Yuto and Furina always coincidentally met each other's needs.
Furina wanted Yuto to have hot food as soon as he entered the door, and she also wanted to eat small cakes.
As for Yuto, he made many small cakes during his free time today and put them in the Palais Mermonia's refrigerator, then turned back halfway to retrieve them.
This way, Furina had enough time to stew the Cassoulet Stew, and she was also about to eat small cakes she hadn't had in a long time.
Was this not a unique form of telepathy?
...
Yuto's turning back halfway gave Furina enough time to bring the pot of her special Cassoulet Stew completely to the table.
"Hmm~ it should taste good~"
Furina said this while wearing cooking gloves and placing the stew on the table, then sat down at the table, waiting expectantly for Yuto to return.
She wondered... how would Yuto feel when he saw her successfully make this dish?
Would he be surprised or happy? Or would he suddenly hug her, just like what was written in Inazuma light novels?
Furina tilted her little head, looking at the steaming heat in front of her, her small face slightly flushed, as if she was thinking about Yuto's reaction when he came in.
However, Furina was not a silly love-struck person, nor did she remain in a state of reverie just because of a potentially occurring action.
"Speaking of which... should I ask Yuto to teach me how to properly make cakes? That way I won't have to trouble him..."
Furina slightly turned her head to look in the direction of the kitchen, seemingly lost in thought.
And just as she was thinking about this... the room door suddenly opened.
Creak—
Along with a symbolic sound from the door's hinges, Yuto's slightly surprised voice also came from outside the door.
"I'm back~ Eh? Is dinner ready?"
Hearing this, Furina immediately turned her head, then smiled sweetly at the somewhat surprised Yuto, and said quite proudly:
"Hmm~ Of course it's ready~ I can't let you be busy outside for so long and then not even have a decent meal when you come back, can I?"
"You always used to prepare lunch and dinner for me, and now... I'm free, so it's naturally my turn~"
Furina looked at Yuto with a beaming smile, saying quite casually.
For her, cooking was actually nothing.
After all, during the time Yuto helped manage her life... she also learned many ways to cook, and she didn't need to specifically learn these things.
"As long as I have a recipe, there's nothing I can't learn!"
Furina, who was developing into a good wife, said so.
And Yuto, upon hearing this, first froze for a moment, then slightly lowered his head.
He first looked at the still steaming Cassoulet Stew, then looked up at her small face, which had some water stains from washing ingredients, an indescribable expression flashing in his eyes.
In his previous life, he was a lonely office worker, living a two-point-one-line life every day, with no family and few friends.
He cooked his own meals, turned on the lights at home himself; no one helped him with these things.
His definition of home was truly simple.
A warm little house, a soft lamp, someone waiting for him to come home, a cute pet... that was enough.
And now, Furina had fulfilled all his definitions of home, and also satisfied his deepest longing for warmth hidden in his heart.
Thinking of this, he didn't speak, but in Furina's slightly puzzled but still adorable gaze, he placed the cake on the table, then slowly leaned down and gently hugged her.
"Eh? What's... what's wrong? Was today's work schedule not smooth?"
This sudden hug caught Furina off guard, but she didn't show expressions like shyness as usual; instead, she was somewhat... worried.
Ever since it was confirmed that Yuto would return home to stay every night, intimate actions like hugging no longer caused an excessive reaction from Furina.
Although she would still blush, and her heart would still beat faster as before, it was much better than when she used to blush and not know what to say.
This also led her to understand what kind of emotions were contained in Yuto's hug, and now... she could feel it too.
She gently patted Yuto's back and asked with some concern:
"Did something bad happen?"
Yuto gently shook his head, then slowly sat down on the chair beside her, and softly said:
"Thank you for giving me a home, Furina."
Hearing Yuto's words, Furina paused briefly, then chuckled and said:
"As I said before, I also thank you for your companionship during that long period of time, and I thank you... for giving me a home."
"No matter where we go... anywhere can be our home, as long as we are still together."
After saying that, Furina tightened her arms around Yuto slightly, then frankly closed her eyes, enjoying the feeling of being needed, but also being warmed.
Little Sanhua, squatting on the windowsill, tilted her head in confusion, looking at her hugging male and female owners, shaking her head quite humanly, as if it was nothing new to her.
As a cat, she didn't understand the love and affection between humans, nor did she know how human emotions developed.
But the only thing she knew was that this kind of hugging was very common between her two owners.
Thinking of this, Little Sanhua slightly raised her fluffy little paw, looked at her pink paw pads, and then began to groom herself.
Again, she was just a little cat and couldn't understand the complexities of human affairs.
...
As time passed little by little, until the sun completely set, Furina and Yuto finally ended their first intimate moment of the evening and began to formally eat dinner.
Looking at the Cassoulet Stew, which was at the perfect temperature, Yuto slightly turned his head and softly asked Furina, who was looking at him with some anticipation:
"Why did our lovely Miss Fufu suddenly think of making Cassoulet Stew?"
Hearing this rather intimate address, Furina's small face flushed slightly, then she said quite frankly:
"Although you don't eat out much, I know... you always order this dish every time you go to Hotel Debord, so... I wanted to try it~"
"You've always been observing my eating habits, and I've also been observing yours~"
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