Zuko looked increasingly frustrated as Chris remained perplexed, prompting several exasperated eye rolls.

While Zuko cleaned the kitchen, Chris followed closely, asking, “Why did you tell me to shoot her? That’s not like you at all, without reason!

“Is there something bothering you? Did she offend you in some way?

“But, Zuko, that doesn’t add up. You don’t hold grudges over trivial matters, especially not with a young girl!

“Zuko, what’s—”

“Enough!” Zuko’s frustration turned his face red, and he growled, “Just get back to work!”

Chris was taken aback. He scratched his head and offered a friendly smile, even though he didn’t quite understand the situation.

Chris efficiently handled all the dirty and tiring work throughout the kitchen cleanup, thanks to his military background and cleaning skills.

“When I first joined the army, I was assigned to the mess hall.” Chris laughed.

Zuko raised an eyebrow. “Then why didn’t you stick with that?”

wasn’t happy with the assignment but couldn’t openly voice my dissatisfaction, so I wrote

notes and reported it to the higher-ups. That’s how I got the chance to

that comrade of yours hadn’t talked so much, you might have become a five-star chef by now! We could’ve offered

threatening to hit him. “I swear,

He used to be reserved and serious, but now he cracked jokes and felt like a

Chris finished cleaning, he leaned against

He glanced around and then whispered, “I’ve made a

“What is it?”

Lena has a

Zuko blinked. “How do you know that? Did you sneak a

I discovered a notebook in the courtyard. It looked pretty old and had

afraid of annoying her, so I put the notebook back where I found it and

but chuckle

batting an eye, yet he was actually afraid of

look. “But how can you

a moment, then chuckled. “Even if it’s not

something to do with you,”

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