"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.

she saw Zuko there, she nodded slightly with a hint of

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

"Mm."

lunchbox on the table. The two hungry men quickly came over, but their excitement turned

hearty soup, all they found were fragments of meat, chicken bones, and a few scattered vegetable leaves in a pool of

"Is this another one of your

He had

gotten the timing and temperature right. The chicken she had stewed had turned as

had fallen apart! It

waste it,

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

about this, he affectionately patted her

explaining to Zuko. "There aren't many, but... what I made actually tasted quite good! Lina is in the early stages of pregnancy, and

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

felt a bit embarrassed

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