Tลtsuki Friendship and Rapport Training Camp. It was the third night of the first year camp and Kuga had managed to avoid getting expelled on the previous challenges. The challenge for tonight was to make a buffet style breakfast with a certain ingredient. The ingredient was chosen to be fish by Dojima Gin. It seemed simple enough. Kuga could easily make a Sichuan style dish with fish but the problem was that it had to be easy to cook and has to be a breakfast. That was really limiting his options here.
He could tell that he wasn't the only one in the kitchen who was stressed out. The other first years were frantically running around, trying to make their dish while some were quickly scratching out notes in their notebook as if their recipes wouldn't work.
Even Kuga could feel the lack of sleep weighing on him. The first two days of the camp were pure hell for him. With 2 challenges by the Tลtsuki alumni in the morning and having to cook 50 dishes for dinner for various sports clubs who had their own training camps nearby.
He was tempted to just fall asleep but he knew he couldn't. He didn't want to fail and get expelled from Tลtsuki. He still hasn't challenged Tsukasa to a rematch! That thought alone was enough for him to keep on going. Even if he feels like he's about to drop asleep any second now.
Kuga groaned in frustration as he buried his head in his hands. This was getting him nowhere. At this rate, he'll be awake the entire night but won't get an idea. He needs to figure out a way to relax. But how can he when everyone is in a state of panic and tension is thick in the air?
Since everyone was panicking with their own recipes, they were frantically trying to make a dish for tomorrow's challenge. The way the different smells clashed with each other didn't soothe Kuga's nerves. If anything, it just made it even worse.