"How about I make breakfast?" I interrupted his arrogant reply with a loud "Do crepes sound good?"
"Great, but your pu–"
"I'm going to go brush my teeth," I said as I scampered off the bed after giving him a pillow strike to the head. I replied to him softly as he opened his lips to object, "I suggest you do the same BUT in a different bathroom."
"But–"
I hurried into the restroom and forcefully closed the door, ending his curses.
Ahead of our special guests' arrival, the morning moved more slowly than normal, as though time were trying to kill us.
Alrik had tried not to show how nervous he was, but every few minutes, his jaw would clench and he would keep checking the microwave's clock. After a while, I made him go to the new orphanage's construction site so I could have some time to clean up around the house.
