmon was dotted with thin slices of lemon and spices.

" woah that looks super good Austin " said Finnigan in awe.

"That does look good" Valerian agreed.

Austin gave a small smile before it returning to his normal stoic expression.

"Finni what do you have?"austin asked.

" oh yeah! " he said before grabbing something from the oven and putting it on the counter then heading to the fridge. Grabbing a bowl covered in plastic wrap, Finni walked to the table placing it down before going to grab the glass tray.

Once Finni place the tray on the table he ripped off the tin foil shouting yeet as he did. What was inside was the tray was half-sliced cheese coated baked potatoes.

"I'm surprised they aren't burnt" valerian snickered.

"Hey! I followed the recipe " Finnigan said.

"But didn't you leave them in the oven the whole time?" Valerian asked.

"Yeah but it wasn't on, I just left them in so they could stay warm ", Finnigan said with a huff.

" Wow that's actually smart, I'm so proud " Austin cooed.

" Hey I'm smart" Finnigan defended.

" Ha! yeah right," Valerian said while snickering.

" well atleast im not as dumb as Valerian " Finnigan fired back.

And the fizzle brothers began their bickering, sending insult at each other left and right. While Mitch and Austin glare at them in parental disappointment, shaking their heads slowly in disapproval.

" Ugh, while anyway whilst their bickering Mitch what did you bring? " Austin asked still slightly argivatied.

" I actually brought two things, dessert and a salad ,". He simply stated.

" Well, aren't you an overachiever, " Austin said.

" I'm sorry I wasn't trying to " he said sounding like he was scorned by an adult.

" I didn't say it was a bad thing, like I overachieve with my hair and I look fabulous." Austin commented making small giggle emerge from him.

" Well what's the dessert?" Austin asked.

" It's a surprise," he said while generally placing a finger to his lips, giving a gentle smile.

" While now I feel like we're going to die Mr. I read all the evil and stolen books we have to retrieve" Austin joked.

" Hey!........Well at least I'm not murdering you all, the reading one the other hand ..yeah no comment". he said guilty.

"Pfft yeah I hope you don't kill us "Austin joked again.

' it's more like you killing me'.

"Should we start eating? " He asked.

" Yeah probably, you want to grab the fizzle brothers? ".

" Yep I'll do it , go wash your hands and I'll call them over to do the same," he stated with a motherly tone.

" Ok mom " Austin snickered over to the kitchen sink.

he waited until he heard the water start pouring before heading over to the infamous fizzle brothers.

" Ok you two break it up "he told his motherly tone ever present.

" Why " the fizzle brothers say in unison.

" Go wash your hands " he said.

"Ugh fine " Finnigan said before disappearing towards the bathroom.

He stared at Valerian who was attempting to get out of washing his hands, his arms were crossed over his chest and chin tilted upwards, glaring down at him.

" VALERIAN STORMBREAKER YOU QUIT WITH THAT ATTITUDE AND GO WASH YOUR HANDS OR SO HELP ME I'LL WASH THEM FOR YOU" he bellowed as he tried to mimic the harsh intimidating tone his own mother use on him when he was being a brat.

Valerian's overpowering snarky poster changed instantly into a submissive one as his full name was said. Valerian swallowed before muttering a small 'i'm sorry i'll go wash my hands' before heading towards the bathroom.

" someone got in trouble " Austin said while directly behind him.

He squeaked in surprise before whipping around to face Austin almost colliding.

"Woah woah Mitch chill " Austin grabbed his arm as he spoke.

" sorry you scared m-.....wait was that an ice pun?" he said in utter disbelief.

" not intentional " Austin dismissed.

" yeah right that was totally intentional and you know it " he bites back playfully.

"Eh no comment " Austin said right before the fizzle brothers re-entered the room.

" you guys set the table while I go wash my hands " he said getting a nod of approval from the other three before he heads to the bathroom.

Once he closed the bathroom door his small smile twisted into one of pain as he gripped the sink as tightly as he could, his body shaking and his knuckles white. Tears welled in his eyes as a coughing fit begun, his hand covering his mouth to make it as quiet as possible.

When it ended his face and hands were covered in saliva and mucus, he looked in the mirror in disgust, grimacing at how pink his cheeks were. Slowly and unsure he released his other hand from the white porcelain of the sink and using it to turn on the tap.

While washing his hands and face he heard it again.

it asked voice full of concern.

'I think I am now' his voice unsure.

its voice back to its monotone self.

'Oh really' he said, thought? Back at it while gently splashing cold water on his face.

it was right as the pink and the slight swelling slowly disappeared.

He breathed deeply trying to calm his nerves occasionally, making a cup with his hands under running water and drinking it to try and settle the pain in his throat, it helped a little bit.

it had a point.

'yah , yah your right'.

' when I Am I not'.

'That's debatable'.

'By got to go ' he said before swing the door open.

He lightly jogged back to the dining area and was surprised to find that that table was indeed setup. Plates and utensils placed neatly on the table in front of the four chairs, the dishes made by him and his friends were at the center of the table.

" i'm surprised you actually setup the table" he said to the group that was already sitting down.

" just sit down so we can eat already!" Finnigan whined.

"Fine fine" he replied while rolling his eyes with a small dopey smile on his face.

After sitting down they all began making their plates and consuming the food they made. Jokes, laughter and stories were told around the table, occasional gossip sessions started by valerian sneaking there way into the conversation.

Overall they were all happy and enjoying each others company, getting to know each other deeper than just students forced to be in this group. They grew as friends tonight, the fizzle bros bickered by it wasn't harsh as it normally is they just teased each other. There unannounced rivalry would still drive them to best each other but that's just who they were.

Austin let himself relax and enjoy tonight, letting the heavily fortified walls he built down a little.he told jokes, let his personality shine through his always serious nature bent a little by his crazy stories of his hair adventures.

Once they finished the main means mitch unmasked the surprise of the mystery desert. Questions were followed by praise once they began hungrily devouring the delicious cheesecake, all while mitch literally laughed at the irony.