"Zuko, what's gotten into you?" Chris asked.

Zuko snapped back to reality and smiled. Whether he was overthinking or not, certain things felt quite odd once they were connected in his mind.

"Um... nothing," Zuko replied casually. "I'm just a bit hungry. Is there anything to eat at your place?"

Chris was also hungry too and absentmindedly answered while scrolling on his phone, "Let's order takeout."

Zuko frowned. "I never eat takeout."

"Mr. Zuko Hamerton, are you asking me to cook for you?"

"You know how to cook, right?"

Chris glared at him. Not that he would cook for him even if he did!

Just then, the doorbell rang suddenly.

a smile, carrying a lunchbox. When she saw Zuko there, she

you telepathically connected to Chris and know he's hungry? So you came to bring us

"Mm."

set the lunchbox on the table. The two hungry men quickly came over, but their excitement turned to disappointment when they saw what

hearty soup, all

chuckled wryly. "Is this another one of

at him. He had gotten it

and temperature right. The chicken she had stewed had turned as hard as a rock. Later, she thoughtlessly put the chicken in a

had fallen apart! It ended up looking

not want to waste it, so she

knew she had not eaten any. Every time, he would eat most of the "failed product" before

he affectionately

felt more like Lena was explaining to Zuko. "There aren't many, but... what I made actually tasted quite good! Lina is in the early stages of pregnancy, and I've researched a

smiled sincerely. "You must have gone through a lot of

bit embarrassed and shook her

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