fandomhigh | In the Cupcake of Good and Evil, Tuesday 2nd Period [1/30]

“Today,” Stark said with some trepidation, “we have vegetables to use in cupcakes. I have carrots because carrots are sweet and carrot cake is delicious.”

Was all of his nervousness due to what horrors Summer might be producing? Or was there something a bit off that he hadn’t properly dealt with since the last class? Probably the latter. Or maybe he just felt a need to twirl a carrot around in his hands.

"It is pretty good," Summer agreed, with a nod and a smile that seemed wholly unaware of anything that could possibly be wrong with anything that could be doing on inside this class or outside of it. "You know what other vegetable is pretty good in cakes and breads, actually? Zucchini."

Which, anyone familiar with those kind of things was probably thinking that actually wasn't too bad. Of course, anyone familiar with Summer would know that there was definitely going to be more to this story.

She paused, for dramatic effect, for maybe getting those hopes up a little bit higher before she swung in with, "But I'm not using that for my cupcakes. You can, if you want to! But I'm using kale, spinach, and pickles!"

“Those are all…very green,” Stark said. “Green and not at all sweet and not flavors that belong in cupcakes. Green could be fine. Mint is green! And lime. But kale and spinach and picked don't belong in dessert!”

At least Summer hadn't suggested olives? Yet, anyway.

It was there in the back of her mind, but all she could find, recipe-wise, were olive oil cupcakes!

"Agree to disagree," Summer stated proudly, thrusting up her chin and then grinning at the class. "And we'll see what the class has to say. We've got the vegetables. What you decide to do with them is up to you."

Stark had nothing to add to that except the slightly pleading look he was giving the students in the room.

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Anakin Skywalker

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Wonder what sort of person puts kale in cupcakes on purpose.

Will you choose the side of delicious good or the side of healthy evil?

Anakin had picked up a rutabaga, mostly because he had no idea what a rutabaga was. And...that was as far as he'd gotten.

"Just put frosting on it and set it in a cupcake wrapper!" Summer suggested. "And see if anyone notices!"

She was an awesome teacher, thanks.

Anakin glanced down at the rutabaga. "Should I cook it first?"

They promise not to sing this week

Actually, no, Summer promises nothing.

She is being a good teacher and keep an eye out for people who might need help, though. You might be doing the world a favor, by distracting her, because someone had started to eye the radishes with a speculative glint in her eye...

At some point Stark had stopped humming and making frosting and switched to frowning a little at his phone. Now he held it out, looking a little uncertain, for Summer to look at the screen.

"I found you a recipe," he said quietly. "For another time?"

"Hm?" asked Summer, pulling herself away from thoughts of very thinly sliced radish cupcake garnishes to look at Stark, then look at his phone, and then tilt her head a little bit as she took it for a closer look with intrigue. She didn't look at the recipe immediately, considering Stark a little longer as if trying to discern from his face exactly what kind of recipe this was going to be. An actual legitimately good one? Something gross? Something that definitely needed to get made the next time she got high? He'd been acting weird again ever since the whole singing debacle last week, so it was hard to tell if that meekness in him right now was still an extension of all that or something else.

So her guess was as good as anyone's, and she finally looked down at the phone and scrolled a little.

"Ohmygod," she said, "where was this recipe, like, twenty minutes ago?"

Buried between the 6000th and 600tst olive oil recipes, probably.

"I thought you might like olives."

There had just been an olive vibe happening.

Better than the 'I don't know how to deal with the things that were sung' vibe that had been occupying his thoughts for a week now!

"This one sounded a little gross," he ventured, looking at her carefully to gauge her reaction as he said it.

"I think that's more than a little gross," Summer countered with a snort, her eyes scanning over the ingredients and considering what they had here, and then flicking up toward the clock. "You think we have enough time to make these now?"

She would hate to deprive any of their dedicated students of olive cupcakes, too!

"Do you really want to?" Stark countered.

He looked, suddenly, much more relaxed than he had in about a week.

"We could see if Anakin would eat them...?"

"Of course I want to," said Summer, immediately, because what a silly question, Stark, but then she sighed a little, though she looked pleased, as she looked over the class. "Anakin's a good potential target," she allowed, "but now I just miss having Ignis in these classes. Maybe we can make one and I can bring it by the diner for him. Tuesdays are his days there, right?"

"He works on Tuesdays," Stark confirmed. "It's in my notes for Wednesday mornings. Do you think he'd take a cupcake from you? Doesn't he know better? I... don't think he'd take one from me."

"Why not?" asked Summer, smirking. "Because he's rather have a kiss?"

Come on, Stark, you pretty much just put that literally right on her hands.

"I don't think he wants that either," Stark said, shaking his head. "Neither do I!"

Now, from Prompto maybe...

"Not from Ignis, in any case."

Well, Stark promised not to sing at least.

He was humming a little though, under his breath, as he worked on some cream cheese frosting.

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