The First Times

First Lunch

Both Nico and Will noticed that keeping Anastassia from the kitchen was a crime.

However, Will decided to teach her how to be responsible and age-according about it. Both Nico and Will were fiercely independent and wanted to teach Anastassia that too. They didn't have any doubts that they would keep her but they were preparing her, just in case not. Besides, they weren't the best cookers in the world and refused to eat takeout all the time.

After a sad talk about Anastassia's family right after breakfast, Will decided that to make lunch from scratch would be a nice bonding activity for them. He would suggest it as weekend activity if things go right. For now, the most important thing was to get the necessary ingredients for lunch. They wrapped themselves in warm clothes and hit the streets.

Will- also known as the one wearing the pants with a feminine touch -insisted they got matching aprons and hats, making the whole 'cooking activity' even more ridiculous. Anastassia would laugh at them, specially when Will picked a pink hat and tried it on. Nico, mortified, dragged him away from the aisle before everyone would laugh at them.

They ended up with three white aprons- Nico's said 'Kiss the Cook' -and two hats. Will didn't bought Ana- as they started to call her -one because she would still be growing and why buy one if you'll outgrown it? It wasn't indispensable for her right now. Besides, there wasn't one on her size, but she didn't seem to mind.

As soon as they walked into the apartment again, they took off their coats and Will helped Ana wash her hands in the kitchen sink and place her apron on. Nico grudgingly placed his on, blushing when he got a kiss from Will and a giggle from Ana, who was sitting on the counter, her little legs hanging from it.

"So, Sous Chef Nico..." Will winked at Ana, who giggled. "What should we cook today?" Nico stared at him, as if he was crazy. However, that was not the first thing he said out loud.

"Sous Chef? Who named you Chef?" He pointed out, raising an eyebrow. "Why can't she be the Sous Chef?" He pouted, looking at Ana.

"She's the Assistant Chef, dummy." Will replied, as if it was obvious. Nico blinked a couple of seconds, before nodding in acceptance. But, had another complain.

"Then, why not Chef?"

"When was the last time you did a full meal that could be eaten?" Nico, despite all his good attributes, was not a good cook. And they both knew it. Grudgingly, he accepted, but it was more an act than anything. "Now, what should we eat...?" Will asked, but the question was open to everyone. Ana's hand was on the air immediately. "Yes, Assistant Chef?"

"Ravioli!" She announced and Nico smiled at it, while Will pulled out a cooking book to find the recipe. Ana gave them a curious look, but said nothing.

"Here we go!" Will announced, showing the recipe to all. He started to list the ingredients and Nico would pull them out of the pantry and pass them to Ana, who would pile them up next to her. Once they had all the ingridients, they started to cook. Ana's only work for the moment was holding the bowls so either Nico or Will could mix the preparation, but she didn't seem to mind.

Nico wasn't minding the bonding activity too much. That was until Will began making the dough for the ravioli. Not liking the dead but comfortable silence, Will threw some flour to Nico, making Ana giggle. Nico ignored it, but glanced at Will who was getting ready for a second throw. This time, Nico moved out of the way and the flour hit Ana, who ended up white from head to toe.

"Hey!" She complained, before grabbing a handful of flour and throwing it to Will, hitting Nico in the process. That started a flour war, just like Will had planned when he had decided to cook together. He knew that, sooner or later, they would end up like this. Nico suddenly grabbed Ana and used her as shield against Will's attacks.

Ana's shrieks in delight and laugh were very welcome by the soon-to-be-parents. Nico flung her around, smiling and shaking the flour off her and around the kitchen. Will laughed at this, before gently tackling Nico and Ana onto the couch, the three of them laughing hard.

"Flour war? Seriously?" Nico questioned him, panting between his laughs. Will shrugged, smirking.

"Again!" Ana demanded, chuckling. But Nico had other ideas.

"You, miss, will go take a shower while William here-" Ana's eyes opened wide, knowing Will was in troubles just by hearing his full name. "-will clean this mess..." Will pouted, but knew he was right. So, while Nico accompanied Ana to the shower and give her some clothes, he finished lunch and cleaned the kitchen while waiting. Five minutes later, Nico appeared again with clean clothes.

"What?" Will raised an eyebrow, smirking. Nico smirked back at him.

"You're either very brave or very stupid to pull something like that..." Nico chuckled and kissed his cheek. "I cannot remember the last time I enjoyed myself that much..."

"I can tell you exactly when was the last time you enjoyed yourself that much..." Will argued, cheekily. Watching Nico blushing, Will chuckled and went to check on Ana and change his clothes. A couple of minutes later, both Will and Ana showed up with clean clothes and Nico was serving lunch. "Well, Assistant Chef? What do you think about this meal?" Will waited until Ana took a bite of food to ask. "Is it safe to eat?"

"Yes, it's very safe!" She rolled her eyes, earning chuckles from the other two who dug in, smiling. But, they were surprised by Ana following statement. "Can we skip cooking for dinner and just have a flour war again?"

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Good morning, afternoon, evening!

First of all, I'd like to apologize for not posting or communicating with anyone last week, I've had some problems with my electricity (blackout) and wifi (I still don't know what happened), which meant I wasn't able to post yesterday.

I'll post the chapters today. I also want to apologize for not having the requests ready, as I had too much going on during the week... I promise to have them during this week and, if I have the time, posting.

Onto the chapters!

The First Times: 1 chapter! I appreciate all the good energy coming from the comments and reviews, makes my heart bigger.

Quest: Matchmade (former collab with the wonderful ReeReeWithAngst): 1 chapter!

Once again, I apologize and I really hope we're seing each other during the week!
xoxo, SilverHuntresses