Dinner and a study session

Minnie was actually kind of excited about the upcoming study session with her roomie. For one thing, English was definitely her best subject, even if they were looking at Romeo and Juliet. Apparently, even high school on magic island needed to read that overdone love story. But the other thing was, Haley seemed like a nice girl. And she was Minnie's age, and not claiming to be something weird like a goddess just because she had unusual abilities.

So, after secluding herself in the school library for awhile to work on some of her other homework, Minnie returned to the dorms feeling slightly more cheerful than usual. It was also not one of her bad days, allowing her to get some enjoyment out of this instead of locking herself in her room like she had the first week.

"'Ey Haley." She greeted the other girl with a wave. Her mouth watered slightly at the smell of food. "You outdid yourself, I thought you just said you wanted snacks!" Now she felt a little self-conscious. Minnie wasn't exactly ashamed of her dietary habits (aside from the secret cravings), but she did feel awkward explaining, especially to people who were providing food. She hated the attention.

Eep! Minnie wasn't actually a big hugger herself, or she wouldn't be if she was left to her own devices. But people always wanted to hug her, so she didn't complain. Especially when it was better than anything else they might do. Besides, she knew the other girl was just being friendly. If a little overenthusiastic.

"Whoa there! Trying to practice some weightlifting too?" She laughed a little when her feet left the ground. Glad for the distraction. There was so much food though. "I guess if you're using it for groceries too that makes sense. You cooks a lot back 'ome?"

Minnie still hesitated a bit, not sure how to tell her roomie about her strange diet without sounding picky. At home she pretty much had to suck it up and hide most foods she couldn't eat, as best as she could without lying, and she didn't want Haley to think she didn't like it. And she really was hungry. And even worse, it was probably all fresh stuff, so she couldn't blame it being artificial either.

"That meat sure looks tasty. Benefits of being from farmers, eh?" Okay... Maybe she was delaying a bit.

Minnie barely noticed the hand-holding. She was too caught up in nervous embarrassment about explaining herself to pay attention to yet another person touching her alot.

"Southern, eh? 'aven't even heard of most of those things. Chicken-fried steak sounds like stuffing a chicken with steak and frying it..." Which sounded utterly amazing to Minnie, except she was fairly certain that was not what Haley meant. For one thing, it wouldn't cook through, and while Minnie enjoyed raw meat, most recipes weren't designed that way. "That's probably not what it is though."

Minnie took a breath, pausing to think, "I likes a good egg..." And she'd run out of distractions. "Haley, I 'ave a bit of an ... unusual ... diet. It um ... makes me sick to eat most of that. I know it sounds weird, but I'm not lying. My stomach is just... strange."

Minnie squirmed slightly when Haley looked at her. Even though very word was truth, as she saw it, it felt so silly saying it out loud. She never doubted she was human, she'd been like this her whole life, but what normal human was carnivorous?

"I guess... you could call it an allergy... I gets sick when I eat vegetables... or fruit... it sounds like a bad joke, I know. Meat is good. Eggs, milk. I'm sorry I'm so weird - I don't like telling people. You don't 'ave to cater to me."

Minnie couldn't keep looking at the other girl, she was so embarrassed by this. She looked around the kitchen instead, glancing anywhere to avoid meeting Haley's eyes. And of course her stomach chose that moment to growl a little. She couldn't say she wasn't hungry either, if Haley asked about it.