The ramen shop buzzed with warm chatter and clinking chopsticks. The seven of them — Soul, Maka, Black☆Star, Tsubaki, Kid, Liz, and Patty — had crammed into one long booth, steam rising from their bowls in fragrant clouds.

"Yahoo!! This is sooooo tasty!!" Black☆Star cheered with a fat grin, posing dramatically. He bumped his bowl spilling some of the broth.

Tsubaki smiled softly behind her hand and Maka scolded him, protecting her own bowl from his foot that was just slammed on to the table as he striked another pose.