Chapter 99: What Is This?
Yuuya didn't know anything about it and was deep in sleep when the deal happened, he just hoped he would have a quiet Sunday.
And, he did get his wish, well partially.
The next day, at 9 A.M. A little over half an hour after Yuuya had breakfast, Marin just arrived there to watch the anime 'Fierce Flower Princess' with him, and...
"You two take care of the house while we are gone, Okay?" Apophis said while looking at Yuuya and Marin.
"Grayfia's going too?" Marin asked as Grayfia was in her casual clothes rather than the uniform she always wore at home.
"…Yes, it is my holiday today," Grayfia didn't look like she wanted to go but…
'It is necessary,' Grayfia thought of the places she was going to visit with Apophis today.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of Yuuya for you," Marin smiled widely while saying that.
"…Sure," Grayfia was skeptical of that, but it wouldn't be a big issue since Yuuya himself is there, so at least there shouldn't be a big problem, right?
"Also don't get too carried away 'cause you have the house to yourself, alright?" Apophis grinned looking at Yuuya.
"I'll make sure he won't make a mess, I'm used to living alone, so you can trust me," Marin jumped in happily, she was ready to supervise Yuuya like she was the mature one here.
"I guess I can only trust in Marin-chan, then Bye~," And with that Apophis and Grayfia left the house leaving the other two.
"Let's continue the anime from where we left off," Marin took Yuuya back to the living room and turned on the TV.
This time the two watched the anime in silence as the only additional noise aside from the T.V was the sound of a pen.
It was because Yuuya was taking notes for the costumes he needed to make for Marin and Sajuna.
And Marin on the other hand...
'He looks so focused,' She wasn't watching the TV at all. Well, she hasn't even once since starting the anime at 9:30, and now it was 1 in the afternoon.
Marin was looking straight at Yuuya without even blinking.
'Wait! Isn't this bad? I should look away,' Marin was thinking about how rude or creepy it was to stare at someone for so long without saying anything. She'd surely be creeped out if someone did that to her.
That is why she wanted to look away but.
'Ah! I can't, No, No, No, I can't look away, No, Seriously, Are you kidding me? He has no business looking so cool with that serious look on his face,' Marin ended up digging herself into a deeper hole than before and then.
RUMBLE*
Her stomach rumbled, loud enough to be heard by Yuuya and he looked over.
'Kill me now!!!!' Marin screamed in her mind as her face turned red.
"...I guess it is about time for lunch," Yuuya said plainly as he closed the notebook where he was taking notes and looked at the clock.
"I'll cook something," Marin quickly stood up from the sofa in a hurry, Yuuya spoke up seeing this.
"No, there is no nee-" But Marin came in front of him and grabbed him by the shoulders.
"I'll Cook, I'll do it, No, Let me do it!" Marin's face was still red and she seemed like she wanted to get out of the room quickly.
"Sure," Marin ran out of the living room as soon as she heard that, Yuuya opened the notebook again focusing on the anime once more before stopping.
'There should be some medicine at home that helps with stomach ache,' With this Yuuya went back to taking notes in the notebook.
"Sigh* why does this happen to me?" Marin was currently grumbling on the kitchen floor covering her red face.
This has happened to her twice in front of Yuuya, normally it never happens but for it to happen twice. There surely has to be a reason for it.
And yes there is a very good reason, normally Marin keeps eating at a steady pace, so she is never really hungry, but when she is alone with Yuuya she tends to forget about most things, and food is one of them.
So, her stomach has no choice but to let her know since she isn't eating at all.
'Ok, Marin you still have a chance to redeem yourself,' Marin patted her face and stood up, she took the apron and tied it around her waist, it was a bit big.
'Grayfia is big to be fair,' Marin thought as she got ready to cook.
Yes, she was going to cook...
Apophis- I made sure Grayfia made nothing for lunch, so go wild, and have fun!!
'Yes, let's make good use of the opportunity, Imma show you the cooking skills I have cultivated by living alone,' A fire lit up in Marin's eyes but she stopped when she saw some pamphlets on the dining table.
"Why are there so many restaurant menus here? Aren't they promoting way too much in this area?" Marin tapped her face lightly before placing them on the table again.
Well, Marin won't know why those pamphlets were there. it wasn't anything like thought about the increase in advertisements or something like that.
But, well she doesn't need to know that.
'So, what should I make?' Marin wondered while opening the fridge.
The fridge was very well organized with labels on the containers and sauce bottles.
"Ah, let's make some Omurice," Marin's eyes lit up as she saw 'Rice #12 (8.901) 1 D, 6 P' written on the container.
Marin didn't understand what the words written on the label meant, but she saw that it was rice so she took it out.
"Good thing I didn't need to make rice," Fried rice was pretty much the only item on the menu Marin could cook, cup ramen came a close second.
"So, rice, Eggs, carrots, onion, ketchup, soy sauce, peas, oh there is also dashi, Great!" Marin checked the ingredients she had lined up on the counter as she placed the pan on the stove.
"Let's create this masterpiece!!" Marin was in high spirits while making the rice and was now beating the eggs after putting some dashi in it.
She was waiting for the pan to heat up as she plated the rice, and then she remembered something.
"Oh, I'll need the ketchup again," Marin had placed the ketchup back into the fridge.
So, What does she need the ketchup for now?
'Should I draw a heart shape like in those maid cafes?' Marin thought about how they looked in her head, she had been to a maid café a few times when she was planning on doing a maid cosplay.
So, it was an intriguing idea.
"But if I do that, won't Yuuya fall in love? Haha, there is no way he could resist that, hehe~," Marin giggled while thinking about something.
"Marin-chan be my girlfriend," Yuuya asked on his knees after taking a bite of the food. (*Note again, This is imagination,)
"A relationship is too soon, but we can try to go on a date sometimes, Kya~~! Marin, you're such a heartbreaker~!! He'll totes fall for you even more," Marin was imagining quite a long of things while happily laughing to herself.
She was really engrossed in her thoughts, in fact, she was so engrossed with it that ...she forgot about the eggs in the pan.
'I'm Sorry'
'That's quite something to write with ketchup,' Yuuya looked at the plate of Omurice in front of him, well it was supposed to be Omurice, but the omelet, yeah let's not talk about it.
"I should've been more careful," Marin looked down in the dumps when she looked at the egg that was slightly burnt.
'He is totes disappointed in me,' Marin thought as Yuuya wasn't saying anything instead he was just looking at the plate in front of him.
"Well, Itadakimasu,"
'Huh? He's eating it without saying anything?' Marin was shocked that Yuuya didn't even say anything even after taking a few bites, she was sure she'd hear something when he ate the egg but even then, he didn't say anything.
'Maybe it wasn't as bad as I thought? Umu, just as I expected from myself!!' Marin felt like she had accomplished something since Yuuya didn't complain, but it was short-lived.
"Is this Omurice or normal fried rice?" Yuuya asked and…
"Gah," Marin fell to the floor clutching her chest as if she had been stabbed by a knife.
"What happened?" Yuuya asked as Marin shakily got back up.
"N-nothing," Marin said as Yuuya looked at the plate again.
"The eggs are a little too burnt," Yuuya spoke again.
"Y-Yes, Cough* I think so as well," Marin was barely holding the smile on her face, this was bad.
'My image of a competent gal is crumbling (*It never existed),' Marin felt she had really messed up big time.
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