Sleepy Bois Turnabout?

Dadza

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[Family Chat]

Technoblade: I'm coming from nearby

Technoblade: Met up with my client

Philza: Oh! How'd that go?

Technoblade: One sec

Technoblade: I'll tell you when I get there

Technoblade: Im really close

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Phil set his phone on the counter, smiling. He hadn't seen Technoblade in nearly a fortnight (he'd been preoccupied with a case) and the anticipation was making him giddy.

He checked the kitchen to make sure he had plenty of groceries to cook with. They seemed pretty well-stocked, he'd been shopping recently so all the basics were taken care of but he thought he might need to make a trip to get some specific ingredients. Maybe some spices and peppers? Phil wasn't the biggest spicy-foods fan but he didn't dislike them either.

Technoblade was all around an excellent cook but he had some specialized dishes he loved to make and many of them involved special ingredients, several of which were Nether and therefore extremely spicy. Techno loved hot food, he often needed to tone down the number of peppers or spices or sauce he used because it was borderline inedible to the rest of the family. Phil supposed that was his fault, when he'd first adopted Techno he'd wanted to let him explore his heritage, an option that had not been available to him on the streets. Techno hadn't really been interested until Phil offered to help him try some recipes from Nether.

It had been a fun few weeks, taste testing several different kinds of strange foods and experimenting with cooking styles. Technoblade found he didn't really care for the meats or the fruits but the vegetables and spices were delicious basically no matter how he cooked them.

Phil's personal favorite was something called Nether Wart. It wasn't really for eating, just for flavoring like the zest of a lemon, but it was sour and bitter and great to chew on, like onion grass. It was extremely difficult to get however, they only let you buy it in tiny amounts. (Phil later learned that's because it's a key ingredient in potion-making so there are laws against selling it in bulk.)

In the end, Techno ended up enjoying cooking so much that it became a longtime hobby of his.

He mentally added "go shopping" to his to-do list. He could ask Techno what specific things he needed once he got here. Luckily, they already had plenty of potatoes. Nearly all of Techno's dishes involved potatoes. Actually, maybe all of them. Phil thought it was sweet, the way Techno made everything a perfect combination of Nether and Esempi foods. It wasn't that deep, they just tasted good together, but he still couldn't help but smile when he noticed.

With that out of the way, all he had to do was wait. Phil contemplated making some hot chocolate to have ready before Techno got here but before he could get out the mugs he heard the front door open.

"Phil?"

"Technoblade!"