"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.

lunchbox. When she saw Zuko there, she nodded slightly with a hint of

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

"Mm."

table. The two hungry men quickly came

it now looked quite unappetizing. Instead of the expected hearty soup, all they found were fragments of meat, chicken

this another one of your

at him. He had gotten

right. The chicken she had stewed had turned as hard

fallen apart! It ended up

to waste it, so she brought it to

he would eat most of the "failed product" before she touched

he affectionately

had successes too!" It 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 lot. Pregnant women have strong reactions during this period and can't eat much. So, I thought of

you, Lena." Zuko smiled sincerely. "You must have gone

felt a bit embarrassed

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