One Man's Hell: A FNIA Fan Story

Part 8 - A Well Needed Break

Well, this will be somewhat new. Weekend chapter woo! Locations, characters, and people all belong to their respective owners as always
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You lay down in bed, your mind still spinning from what just occurred not even an hour before. You spend time just staring at the ceiling, your mind just replaying the whole night before

You attempt to just sleep it off but just succeed in tossing and turning all morning, awake for about 2-3 hours after work. You get out of bed with a sigh as you look at the morning sun. You walk into the kitchen and look in the fridge, the empty white shelves as obvious as your hunger

(You)"I guess I have to get groceries today, that and laundry"

You say as you take mental note of the various chores that have to be done, getting dressed before you go about your day

(You)"Maybe I should use the weekend to try and finish up on those martial arts books too, that may be the only way I can get those things off me if they aren't as friendly as they try to tell me"

You say, finding the books set on the ground beside the front door

(You)"Which should I do first then?"

You ask yourself, the growl of your stomach answering for you. 

You go out to the grocery store near your house, walking inside as you rub your eyes

(You)"Why do I have to be cursed with insomnia when I feel this tired? This sucks"

You say as you go about collecting some basic stuff, mostly grabbing ingredients for meals that you haven't restocked in a while. While debating on how many eggs to get however, you see someone familiar out of the corner of your eye

(You)"Oh hey Mairusu, How's it going boss?"

You say, catching his attention as well

(Mairusu)"Oh hey there Y/N! Can't sleep? Or just not too tired from work?"

(You)"Can't sleep."

You say, him nodding

(Mairusu)"I've lost a lot of sleep from the girls, they can really keep your mind occupied if you let them"

He says, you nodding at the accuracy of that statement

(You)"Well I've got what I need. Enjoy the weekend boss man"

You say, giving him a wave and walking to checkout before he can rope you into any overtime

You checkout and head home, looking over the list of things you got for the best meal that could be made, deciding on orange chicken with white rice

(You)"I can't remember the last time I made orange chicken, but it shouldn't be that bad. I had it down by memory last I made it"

You say as you start getting out an orange, vinegar, garlic, sugar, soy sauce, ginger, and crushed red pepper

You hum to yourself as you prepare the orange sauce for the chicken and get a frying pan out, putting some oil in and heating it up

While the oil heats you prepare some rice to go along with it, getting out a rice cooker that you got when you first moved into this place and filling it up

Once you set the timer on the rice you go back to the oil which was now starting to get hot

(You)"'Hmmmm, not hot enough yet. Ill finish up that orange sauce while I wait'"

You say internally, putting a small saucepan on the stove and putting the mixture of ingredients inside, squeezing in orange juice as you do. As the mixture heats you toss in some cornstarch and pour in some water, giving the mixture a nice thick consistency