zodiac romance

Breakfast

"what would you like to have in breakfast?" I asked facing the oven, and my back was towards cap who was now sitting on a bar stool placed in front of the counter.

"Anything would work, even those delicious toasts as well." I sensed smile in his voice and my cheeks caught on flames once again as I was already too bewildered by the fact that cap had already acknowledged my terrible cooking skills and was eyeing my skillfully prepared breakfast with more than needed interest.

"Alright then, ill be done within few mins" I blurted out and grabbed two more eggs from the fridge and started frying them.

Cap was silent throughout the time and I sneaked a peak at him from the corner of my eye and saw him indulged in his cellphone.

I blew out breath that I was holding because I was so preoccupied by the thought that he might be watching my every move but because of the gentleman he is, what I suspected was wrong.

As if sensing the hault in my movements he raised his head and instantly raised and eyebrow at me before I could turn around faking that I was immersed in my work.

But it was too late..

He rose up from the stool and advanced towards me"you done?" He asked but his eyes were on the fried eggs that we're now neatly placed in the plate.

"Ah, no,not yet" I tried to smile but it would not even stretch my lips as much as I desired,far was the chance to make it reach my eyes.

"Okay, I'll help you in it," he declared in more like a commanding tone but the way he looked at me, showed that he was seeking permission.

Well done missy, now he thinks that I can't even prepare breakfast on my own or worst that I was checking him out when he was engrossed in his cellphone.

"Hey, it's alright," I moved past him and took out breads from refrigerator and turned around, he was looking at me intently"it was just that, I thought you are awfully silent so I wondered why you were not saying anything."

I was so happy to come up with something to make him believe that I wasn't drop dead checking him out.

His lips twitched and senses came to a hault to prepare myself for listening from his lips about my sinful deed.

I honestly expected him to break the pot of my lie and tell me that oh come on girl! I know for sure that you were checking me out.

He took a step towards me and took breads from my hands"doesn't change the fact that I'm going to help you prepare breakfast." and with that turned towards toaster.

For a moment I kept watching his back in awe and in wait that he would turn around and would say he was joking and would plop himself on the Stool once again.

But when he didn't turn back, I felt something moistening inside of me, something soft--my heart,I guess..

This time a genuine smile appeared on my face and muscles in my body relaxed instantly and I was not feeling out of place or in the vincinity of stranger anymore.

While he was working on toasts, i hurriedly shifted towards the oven and preheated it on 400°F.
During everything that I was doing, it was impossible for me to not feel homey feelings with this guy.

I started arranging bacons on the sheet one by one. I then sensed him done with the toasts when he put toasts on the plate and placed it on counter next to the eggs.

"Hey, don't tire yourself in these formalities. Eggs and toasts are enough. I won't eat that much" he was facing me now worryingly with his eyes fixed on my moving hands.

Great...

He might be thinking that how i would make it through bacons.
It's already so foreign to me just to prepare toasts properly.

But little did he know that bacons are my favorite and after his surprising gesture few moments ago, I was hell bent to cook something special for him even if i don't make it perfect, I'll still try.

I frowned a little stopping what I was doing and turning to look at him" you won't eat if I make bacons?" He must have seen a little disappointment and hurt in my eyes because his shoulders tensed up a little in response and he shifted his gaze from me towards his cufflinks which he was rolling upward now.

I vaguely sensed that he was hesitant to meet my gaze.

"No,it's just that I don't want you to force yourself in doing extra things that would make you feel uncomfortable and tired." He kinda whispered the last part and then looked at me to see how I would react to this.

" If that's the case then don't worry, it's not like mister Capricorn with stop by at my place and agree to have a breakfast with me" I smiled and turned to finally bake the oven"and I feel happy to prepare it," I haulted for a second, debating inwardly whether to give words to my thoughts or not and then blurted out almost too low that I thought he would have missed it"for you."

After this I heard him sitting on the stool bar again and his eyes were digging holes in my back.

Great!

Could I make the situation anymore awkward?

I huffed in annoyance and decided to prepare coffee for him as well.

I heated up a cup of water then added two teaspoon of coffee to the mug.

"Do you usually prepare breakfast on your own?" I heard him asking and was more than thankful to him for breaking the silence.

Dissolving the coffee I turned towards him" no, usually Libby prepares breakfast for me and aqua."her mention instantly grew a pang of hurt in my stomach and it was then that I noticed how lonely I felt without both of them.

Cap sensed my hurt and cleared his throat" so when are you going to start taking classes again?" His attempt to change the topic did little to no good to me for a moment but I decided to keep going.

I poured the hot water in the mug" I'm planning to finally join my classes from this Monday because I had already skipped so many of them and perhaps Libby would be at home by then too."

He hummed in response and I asked him about sugar in the coffee then mixed sugar in it. My thoughts went back to Scorpio and wondered what he was up to and what would happen if I finally decided to join the school again.

Would he try to harass me once again and..

My train of thoughts was disturbed when cap stood up from his stool and started transferring bacon to the plate lined with paper towels.

"What do you plan on doing after school?" He asked as now he was cleaning up.

" I want to go to college,"my voice was little chirpy and he might have sensed it too because a smile appeared on his face"I always dreamt to go to new places and complete my study there and enjoy the company of new people and explore new places." I explained a little after I realized that I wanted to.

"Hm, that's great," He placed the bacon on the counter and turned towards me with his eyes holding little amusement" so you like to experience new things?" He asked.

"Hell yeah!" I was little too loud which made both of us erupt into laughter.

He headed towards the bar stool and I added milk cream in the coffee. After stirring it and placed it on counter as well.

I saw Capricorn silently watching my moves. I finally took out a bottle of orange juice and two glasses and placed them in from of us as of now I was perched on the stool as well,right to Cap.

" So how about exploring new places with me?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, I became completely stiff.

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