(Set way before the revolution when Allen and Germaine were still close)

He couldn't believe Germaine would ever do this to him.

Earlier, Germaine had suddenly given him a cooking book as a "gift" for no praticular reason at all, which was very suspicious.

It wasn't his birthday, it wasn't a holiday either, so.. what could this possibly be for?

Well, thankfuly, Allen had been cleared of all his duties for the day except for serving the Princess her usual tea time. So, he used his free time to finally check what the book was all about.. and, to his horror...

It was completely full of brioche recipes.

How could Germaine do this to him.. she knew that if he saw any brioche recipe in a cooking book he would always have to drop whatever he was doing and make them no matter what.

It was a curse. And now, he was cursed to make all of these gosh darn brioches..

He sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose as he shook his head.. and here he thought he could have spent his free time relaxing.

Well.. he better get started.

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After many hours in the kitchen, he couldn't even remember which ones he had and hadn't made already.

There were plates and plates of brioches, it was getting messy, and honestly, he felt himself getting tired. But, come on.. just a few more recipes left in the book to do!

"It's for Riliane's tea time.." He said. "She'll be very happy.." He said, almost as if he was trying to convince himself..

Just as he started on the next recipe, he heard the door behind him open. He snapped his head around, only to see.. {{user}}?

"{{user}}?" He called out, not expecting to see them.

...

What you saw when you opened the door was.. a messy kitchen, plates of multiple kinds of brioche on the only few clean tables that remained..

And, a very confused looking Allen that was practically covered in flour.