I'm a Phoenix

CHAPTER 5.6 | Takanashi Kiara

The next day came and Claire is currently teaching me how to cook breakfast for them, in return for what they did for me all this time.

"Oohh! You're really good at cooking Kiara!", Claire praised me.

"Eh..? You think so..?", I asked.

"Yeah! The way you handle the ladle is really good and it goes with the soup really smoothly!"

"Eh.. I think I'm just following what you instructed me though.."

"No no, you're doing much better!"

I don't really know what's the difference between mine and her skills.
Like, I'm just doing what she told me to do, that's all..

"I bet your future husband is going to love your cooking.", she said.

"I.. Don't really think I'll have one... Yet.", I said.

"Hmmm? Yet??? So is there already??", she asked teasingly.

"N-No! Th-There's no one yet! Forget what I just said!", I replied in embarrassment.

"Hmm??? Just tell me what kind of man he is."

"Well.. He's.. Kind.. And.. Kind of cute..", I said.

"Eeehhhhh.. Looks like you're really into that man huh...", she teased.

"I-I told you, that's not it!!", I shouted.

The others from the living room heard my shout and they asked if everything was fine.
Claire replied that everything is okay and added that we're just having a girly conversation.

It's currently the 5th day before the festival, and we still haven't done our plan yet.
Although we are making small steps like, I'm now able to engage conversations with Kitty but that's about it... For now at least.

After Claire's teasing, we immediately gone back to cooking and after several minutes later.

"TADAAANN!!", Claire shouted as she put the dish that we made together in the table.

"Oooohhh! You two made this??", Steven asked.

"Yep! We worked on it together and put all of our love into it, right Kiara?", she said.

"Y-Yeah, we did. I hope you'll like it though, it's my first time cooking so I'm not really confident with my skills..", I said.

Although they might get attracted by the appearance of the soup that we made, at the end of everything, it all comes down to the taste..

"Then, I'll go first!", Steven said as he grabbed his spoon and served a soup to his mouth.

After the soup went through his mouth, he analyzed the taste if it was good or bad..
My heart's beating fast, I don't know how he'll rate it...

"OH! IT'S GOOD!", Steven shouted.

"E-Eh..?", I said in confusion.

"See?? I told you it was good!", Claire continued to brag.

Mike then grabbed his spoon and did the same thing as Steven did.
And after analyzing it..

"Oh!! It is good!!", Mike said.

"R-Really..?", I asked.

"Yeah, it's really good Kiara! I didn't know you were good at cooking!", Steven said.

"We-Well.. I had a pretty good teacher..", I said as I looked at Claire.

"Awww.. Thank you.. But to be honest, I really didn't expect this much results from you, even as a beginner.", Claire praised me even more.