143 Staying the Nigh (2/2)

”You've never told me!”

”You've never asked...” Then, I let out a sigh. ”So what do you want to eat?”

”Anything's fine,” she smiled and chuckled. ”As long as you cooked it.”

”Let me see what's in the fridge,” I said, excusing myself from the couch.

I got up and walked over to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator door and peeked in. The internal lighting for the refrigerator provided the necessary illumination for me to see what was available, and after looking through the ingredients that was present, I concluded that there was actually enough to make a decent meal for two.

”Do you have any allergies?” I called over to the living room.

”No,” was the response that I received.

”Alright.”

I shut the refrigerator door shut after knowing what I will make with the ingredients present. I checked my phone for the time as I slowly left the kitchen area. Seeing that it was simply 5:30 P.M. I decided that there's still no need to make food yet as the night had barely even began. Therefore, I casted my gaze back over in the direction of the living room, taking in the view of the beautiful Luna sitting on the couch will having her eyes focused on the television. On the other side of her was the sliding glass door that led out to the balcony, and since the curtains weren't closed all the way, the beautiful nighttime view of Palisia was visible. It was quite dark outside, but the numerous lights on the nearby skyscrapers outlined the different buildings and provided a spectacular light show in this cold winter night.

I returned to the L shaped couch and sat down on the spot adjacent to her. I leaned my back against the slanted backrest and brought my legs up onto the cushioned couch so that I could lay down and relax. I let out a fatigued sigh as I laid there and cast my gaze over at the 100 inch television screen and watched the program that was being played. Since it was a Friday night, there were many shows that was currently being played. However, because it wasn't technically yet time that most people return home from work, the shows being played at the moment weren't the hit shows that're popular among the population of Vilheim. Therefore, it wasn't as entertaining as I would hoped for it to be.

Time soon ticked by quickly as I laid there on the couch with Luna sitting not too far away and watched television. Even though we weren't doing anything in particular, I still felt an oddly calming and fulfilling sensation, almost as if just being next to her was enough in my minds. Maybe it was the same for her because when I looked over at her to check up on her, she appeared quite relaxed as she also was leaning down on the couch albeit in a more reserved manner since this wasn't her home. She didn't have to act that way and could've treated this as her own as well. I don't mind.

Soon, the show that was being played ended and the credits started rolling before the channel started playing commercials. I let out a yawn as I finally moved after staring at the screen while motionless for an hour. It also didn't help that the commercial being played at the moment was one for a shampoo and had a relaxing classical music playing in the background. Like to be honest, I don't understand shampoo commercials. They always seem to have an attractive woman with long hair whipping it about with lighting effects placed on the hair to make it appear extremely shiny and stuff.

”Alevian,” I heard Luna call my name so I looked over at her. ”Would you mind if I take a bath?”

”I don't,” I responded in a calm manner despite the fact that I was somewhat nervous about a girl using the bathroom that I usually use. ”Let me show you where it is.”

I forced myself up from the couch and walked over to the short hallway where our bedrooms branched off on either side of the hallway with the washroom at the end of it leading into the bathing room. I opened the door to the washroom and entered. Then, I opened the door to the bathing room with Luna following behind me.

”It should be the same system as your house,” I said to her as I looked over in the direction at the touch screen control panel.

”It looks the same,” Luna smiled and nodded.

”Feel free to use any of the body wash and shampoo,” I said as I walked away from the door. ”I'll go get you a towel.”

”Thank you,” she smiled and nodded at me as she followed me to the washroom exit. ”Then... see you in a bit.”

”R-right...” I blushed as she slowly closed the door to the washroom in order to strip and prepare herself for a relaxing bath.