i think i can love you | miyamura x oc

50th chapter special - [ch. 50 🎉]

[a/n: This is a special chapter for the 50th celebration for this book! We have come a long way, and I don't regret any second of it. So, enjoy this bonus chapter and thank you! Btw, this chapter is kind of like a skit chapter i guess? Like different compilations of characters. Enjoy! ]

Megumi's Housewife Training - Megumi wants to learn to cook

"Onii-chan, you have to help me." Megumi whined from the kitchen, calling her big brother. "Megumi-chan, your cooking adventures have always ended in disaster. I'm not gonna be apart of it this time." Yamato sighed, drifting his eyes away from his laptop for a second to look at Megumi hopelessly wandering around the kitchen. "I know, but I'm getting married! I want to learn how to cook for Izumi." Megumi looked determined, hitting her fist against the palm of her hand. Yamato's face softened, and he smiled at his little sister. "This is the first time you've really made an effort to impress someone, you know that?" Yamato chuckled, shutting his laptop screen down. "That means you'll help me?" Megumi's eyes sparkled, and her whole face lit up. "Yeah. But remember, Disney movies aren't a reliable source for learning how to cook." Yamato sensed Megumi's intentions from a mile away, and Megumi shut off her phone that was playing 'Ratatouille' from behind her back and slid the phone into her pocket.

"Do you want to cook anything specific?" Yamato tied his apron from the back as he looked at the stove. "Salisbury steak! It's Izumi's favourite, and I want to make it for him." Megumi's will-power took over her. She had never been this determined to do something before. Megumi was awfully competitive, and she wanted to make the best Salisbury steak that Miyamura had ever tasted. "Well, grab the meat from the fridge then." Yamato instructed Megumi as she did so obediently. Megumi noticed that Yamato kept brushing his hair (bangs) away from his face, and slipped a hair tie off her wrist. "Onii-chan, do you want me to tie your hair?" Megumi smiled mischievously as she stretched the hair tie with her fingers.

"No. Absolutely not." Yamato said strictly, lifting his head high. "But Onii-chan..." Megumi pout and put on her signature 'cute-little-sister-face' for Yamato to see. Yamato tried his best to look away, but he kept getting drawn to Megumi's child-like expression and innocent eyes. Yamato sighed once more, then gave in. "Fine. But if Inori walks in, I'm taking it off right away." Yamato huffed as he checked the room to see if Inori, his wife, was anywhere. He wasn't going to embarrass himself in front of her anytime soon. Yamato then turned to face Megumi, and they stared at each other in intimidating silence for a few seconds. "I'm not as tall as you. Do you really think I can reach your head?" Megumi complained as Yamato frowned and bent down, putting his hands on his knees. Megumi used the hair tie to tie Yamato's bangs, making it look like a flower sprouting from the tip of his head. "There you go, Onii-chan." Megumi looked proud of herself as Yamato lifted his hands from his knees. And then, they began cooking.

"Onii-chan, do I put the steak on the pan?" Megumi pointing at the pan as the oil frizzed on top of it. "Yeah, what else are you going to do with it?" Yamato said as he chopped some mushrooms. Megumi mumbled an "Okay then..." and put the steak on the pan without any problems.

It had been three minutes, and Megumi thought the steak wasn't cooking fast enough (she isn't exactly a genius when it came to cooking). Megumi turned up the heat, and the oil began splattering everywhere. "Ow!" Megumi yelped as a stray drop of oil got on her index finger. Then, one after another, the cooking oil began exploding. "ONII-CHAN, ONII-CHAN!" Megumi yelled as she hid behind Yamato, shivering. Yamato had a fed-up face, and then he simply turned the stove down as Megumi still was grasping his apron. "You're gonna start a house fire. You do the chopping instead." Yamato pinched the bridge of his nose as Megumi happily walked over to the half-chopped mushrooms.

After two hours, they finally did it. Yamato and Megumi had made the Salisbury steak successfully. "Thank you, thank you, Onii-chan!" Megumi hugged her big brother by the waist as he smiled and pat her head. "Well, it's nice that you found a guy that can encourage you to try new things." Yamato smiled at his sister, who was already preparing the Salisbury steak into a large pot to spoil Miyamura with. "Yeah. I am sure about Izumi, more than sure. And I can't thank you enough for helping me. I would've been a disaster on my own." Megumi sighed and smiled at the same time, bringing in Yamato for one last hug which lasted a long time. "I mean, I wouldn't say that you'd be a disaster..." Yamato chuckled awkwardly. "She'd definitely be a disaster." Yamato thought, a single sweat dropping from his head.