Koi woke up early in the morning so early the sun had just begun peeking through the horizon, most city people would consider this time to be too early for waking up, yet to Koi it was the perfect waking time, seeing the clock he thought,
'5 o clock, Miss Ito won't be awake till a few hours… there is nothing to do' Koi felt his arms and legs throb it was a combined result of days of only eating cup noodles and his restlessness at the prospect of not having anything to do,
'If I was at Village, I'd be watering the plants… before waking up Shio and Sato, what do I even do here?' Koi looked around his room, the so-called small room felt empty to him even with the bed taking up 1/3 space, his gaze fell on his bag and he pulled out his clothes and laptop,
'Finally, something!!' Koi thought with a glint in his eyes as he grinned at his dirty clothes to anyone else, he'd look pretty maniacal but he just wanted to have something to do,
Koi washed his clothes to pass the time but it was over as soon as it began, Koi kept moving in his room and finally decided to leave his room as there wasn't enough space to walk without getting bored,
"It's clean and nice" Koi spoke in a low voice as he was relieved by the change in the living room, as his gaze fell on the kitchen he thought,
'I can do that' he thought and went towards the kitchen,
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Airi lay on her bed her legs spread going in another direction and her arms too, anyone who sees Airi every day won't ever imagine her in such a defenceless state,
'Omelette…' Airi who was patting a cat in her dream suddenly smelled an omelette, the cat in her hands turned into an omelette cat,
'It's tasty… but it's cute, what do I do!!' Airi wanted to take a bite of the poor cat as the smell of butter filled her, and she held the cat in front of her seeing her egg white body and now yellow-yolk eyes,
"I'm sorry cat!!" Airi said in a dream but as she moved the cat near her mouth the cat mewed sadly and Airi shouted,
"NO!! I CAN'T!!" and her eyes snapped open,
'A dream? But I can really smell it?' Airi wiped her eyes groggily,
"Miss Ito? Are you okay?" Koi's voice came from out of the door, his voice was concerned and mellow but it seemed like he was being patient to not repeat the last day's mistake,
"I'm fine Mr. Yamamoto just a dream… also it's Miss Mikan" Airi who had just woken up was already in her prime and proper deposition talking with a confident gentle voice,
"I cooked breakfast… if you'd come after brushing then we can eat" Koi had thought of this idea as something ordinary but now he was flushed behind the door with his voice shaking as he thought,
'It's not like back then, kind of embarrassing'
"I am coming give me a second" Airi practically jumped out of bed at the thought of a fresh breakfast similar to last night's dinner,
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As Koi prepared the dining table for breakfast he smiled at his work,
"It seems like you've cooked a lot" Airi who came out from her room commented, a thin smell of perfume not too overwhelming gentle her hair was still a bit wet, and her skin was glowing,
"Miss Yamamoto?" Airi turned to Koi who was staring for a second thoughtlessly,
"I di.. did I did" Koi spoke, as he realized he was staring,
'I still can't believe it….' Koi thought, and Airi sat down at the dining table,
"So, what are these? Mr. Yamamoto?" Airi asked curious about her breakfast,
"It's Chicken Egg toast, with lemonade" Koi replied while scratching his chin and waiting for Airi to have them,
"There are too many toasts, do you usually cook this much for breakfast?" Airi questioned as she looked at 10 chicken egg toasts,
'I do like them, but who'll eat so many' She looked at Koi with an expression filled with that question,
"I'm sorry Miss. Mikan, I just couldn't sit still after waking up… so I couldn't stop" Koi had an awkward expression he pulled at the hair as if trying to hide his face,
Airi took a bite out of one of the toasts and the crisp taste of fried chicken and within exploding yolk of the egg gave her a flavour bringing her to high heavens,
"Pack the rest!! They deserve them too…" by them Airi meant the co-workers in NGO as Koi ate one himself, and put the other aside taking a gulp of lemonade,
Airi thought,
'Mr. Yamamoto is a pro'
"Did you used to cook similar breakfasts back in the village?" Airi questioned Koi who replied in a calm voice,
"Sometimes, usually it was simpler as at Village I had other chores"
Airi realized Koi must be feeling empty with nothing to do here, and then wiping her mouth with a tissue she spoke,
"The breakfast was very delightful Mr. Yamamoto"
"It's my pleasure" Koi replied as he packed the leftover toasts in foil paper from the kitchen which again made him wonder,
'Why is there foil paper when she never cooked!?' some mysteries are never solved he thought and just packed,
"Are you feeling up to your first official day at NGO Mr, Yamamoto?" Airi asked as she took some files putting them in an office bag,
"Looking forward to it…" Koi replied though in a low voice, as he still remembers the last time, he went there the out-of-place building and the beautiful lady in it,
'Wonder how the other members will be, I hope they're kind….' Koi thought as he remembered the last high school club he was in and the sour memories that accompanied that,
'Airi's voice rung from the near door,
"Mr. Yamamoto I'm waiting"
'No… No… it's long over!!' Koi reminded himself as he picked his bag up, it contained packed toasts and his laptop,
After leaving the house they made their way to the NGO, Koi didn't have any idea of how interesting people he was going to meet and what kind of situations were waiting for him all he knew was,
"This is a new start!" Koi said in a voice louder than his usual low voice and Airi asked,
"Something wrong Mr. Yamamoto?" as she chuckled in her head,
'He's so simple…. To understand'
-to be continued