Sasha's there at his usual table with Kaleva. 

"Hello!"

It does not occur to him that the food is for him. 

"I made a reasonable amount of food for four people," Asher says, "which is something approaching a success."

"....oh my god," Sasha says, and even to himself it's not clear whether he means "you're absurd" or "you're amazing" or "what the fuck even" or all three. 

"The bananas foster is supposed to be lit on fire at the table but I did it in my room because you are, apparently, not supposed to light things on fire in the lunchroom."

(That is not actually why Asher didn't light it on fire at the table. Rules are stupid and should never get in the way of appropriate dish presentation. But Sasha might disapprove of having things lit on fire around him, and that is suddenly very very important, so Asher did the lower-variance thing.) 

That cements it, he's absurd. Wonderful, but absurd. "I'll have to see someday!" 

"I hope you will!"

Kaleva is staring at Asher with grave suspicion. 

Asher smiles at him!

Oh no, now there are two people who have to like him, because if Sasha likes him and Kaleva doesn't that would create problems. Why is this happening. Why are feelings. How do they work. 

Yeah he doesn't miss that exchange.

"You two doing okay?"

"...Why are you sitting with us and bringing us food?"

Uh. 

Goddammit. 

"...Sasha is really great."

Please don't be scared and run away please don't be scared and run away please don't be scared and run away

That seems like a totally reasonable explanation to be honest. Kaleva takes some turtle soup. 

"...this is REALLY GOOD."

............at least he has some exposure to French already, it'll go faster than Chinese looks like it'll go. 

"This is the best thing I have ever eaten," he agrees, when he tries it. 

"You said that last time!"

"It was true last time! And it's true again!" 

"I'm not sure how often I can keep outperforming myself!"

"Well I definitely can't top my first impression." Arguing with the King is just objectively less impressive the second time you do it and you know the only consequences will be good ones. 

"You don't have to, mon coeur."

Kaleva, who speaks French, raises his eyebrows to the ceiling.

Sasha, who doesn't, notices the eyebrows and resolves to ask Kaleva later. "Neither do you!" 

He is pretty sure he does! How do you win people's heart other than being maximally impressive at all times?

"This is illegal soup, by the way."

"....Auradon's legal code can't actually have banned soup. Right?" 

"Nope! Turtles are endangered in most of Auradon! --They aren't endangered in China and I get my turtles from China because I'm not a horrible person."

Sasha, who has not previously encountered the concept "caring about non-sapient animals you don't personally know for reasons beyond their usefulness" and finds himself skeptical, decides not to comment on that last bit. 

"Oh, good, I was about to be very concerned about Auradon in general." 

"Auradon is very concerning but not, as far as I'm aware, about soup. --Is Chen here? He might miss turtle soup."