Side Story: The Married Couple
One day.
That day, unusually, it was just me and Lefi standing in the kitchen.
Not that there was anything going on...it was just the timing of things.
“Lefi.”
“Mm.”
Lefi handed me the condiments I had asked for.
“Yuki.”
“Oh.”
I took the bowl she handed me and in turn handed her the frying pan to start cooking.
“Lefi.”
“We will have to ask her to share that information at the wives’ meeting later, right?” (Lyuu)
“...You guys, you’re starting to distract us. You can go away now.” (Lefi)
“Yes, yes. If you watch us for too long, I’ll prepare a separate pot of chili peppers for you guys and serve it to you.” (Yuki)
“Oh, I like spicy food, so I don’t mind.” (Nell)
“Eh, no, I don’t like spicy food. Please don’t make it spicy. Layla, can you help me?” (Lyuu)
“Don’t worry, I’ll neutralize the taste if that happens.” (Layla)
“Layla, it’s against the rules for you to tamper with it!” (Yuki)
Then all the other wives, except Lefi, laughed happily and left, while chatting about what to do.
“...”
“...”
Lefi and I looked at each other once, but quickly turned our faces away from each other out of embarrassment.
Things became a bit awkward in the end, but it couldn’t be helped...