"Good morning, Dewy," Key greeted Dewy who had just entered the kitchen
"You two woke up early, you got plans today?" Dewy asked them, his eyes giving a slightly confused look
"I just finished my live stream," Key said taking a sip from her hot chocolate again which made Dewy amused while looking at both her and Nico, or rather, at their cups
"At this early?" Bright, who had just arrived, asked her in both puzzlement and amusement
"I lack fifteen hours more," Key replied and Dewy looked at her in both amusement and puzzlement
"You still have two weeks," Dewy commented and Key nodded
"But you said our schedule's packed so…" Key trailed off while smiling
"Ah, you don't want to experience hell week." Dewy said and Key looked at him while slightly blinking her eyes from confusion
"Hell week is what he," Dewy said and pointed at Nico who is silently drinking his hot chocolate, "and the rest of the team call the last week of the month."
"It's when you make up for the needed airtime and rank up." Bright elaborated and Key nodded
"Sounds like a familiar scenario in law school." Key said nonchalantly before taking a sip from her drink
Key could still recall how she used to fall asleep while studying and Kitten used to tease her about it when she visits her at an ungodly hour like around one or two in the morning.
She'd study historical roots of law, human rights, and taxation in the evening then review jurisprudence, civil litigation, and constitutional law in the morning as she prepare to enter class.
Every single day was composed of endless studying, case digesting, and analysis.
After her experience in law school, Key swore not to test her memory and venture into medical school out of boredom, because it would be too much of a hassle and headache for an immortal like her who just want to spend her life in eternal peace.
Meanwhile, Dewy just shook his head at her nonchalance.
They had almost forgotten that this sweet-looking member of their team took up and graduated with a law degree, at this point, they can't deny that they still have some underlying questions about why she would choose e-sports over law.
"What do you want for breakfast?" Dewy asked taking out the equipment used for cooking
"Hmm, frittata or croque…" Key muttered as if she's in a daze while imagining her usual breakfast when she was still in the ancestral house
"Frittata...? Croque…?" Dewy asked looking at her in confusion as these dishes doesn't sound familiar
"Oh, don't mind me," Key said after snapping out of her reverie while shaking her head
"It's the first thing that came to mind when you said breakfast, but anything is fine." She added
"Croque madame or croque-monsieur?" Rashed asked her with a slight stern expression
"I prefer Croque madame but the latter's easier to cook so it's good as well, why?" Key answered
"We don't know any of the dishes you both are speaking off." Bright said in amusement
"If you want those, cook," Rasheed said and Key looked at him for a moment before looking at Dewy
"Can I cook instead, Dewy?" Dewy – no, all three men were – stupefied at her question
Rasheed shook his head, he was just kidding with that statement of his… but Key took it seriously.
"You want to cook?" Dewy asked her and Key nodded her head
"Can't I?" she asked and Dewy glanced at Bright and Nico for a moment before looking at her in amusement, he then nodded slowly
"Okay, thank you," Key said and made her to the kitchen stove
"Do you even know the ingredients?" Rasheed asked leaning on the counter and watching Key prepare the cooking equipment
"I think so?" Key replied with an unsure smile
"Move," Rasheed said and Key moved aside
"I don't know frittata." Rasheed said while melting butte on a medium pan
"I know frittata," Key said and started taking out the ingredients from the fridge
While the two are preparing food, Dewy took a photo of them, Bright saw it and shook his head while stifling a chuckle.
"Hello, everyone, this is the manager of JLNC, Dewy, and I am here to give an update on the team's events for today." Dewy said after he started recording with his phone's front camera
"Are you doing a live stream, Dewy?" Key asked after pre-heating the oven
"As you can see here, Kashmiri and Rasheed are preparing JLNC's breakfast and are having a cook-off." Dewy said to the camera after turning around to show the two
"It's not a cook-off," Rasheed contradicted while adding flour to the pan and stirring it
"I'm making a frittata, Captain's making, uh, Croque…" Key trailed off as she breaks eggs into a bowl and then turned to their Captain who's adding milk while blinking confusedly
"Croque Monsieur," Rasheed said and Key looked at the camera while smiling before she started adding heavy cream and salt to the eggs in the bowl
"We'll go upstairs to see if the rest of the team members are up now," Dewy said and went out of the kitchen, leaving the two who are cooking and Bright
Dewy started knocking on the doors of each member; waking them up in the process.
He first went to the nearest room; Opal and Rio's room. He let the two of them fix themselves first then he headed to the next room occupied by Alexei and him, he knocked and woke him up.
"What time is it?" Opal asked while yawning, he is wearing a blue unzipped jacket over his white shirt
"It's five thirty-two," Rio answered while looking at his wristwatch
"Is there a training match today?" Alexei asked while running his hand on his hair
They are all wearing a white shirt as if it's a uniform, the only exception was Quant, who went out while wearing a blue-grey hoodie and rubbing his eyes.
"You see how lazy these people are?" Dewy kiddingly asked the viewers of his live
[School_Daze: They look so~ handsome in the morning. TT__TT]
[Spicytaco: Dewy, go back to the kitchen already!]
[SugarLips: Ah, go back to the kitchen! I want to watch my sweetie cook!]
[Rasheed'slegalwifey: That in the upstairs, he's my sweetie!]
[Rasheedismine: You two, keep dreaming, I am actually having breakfast with my in-laws right now.]
[SweetKid: I wonder if he's really in the kitchen.]
"Huh? What's with the captain and the kitchen?" Quant asked after reading the live comments in Dewy's live as he hold the phone
"Is my cousin cooking?" Alexei asked, quite surprised and interested at the same time
"You'll see," Dewy answered while heading to the last room on the floor
El and Bright's room are on the end of the hallway and the rooms are not exactly soundproof so when Dewy arrived in front of their room, El is already up and was just about to go out.
"What's up?" he asked and closed the door behind him
"Dewy's streaming, and there's something in the kitchen that's making the viewers hyped." Rio answered still quite half-asleep
They went down the stairs, given that the members are now interested in what was in the kitchen due to the comments they see from the viewers, they jogged to the kitchen.
"Good morning, everyone," Key greeted her teammates who are astounded at the sight they saw
"Get the table ready," Rasheed told them with a stern expression while holding a baking pan
"That smells good. What's for breakfast?" Quant asked the two who are transferring the content of their baking pans into a plate
"Frittata and Croque monsieur," Key answered while smiling and holding a plate where she transfers what seems like an omelet, only quite thicker, from another baking pan using a spatula
"Croque monsieur is what the captain prepared, I made the frittata." Key added
"Crock – What again, Key?" Opal asked completely confused
"Croque monsieur and Frittata, Croque monsieur is your traditional French breakfast and as for Frittata, it's um, uh, the usual breakfast back in our house." Key answered with a smile and placed the pan down
"Your usual breakfast back in Itaria," Rio said and Key nodded with a smile
"Why wake up so early though, you two?" Alexei asked them
"I went on air earlier," Key answered
"Huh? How much airtime do you still lack?" El asked her
"Fifteen hours, more or less, I think." Key said, tilting her head a bit on both sides alternately
"And there's still two more weeks," Quant said
"Yeah, I've been told quite repeatedly for a while now." Key chuckled and carried the plate to the table
"How about you, cousin, why wake up early?" Alexei asked his cousin, leaning to look at the plate but Rasheed didn't answer and went to bring the food to the table
"And you cooked, no less," Alexei added while following Rasheed who didn't mind his question
"Alright, everyone, have a seat." Dewy said and clapped his hands
After they ate their breakfast, they went to their gaming areas and opened their gaming computers before going on air.
Key's live room, as it always has been since her public face reveal, has accumulated high numbers of viewers.
"Wow, you've got quite the traffic there, Key." Alexei commented when he catch a glimpse of the number of viewers on Key's computer screen
"I guess I do. You're done with your live, good sir?" Key replied and looked up at Alexei for a moment before looking at her computer screen again
"Just taking a quick water break," Alexei answered