Max groggily woke up and tried to remember what happened last night.
After tasting Lily's fried egg, he apparently made a slightly disgusted face and she noticed it. With a burning competitive spirit, she began to cook many things by looking up the recipe on the internet, but that didn't work, leading him to have the worst stomach ache in history.
Unable to continue being a guinea pig, he decided to stop Lily, which led her to become angry and cry. Calming her down took a long time. Only when he offered to teach her immediately did she calm down and nod.
That was the true beginning of hell. Mistakes after mistakes were made. The kitchen became a mess, and he even had to restock ingredients just to help her learn how to cook. Praise to the drone delivery for 24/7 services.
In the end, it took them a few hours to get a dish right. When they were done, the clock showed 2 AM, and he had Lily to stay after he called StoneSword. He still remembered his brother-in-law's warning right now.
(If you do something that she doesn't like, I will make sure you regret it.)
Yeah, that was scary, especially since Max knew what happened to someone who made Lily uncomfortable.
Thankfully, Lily was in a happy mood and even happier when he offered her to stay. She immediately called a drone delivery to send her something from her house.
'Ugh...' Max groaned as he struggled to wake up. He felt a weight pulling his arm and looked to the left. Lily was hugging his left arm in her black bunny onesie. Explore more stories at mvl
"Lily." He called out to his girlfriend and shook her body softly. "Wake up, it's morning. We will be late if we don't prepare right now."
"Hnn, just a bit." She snuggled closer with a sloppy expression. "Momo, so warm~"
It seemed like she muttered in her sleep and thought his arm was her bunny plushie. Max's lips curled upward, but that wouldn't do. He woke up too late, and it was now 8 AM.
"I am not Momo, young lady. Get up and change your clothes. We will be returning you to your home, and log in to the VR World ASAP!"
"Unn, Max?" Lily asked as she slowly opened her eyes. She was still half-asleep as she raised her body and looked around. "Where is Momo?" She looked at the arm she hugged and wondered.
"There is no Momo, there is only Max." He answered with a chuckle and pulled her hand away.
It didn't take long for Lily to show up in her jumpsuit and join him, still with slightly wet hair. They ate the noodles together, and she seemed to like them.
"It's so delicious, Max."
"I am glad if that's the case."
"Un, I like it."
They continued to eat in silence and washed the dishes together. If one looked at them, they might mistook them as a newlywed. No one would doubt it.
The couple logged into the VR World after that. They already had the code given by Princess Peach to one of the private meeting Lobby, so they went ahead and entered ahead of time. However...
"You're late!"
A pink-haired girl in ringlets wearing a dress shouted at them with her hands on her hips once they showed up. Max and Lily were speechless, and the former looked at the clock.
10:20 AM.
Pretty sure they arrived more than half an hour earlier than the promised time. But Max realized his error when Princess Peach continued.
"Everyone has arrived before 10 AM and is already preparing themselves for the set. The staff is briefing them right now. It's common sense to arrive an hour early before an event. Have you guys never learned of that?"
Max looked straight at Princess Peach and retorted, "Yeah, I never learned something like that. I always show up 30 minutes before the 'promised' time, which someone told me is at 11 AM. I wonder whose Princess it was that said, 'Come before 11 AM in this Private Room! Make sure to come before that!'"
He imitated Princess Peach's voice, which made her blush in embarrassment while Lily giggled in amusement.
"W-Wha– So, it's my fault?!"
"Yes, it's your fault."
"Un, agreed."