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Chapter 3-cucumber flowers

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                                 Whit POV

I entered the kitchen and not to my surprise everyone was arguing with one another again

Arei was arguing with MonoTV while Ace was yelling at Nico and Arturo was bothering J

I heaved a sigh, this had been happening way more frequently and was starting to get annoying

"Are they arguing again?" I turned around and Charles was standing there with Eden following behind him

"Hey Charles!! Hey Eden!!" I greeted them, I couldn't help but smile at Charles arrival

"Oh no not again!!!" Eden cried out clearly stressed

"Hey don't worry I'm sure they'll calm down!!" I said trying to calm her down

Honestly it was hard to stay calm at this point this, situation was nerve wrecking as it is and they weren't really helping

"Hey Charles, want to learn to make something again?" I suggested, partially because I wanted to avoid getting involved with the others argument but also because I wanted to spend time with Charles.

"What would you be teaching me to make?" he asked slightly pushing up his safety goggles

"Cucumber flowers!!! They are simple, healthy and cute!!! They come out really pretty when done correctly!!!"

"Sounds simple enough." his choice of words made me snicker, he could just say yes but he always finds a way to be cocky about it. I felt myself smiling slightly at this.

Charles managed to worm his way into my heart whether I wanted him to or not, after the trial we had grown a lot closer. I didn't like him whatsoever at first but once he warmed up to me I saw another side of him I never would've thought I would get to see before.

I linked our arms the warmth between our arms causing my heart to warm up as well, I've always been good at telling other peoples feelings but mine were harder to decipher.

"First I'll gather the utensils, we're gonna need a kitchen knife so we're going to have to be very careful!!!"

Charles didn't respond but just nodded, I grabbed all the necessary equipment including a cutting board, a kitchen knife, and the most important part, the cucumbers!

I put it all out nicely for him laying it out across the kitchen table

"Ok first you're going to need to place the cucumbers on the cutting board and take the knife!!"

I watched as he followed through with every step, perfectly. I didn't understand how Charles was able to do anything he put his mind to so easily, it was almost admirable. I didn't even notice how long I had been staring at him until I heard Veronica and Teruko come in

"My, everyone's energetic today." veronika said happily

"Does this always happen? Everyone argues with each other?" Teruko asked already annoyed

"Yes. Every time we have a group meal, this happens. It gets on my nerves." Charles stopped cutting the cucumber flowers replying to Teruko

"No it doesn't. Stop exaggerating, Charles! Believe me, it's not all fighting! Sometimes things are calm." Eden intervened, as much as I'd like to be positive like her about this Charles is right it's basically always like this now.

"You're the one who's exaggerating. This has been going on for days. Whit, can't you do something about this?" The mention of my name caught me somewhat off guard

"Huh? Me? You've got a totally wrong idea of what matchmaking is! I'm not a relationship counselor; I have no business resolving fights of any kind!"

Honestly I'm not good whatsoever when it comes up to resolving conflict, it's easy to assume that based on my talent but I can only start relationships not mend them.

"I didn't even say anything about matchmaking. Don't come up with excuses for yourself."

Whenever Charles said things like this it's never as bothersome as it was before, when we first met I would've gotten annoyed by this but ever sense my perception of him changed so has my tolerance of him

"But..." I really didn't want to get involved with this, 1. Because I know I wouldn't be of much help
2. Because I want to continue hanging out with Charles, recently it's become a habit for us to hang out whether unintentionally or not, we usually manage to come across one another without trying 

"Eden, Veronika, Teruko. Go break them up." Charles then sent Eden Veronica and Teruko instead to go resolve the arguments, I'm not complaining cause at least I don't have to.

They then started to talk about something cactus related which I tuned out a little, they then went off to break up the argument. Once they left Charles turned back to me

"Where were we?"

I smiled at him and started to continue helping him, he was a natural!!! Although there was so much yelling watching him cutting the cucumbers into beautiful flowers was so calming it silenced all the noises around us.