Herro slowly opened his eyes as he heard birds chirping outside. Then he slowly rubbed his eyes to remove any eye boogers that were built up there.
Then he cast his eyes towards Kira's sleeping bag and found that it was neatly fixed. He looked around and saw Kira was in her self-made kitchen.
It looks like she's busy cooking. Herro said in his thoughts as he smiled warmly.
The kitchen that Herro was talking about is made o three large stones where a pot could be placed and it is fueled with dried branches of a tree.
Herro stood up and did some stretches. Kira didn't notice that he already woke up because she was indulged in making their breakfast.
After stretching his body, Herro approached Kira and said in a jolly tone, "Goooood Morning, Kira!" As he said it in a jolly tone while smiling to lift Kira's mood after what happened last night.
Kira also smiled back at him and said, "good morning."
Herro felt his heart skip a beat after seeing Kira smiled at him. It was the first time that he saw her smile. Then he swore on his mind that he would protect that smile with his life.
Even though the time they spent getting to know each other was short, it was still enough for Herro to swore about protecting her. Even though he knew that he was weak as of now, it doesn't mean he will stay weak.
"It won't take too long to cook this, so you can wait at the table," Kira said at him as she kept on fanning the fire to make it stronger.
Herro nodded and walked towards the table. After sitting down, he keeps on thinking about what should he do to get stronger. Then he remembered the matter about the Mutants. Kira gained a lot of strength after she absorbed the Mutant, so the same thing would happen for him if he did it. The problem is, he is so weak that he will die after fighting it for just ten or so seconds.
He was just lucky when he killed the Mutant that he used on Healing Kira because it was severely injured from its fight with Kira.
There is a way he can absorb one, but it was really embarrassing that he could not ask himself to use that idea. The idea is by asking Kira to kill one so he can absorb its dead body.
He shook his head, shaking off that embarrassing idea out of his thoughts.
"I'm just going to pray for a miracle to come. I hope I can find a dead Mutant later. As if that's going to happen Hahahahahaha," He slapped as he laughed at his own joke.
Kira placed the pot on the table forcefully that it made a loud sound. Herro who was still laughing, flinched as he was surprised by the loud sound.
Kira covered her mouth as she smiled. Herro was about to scold her, but when he saw Kira laughing joyously, he just laughed along with her.
"Let's eat," Kira said as she wiped her watery eyes because she laughed so hard.
Herro had also calmed down and also wiping his fluids that build up in his eyes.
He fixed his chair and sat formally. Kira opened the pot and Herro's eyes widened in excitement.
"Arroz Caldo!" Herro exclaimed after he found out that the food in front of him was Arroz Caldo.
Arroz Caldo was a Filipino porridge with chicken, pepper, toasted garlic, and green onions. It was also good if it was accompanied by a hard-boiled egg.
Herro didn't expect that after a thousand years, this dish would be passed down from his generation down to this generation.
He couldn't wait anymore to taste this dish. Although it was not long since he ate one, he was excited about the difference in taste after a thousand years.
He scooped the Arroz Caldo and placed it on his plate. He slowly blows it to cool down. Then he scooped a tablespoon of it and placed it in his mouth.
His eyes widened in shock as he noticed that the flavor of the chicken was greatly enhanced. It was tastier than the one he ate before.
Herro indulged himself in eating the porridge, to the point that he forgot the existence of Kira. Kira who was seating in front of Herro was shocked to see him eat her dish like a person who had not eaten for days.
'Yeah! My cooking is the best!' Kira said this as she balled her fist, feeling great achievement.
Kira also started to eat. It was a happy meal for the both of them.
After they finished their meal, Herro took the initiative to wash the dishes and the utensils that Kira used in cooking.
After fixing everything, Kira and Herro were seated back on the table. After some quiet seconds, Herro took the initiative to start a conversation.
"So what should we do now? Going to hunt for food again?" Herro said this.
Kira looked at him and nodded and added, "Yes, we need food to survive, but I am planning to go back to the base where I came. Although I didn't know exactly where it is, at least I knew the rough direction of its location." Kira said seriously, while she was looking at Herro's eyes.
Herro's eyes shone in excitement after he heard what Kira had told him and he said excitedly, "That's a good idea! We can live there together and our life will be easier compared to our situation right now."
Kira flinched and her cheeks flushed after she heard what Herro had said. She stared at him with wide eyes and shouted at him, "What did you say?! Live together?!"
Herro was taken aback by how Kira had reacted to what he had said. 'Why is she shouting at me for no particular reason? It must be her time of the month.' Herro thought.
"Maybe it is your time of the month, so I will let this pass," Herro sighed after he said this to Kira.
Kira's right brow raised in confusion and she asked, "What do you mean?"
Herro sighed and then he started speaking, "Well, you were so serious awhile ago, and then after I got excited and told you my plan, you shouted at me angrily. That's why I thought that maybe you're on that time of the month."
After hearing Herro's explanation, she felt her blood boil and smacked Herro's head. Herro couldn't avoid it and he received the blow with the back of his head. Then his face slammed at the table. He couldn't feel his head anymore and he was about to faint, but he forced himself to stay conscious.
He raised his head slowly and wiped the blood running down from his nose. He was about to shout at Kira to ask what is her problem, but Kira shouted at him, saying, "Do you think I'm in that time of the month? What the hell are you talking about living together when we reach there?! I'm only letting you live here because I took pity on you! Don't abuse my kindness! Hmmpff!" Then she stood up and went outside.
Herro felt that a light bulb above his head was turned on. After realizing why Kira acted like that, his face blushed out of embarrassment. 'She misunderstood what I had said. It's not that we are going to live at the same roof once we found her base.' Then he shook his head to remove the dizziness he felt from her punch.
He raised his head and started to explain. "My point is just..... wait!" but before he could explain, he already saw Kira jumping out of the window with her gear for scavenging food."