The next day came and Claire is currently teaching me how to cook breakfast for them, in return for what they did for me all this time.
"Oohh! You're really good at cooking Kiara!", Claire praised me.
"Eh..? You think so..?", I asked.
"Yeah! The way you handle the ladle is really good and it goes with the soup really smoothly!"
"Eh.. I think I'm just following what you instructed me though.."
"No no, you're doing much better!"
I don't really know what's the difference between mine and her skills.
Like, I'm just doing what she told me to do, that's all..
"I bet your future husband is going to love your cooking.", she said.
"I.. Don't really think I'll have one... Yet.", I said.
"Hmmm? Yet??? So is there already??", she asked teasingly.
"N-No! Th-There's no one yet! Forget what I just said!", I replied in embarrassment.
"Hmm??? Just tell me what kind of man he is."
"Well.. He's.. Kind.. And.. Kind of cute..", I said.
"Eeehhhhh.. Looks like you're really into that man huh...", she teased.
"I-I told you, that's not it!!", I shouted.
The others from the living room heard my shout and they asked if everything was fine.
Claire replied that everything is okay and added that we're just having a girly conversation.
It's currently the 5th day before the festival, and we still haven't done our plan yet.
Although we are making small steps like, I'm now able to engage conversations with Kitty but that's about it... For now at least.
After Claire's teasing, we immediately gone back to cooking and after several minutes later.
"TADAAANN!!", Claire shouted as she put the dish that we made together in the table.
"Oooohhh! You two made this??", Steven asked.
"Yep! We worked on it together and put all of our love into it, right Kiara?", she said.
"Y-Yeah, we did. I hope you'll like it though, it's my first time cooking so I'm not really confident with my skills..", I said.
Although they might get attracted by the appearance of the soup that we made, at the end of everything, it all comes down to the taste..
"Then, I'll go first!", Steven said as he grabbed his spoon and served a soup to his mouth.
After the soup went through his mouth, he analyzed the taste if it was good or bad..
My heart's beating fast, I don't know how he'll rate it...
"OH! IT'S GOOD!", Steven shouted.
"E-Eh..?", I said in confusion.
"See?? I told you it was good!", Claire continued to brag.
Mike then grabbed his spoon and did the same thing as Steven did.
And after analyzing it..
"Oh!! It is good!!", Mike said.
"R-Really..?", I asked.
"Yeah, it's really good Kiara! I didn't know you were good at cooking!", Steven said.
"We-Well.. I had a pretty good teacher..", I said as I looked at Claire.
"Awww.. Thank you.. But to be honest, I really didn't expect this much results from you, even as a beginner.", Claire praised me even more.
"Thank you..", I said.
They continued to eat the soup that we made and eventually we joined them since it's breakfast time.
The soup that we made is called The paleo soup.
It is said to heal something but Claire didn't actually give me the exact details on what it heals, but hey, they said it tastes good so I guess that's all that matters.
And it was also a cold morning, so soup would be the best choice to cook.
After eating our breakfast, Mike and Steven went out to the Village Hall to do some more work for the upcoming Sun Festival.
But before they left, Steven said something..
"Oh by the way, Kiara."
"Hm? What is it Steven?"
"You haven't actually got a tour around the Village right?", he asked.
"Kind of...?"
"All you've been doing is traveling on your own without actually knowing the location that you visited, so by tomorrow, go to a Village tour with Mike."
"Eh?? With Mike??", I asked.
"Yeah, wouldn't that be good?", Claire asked.
"I don't see any problems so I'm in.", Mike said.
I swear if this is one if Steven's plots again, I'll surely make him pay.
And also, why is Mike going along with this??
"Then that's settled, see you tonight guys!", Steven said.
Even though it was just a normal tour for Mike and Claire, I really feel like Steven has a plan....
I really feel it...
After Mike and Steven went out, Claire whispered something to me..
"Hey, Kiara.. It's time.", Claire whispered.
"Oh yeah, let's do it?", I asked.
"Sure.. We have no time to waste.."
Our plan is going to be executed today, and we already made sure that there will be no obstacles that will block our way of executing it.
And we also made sure that Mike and Steven don't know a single thing.
Although we're just going to have a good time with Kitty, I feel like if Steven finds out about this..
He'll be enraged, and I don't want that to happen.
After discussing our plan for the last time, Claire made the first move of the plan.
And that is, to talk with Kitty normally.
"Hey sweetie, how are you?", Claire asked as she sat on the sofa across Kitty.
"I'm fine Mom, I'm just reading a book..", Kitty replied while reading.
"What are you reading sweetie?"
"The mystery of the Sun Stone."
Eh? The mystery of the Sun Stone?
I think Claire and I already talked about that book once right?
"Ohh, me and Kiara already talked about that, Kiara suddenly got curious after reading the Sun Village tour book."
"S-She read that...?", Kitty asked.
"Yeah, she did. That's why your Dad wanted Mike to take her to an actual tour tomorrow. I'm not sure if Kiara will bring the book though.."
"I-I see.."
Kitty seems different, it's like her tone of voice changed when Claire mentioned about me reading the tour book.
But now that I think about it, bringing that book while on the tour tomorrow isn't actually a bad idea..
"Is there something you've noticed about her Mom..?", Kitty asked.
"Noticed what?", Claire responded.
"Like..."
"Like...?"
"Nevermind... I'm going to my room."
"E-Eh? Wait.. Kitty..?"
Claire tried to stop Kitty from going to her room, but Kitty didn't pay any mind to her and continued to go to her room.
Looks like plan 1 didn't work..
Our plan 1 was supposed to be, Claire talking with Kitty and then Claire will go with the talk and suddenly change the subject to something Kitty is familiar with.
So that it can hype up their conversation.
But I guess that's a nono now..
Claire stood up from the sofa and went towards me.
"Looks like that didn't work..", she whispered.
"Yeah, looks like we'll go to plan 2 then..", I said.
"Sure, it's up to you for now.."
After our talk we immediately moved like we didn't talk at all.
And after a few minutes of waiting, it was my turn to talk to her.
And oh boy, this will not be easy..