The Gourmet's Lil'snack

Cooking lesson

Thorne peeked out at him as he came into the kitchen, ears and tail low. "Do...y-you can spend some time with Kian today instead i-if you want." She still wanted to have breakfast with him, but if it would help him with his friend and make his day a little better she didn't mind stepping aside for a little while.

"I rather not see her anymore." His remark comes out more bitterly and harshly than wanted as he picks up a pineapple and simply chomps a good portion as he angrily munches on it.

She flinched a little at his tone, but nodded. Maybe spending time together after a fight like that was a bad idea. "Well...d-do you still wanna have breakfast together? I-I could help you cook."

He almost choked on his food and started to laugh. "Sorry but I can't make a meal. And even with pre-ready foods, I manage to fail it!" he explains once he calms down from his outburst.

She moved closer in concern when he started choking, only to pause and wait for his laughing to calm down. She blushed and fidgeted. "W-well I've never been able to try it much by myself b-but I could still help you make something simple? I-I did live in a restaurant most of my life."

Well...he is hesitating. Not like he doesn't trust the borrower to help him...he isn't sure if she actually knows how to cook... But she seems so eager to help... "Fine. It doesn't hurt to try..." he gave in, hoping he would not disappoint her but will.

She perked up right away as he agreed to let her help, her tail wagging behind her. "Awesome! What do you wanna make?" She looked up at him with the biggest grin on her face.

"something easy? Like some eggs and bacon?" he asks as he shrugs. It seems to be a good guest to him since he sees Alex and Raymond do it.

"That works." She shrugged, then started trying to get the salt and pepper out of the spice cabinet. "Do we wanna do scrambled eggs or over easy?"

"...what is the difference?" he asks but at her face, he giggles and adds. "I'm joking! Over easy."

At first she made a face, only to huff and giggle as she stuck her tongue out at him. "Alright. I may not be able to help much on this one, but I'll try!" She waited for him to pull out the eggs and the bacon. "How many eggs do you think we'll need?" For herself, one was probably enough.

He takes out the whole 10x eggs box with the bacon. He puts them on the counter and takes out a pan. "...Do we need something else?" he feels he is forgetting something but doesn't know what it is.

"Butter. The bacon doesn't need it, but unless you plan to cook the eggs using a bit of the bacon grease you gotta put butter on the pan for the eggs." She tilted her head. "I've never tried it myself, but I hear cooking with the bacon grease tastes really good. Sounds super greasy, but good."

Now that he thinks about it... Alex seems to cook the eggs before the bacon but Raymond does the contrary...well he knows now why their dishes taste different... "Let's fry the bacon first then..." he said but still doubted the whole thing.

She nodded and pushed the pack of bacon over to him. "So you start the bacon off on a cold pan, not a hot one. Don't worry about the bacon touching, but try not to make the strips overlap too much either."

He nods as he does as he was told. And put the power at full, warming up the pan fast.

And wait.

And wait.

And wait.

The bacon started to fry but he hasn't touched it yet.

She squeaked, turning the heat down a little lower. As they cooked she told him when it seemed good to flip the bacon or not. She also pulled over a plate with a paper towel on it to place the finished pieces on.