Food Is Love!

Recipe 71: Secret

Road Trip Day 27
Location: a hospital in Nabunturan, Compostela Valley

Alice Flonne's POV:

Today's the crucial surgery for my brother Jake...the surgeons will remove the bullet which I'd embedded in his body...

"Ugh! My heart's very pounding right now!"

"Hehehe! Don't worry, Alice. The doctor said that it's not a life threatening operation." Claire cheers me up. "The bullet is just within the safe zone so...it's safe. Hehehe!"

But that didn't make me calm down! I just walked back and forth along the hall...I can't make up my mind if I would still worry about him or I would just sit down and let the time pass by...until...somebody hold my hand and stopped me from walking...

"Flonne..."

"Whaaa! Wha-what is it, Lexi?" Suddenly, my face blushed as Lexi holds my hand.

"If you want, you could sit down and tell me what's on your mind right now."

"Oh! Ehehehe! Sure, why not."

I sat down beside my boyfriend...and somehow, I was starting to calm down. Kyle is not with us for now, for he's tendering her girlfriend...she's airsick.

"Well...I need some help to make that dish..."

"Hmm? What dish?"

Then I whispered to him that secret dish...the dish that mom is said to be the one that makes my brothers Kyle and Jake gets closer together.

"Huh? That dish?! That's way too easy!" Lexi smiles and makes a thumbs up to me. "What's the problem, by the way?"

"Umm...we don't have the right ingredients...nor I'm not so sure if I can have the courage to go in a random market here...what if there's any terrorist still around here."

"Huh? What are you talking about? You already saw Jake's troops have already pulverizing them, right?" Lexi then grins at me. "But...if there's anything...I will protect you against them, okay? I learned swift self-defense moves so that I could kill those bad guys!"

"Oh, really? Hehehe!!!" I grinned him and giggles.

"Hey! I'm serious! I do learn self-defense!"

Alex's POV:

I accompanied my scared girlfriend out of the hospital...besides...the operation would not be over at least until we returned from shopping at the public market...buying those ingredients for the dish that Flonne wants to cook with me...

"See, Flonne. I told you that there's nothing to worry about." I assure her while we are walking outside the hospital. "How in the world will be there terrorists in such a peaceful place like thi-huh?"

"...rustle...rustle..." Suddenly, shrubs nearby began to move...causing Flonne to panic...

"EEEEK!!!! LEEEXIII!!!" Out of fear, she quickly clings to my back and holds me very tight.

"He-hey! Don't panic!"

I walked closer to the shrubs to check what's in there...

"...rustle...rustle...rustle...rustle..." But the shrubs keep on moving, making Flonne more scared.

"Umm...hello? Is anybody there?" I tried to ask if there's somebody hiding behind the shrubs. "Can you please show up, my girlfriend's a bit sca-whoa!"

"Hiyaaa!" Finally, somebody reveals herself from the shrubs...it was Azmina, giggling. "Hehehe!!!"

"Hmm!!!" Flonne then approaches her with an evil grin on her face...as she is telling Azmina that she'll gonna payback big time for scaring her.