A Heart To Heal (BL)

[F] CH 8.2 - Talking Points (PU)

It was a nice and chill day for them. Jaehwan was lazing on the sofa while Aki cuddled with him. Shujin hadn't really come to disturb their peace lately which was good. He did pop in every now and then to check on Jaehwan but Aki dealt with him each and every time. He was still as persistent as ever to see and speak with Jaehwan but only under Aki's eagle eyes. Of course, Aki wasn't trying to be controlling. He just wanted to make sure Shujin didn't pull a quick one on him while he wasn't there.

He had been working hard at his new job and the kids at the training centre seemed to like him for he was more fun-spirited and free than their former coach. However, he still made sure that they were disciplined and performed well so that they could smash the court during tournaments. Because he had grown increasingly busy, Jaehwan had been making bento for him to take to work. With some inspiration and help from his friend Yuto.

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"Kirishima? I have a question about making bentos,"Came Jaehwan's soft voice as he donned a frilly pink apron. "Ask away,". Jaehwan looked into the camera, hands clasped together. "Whenever you make rice dishes for your hubby, what kind of shapes entice him most? I have so many moulds but I don't actually know which one looks best,"He sighed, taking out a batch of silicone moulds from a drawer underneath. Taking a look at the moulds Jaehwan showed him, Yuto had a clear favourite. "That blue one. I think it's a bear mould right? The bears are the easiest ones to clean. Use that,".

Holding up the chosen one and displaying the backside to his friend, Yuto nodded. "Yeah, that one's adorable. Then you can cut out little details with seaweed and use tomatoes for cute red cheeks,". Patting some rice into the mould Jaehwan followed his instructions to a T. "How do you do all this for your hubby everyday? Don't you get exhausted?". His friend shrugged on the other side of the phone as he peeled a bowl full of jujubes. "I've been doing it for 5 years now. I just prep and marinate the ingredients while making dinner so that I can cook it up quickly in the morning,".

Placing the peeled jujubes into a bowl of cold water, he rinsed them before starting on another handful of jujubes. "You work hard for your husband. I hope he's grateful for all the work you put into his breakfast,"Jaehwan chuckled, stamping out cute little eyes and a smiley mouth with a cutter he had bought. "He always comes home with a clean lunchbox. That's the best compliment that I'm lucky to get everyday,"Yuto giggled, scraping out the pits from the peeled dates. "Right now, he's obsessed with eating jujubes. So I'm just preparing a snack for him to enjoy when he gets home from work,".

Arranging the seaweed pieces on the bear's face and laying two fresh slices of tomato as the cheeks, he proudly showed off his first attempt to Yuto. "It does look adorable! I can see why Shinji-san returns home to you with his bento box empty; It just makes the food look so much more appetising!". Yuto looked up and showed him a thumbs up, a grin on his face. "Yeah, hehe. He takes plenty of pictures of his bento. He recently had to upgrade his phone's memory card to contain all the photos. It's sweet of him,"He replied as he cleaned the second handful of dates and began on the third.

"I'm sure that your partner will be just as delighted. It's nice to know that the person you love puts in the time and effort to make good food for you,". Taking a slice of cheese out of it's packaging, Jaehwan cut a few star shapes out. "Yeah~ I did make bento for him before this. But I never really went the extra mile to make it look this cute. I hope he'll be excited for it,". Ladling some curry into the empty spaces of the lunchbox, Jaehwan topped it off with some of the stars he had cut out. "Say, Kirishima, do you ever plan to have children?".

His friend set his knife down and thought for a while. "Well, I'm not really confident that I can raise a child properly. I don't think that Nagi would want one either. We're both happy with Yuna as our baby,"He replied as he looked to the floor for a second and came back to the video call with said cat in his arms. "She's happy just to have me around at home,". Jaehwan looked at the pristine white cat with a short coat and gasped. "Yuna! She's a big girl now, isn't she? She was barely the size of my foot when I last saw her! She's growing so well!".