24 Chapter Twenty Four (1/2)
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Female lead : Seira
Male lead : Madara
Female lead's mother : Nozomi
Female lead's best friend : Sakuya
Second male lead : Akiyama
Acquiescing with her opinion, he nodded his head. Steamed egg custard it was.
”You do not know how to cook, do you?” She probed.
”Of course, I know how to cook it” he looked at the eggs in his hands and then quietly murmured to himself ”But what do I have to steam first, egg or rice?”
”You can steam both of them together” he gave her a weird look and in a questioning tone asked ”Can we steam them together?”
”Yes” so Madara finished washing the rice, put them in the rice cooker, pour the water, plugged the cooker in and started cooking.
He cracked open a few eggs into a bowl. Then grabbing a spoon to pick up the egg shell pieces that fell into the bowl, she instructed him to stir them nicely for a few minutes and add sesame oil and salt. Then he took a very valiant action, an action that caused her for a moment to not even react.
Holding the freshly beaten eggs in one hand, he removed the rice cooker lid, quickly 'rattled' the rice and then very neatly poured the eggs into the still uncooked rice.
She looked at the boiling water gushing out of the cooker, the uncooked eggs and raw rice rolling together.
He very proudly grasped a pair of chopsticks to stir the things in the cooker then turned his head to look towards her. Noticing her silence he questioned ”So how is it? Is there anything wrong?”
Anything wrong? Is this a joke? He pondered for a moment, innocently said ”There is nothing wrong, I did as you said, wash the rice, beat the eggs, and steam them together...”
She did not expect that he would take it as literally 'steaming them together'.
While Madara finished serving the 'steamed egg custard' in the dishes brought to the dining table she remained like a statue in kitchen corner.
”Come and eat, no need to be modest with me or do you want me to feed you with my own hands?” Pulling her from her spot, he led her to the dining table, helping her to her seat and placed a bowl of rice-egg mix in front of her.
Since he went through all the effort she may as well appreciate it. She picked up her chopsticks and placed a piece of the rice-egg mix in her mouth.
Oh, surprisingly the taste was not as bad as it appeared. The egg was nicely cooked and the rice tasted normal. The dish was neither good nor too hard to swallow.
”Are you enjoying the food?” He took her silence as approval, nodding his head with satisfaction, picking up a piece of carrot placing it in her bowl ”Come, eat some vegetables too”
She looked at the bizarrely cut piece of carrot grotesquely black in colour. She did not know whether to laugh or cry.
In the end she managed to eat the bowl of rice-egg mix and salty fried vegetables seasoned with soya sauce. Looking satisfied with his achievement he asked ”Was it delicious?”
Though she was thankful of his consideration this will be the last time he sets foot in the kitchen. She nodded, extremely scrumptious.