Book 3: Heart Strings

Chapter 16: Still Recovering

Authors Notes: Thats all for the art that I got...so far. Mind you this is Yomi as she's 7 now. She's up to Wukongs elbow.

Turning Tides

Chapter 16

Still Recovering

Tang slowly opened his eyes hearing the hushed chatter downstairs, but the one thing he noticed most was the smell. He slowly sat up and took a deep breath. He could smell the scent of noodles. He slowly got out of bed using every piece of furniture, and the banister as he walked toward the kitchen. He picked up his glasses from the side table next to the couch where they had been before. He felt someones hand on his chest as he stood there to catch his breath. He looked into Pigsy's blue eyes.

"I'm okay, just hungry." Tang put his forehead to his.

"Of course you'd wake up to the smell of noodles." He chuckled leading his husband to the table. Letting him sit down before he picked up a bowl and placed it in front of him. The contents were less then he was used to, but he wasn't sure he would be able to eat all of it anyways if he had received a bigger portion.

"What is it?" Jade asked, poking the noodles. Pigsy looked at her amazed. Then remembered they didn't actually have to eat up in the heavens. But every so often they would just to indulge.

"Its noodles. Made from rice flour, water, and eggs. I roll them thin and then boil them. I have a shop I run in town that makes these. Tang invades my shop every day I'm open. Tang already dug in and started to eat. He was slow at it, probably for the best, he should have...Tang started to eat a bit faster.

"Should he be eating that fast?" Tona asked, running a cloth over her mouth. Even though she was a big eater she was clean about it.

"Tang, babe." Pigsy touched his hand. Tang looked up and nodded.

"I'm just...I feel like I'm starving." He held out the empty bowl. Suna looked down at her small bowl and held it out to him. Tang smiled at her and shook his head. "I'm not really starving sweetheart. But thank you." He said.

"She's so sweet." Tona said ruffling Suna's hair only to giggle as the young fox spirit leaned into it.

"She would know what its like to go without food. She was placed in our care by Guanyin." Pigsy said setting the bowl down, but gave him 'the look' before sitting down himself.

"Yes Guanyin seems to know where everyone needs to be. She's like an expert puzzle maker." Jade said before picking up the noodles and started to eat.

It was like lights flashed in her eyes and she looked down at the noodles and then up at Pigsy.

"What magic is this?" She asked looking down at it and started to eat it quicker. She understood what got into her father. Tang chuckled as he put his hand over her plate. She looked up at him almost apologetically. She looked like the 'take smaller bites' type person, but she was wolfing down the noodles like he was.

"Ah, like father like daughter." Tona said standing up and walking toward the sink and started to wash them.

"I can do that." Pigsy said. Tona waved her hand at him.

"You cooked, I clean, now sit down and eat, you haven't eaten anything Baba." She said. Pigsy looked amazed by this and blushed. So that's what it was like to have her around. He cleared his throat and shrugged as he started to mix the egg in with the noodles.

"Suit yourself." He started to eat watching his husband sit back and sighed contently. His belly was full now. He could see him look ready for another nap only... "Now go get in the shower. You stink." He hated being blunt, but he feared that if he didn't push him then it wouldn't get done.

"Yeah okay..." Tang stood up and walked toward the bathroom.