Her still wet hair flows down to her body somewhat sticking to it, leaving a trail of water droplets.
She felt very thirsty after soaking in the water for a long time, as soon as she stepped out of the bathroom, a delicious smell roamed around her apartment.
Passing through the living room, her eyes fully locked on to the table. She grabbed and unturned the glass and poured herself a drink, feeling a gaze on her she turned and saw a young lady gawking at her.
"..." Right I'm not alone anymore in this cold place called "home"
But she doesn't understand why this girl is just looking at her, until she feels a cold air brush through her body...
She didn't dare to look down, her voice somewhat trembling as she asked "am I not wearing anything right now?"
Jeanne looked away, her face completely red coughing as she answered "yes."
Jeanne heard a gush of wind passed through and a loud thud of the door closing.
Where is the tired lady from before? She doesn't dare to slow down a bit as she runs back to her room and puts on clothes.
The two of them might have the same stuff as the other but, she is not normal.
Because she's too tired to think straight she momentarily forgot that there's another person in her home, and she just...
As her two hands landed on her plump rosy cheeks, making a sound as she slapped them a few times waking herself up.
Jeanne slumped back, hitting her butt to the hard floor. She could hear her own heart in her ears making a beat.
Ba-dump, Ba-dump.
Before she could think deeper about what was going on, she saw the pretty lady standing before her, this time she was fully clothed. She wore a striped pajama pants and loose white shirt.
Upon seeing her fully clothed, her heart didn't slow down a bit but rather it's rythm became even faster than before. For some reasons Jeanne could see her in slow motion.
Two faces with the same red shades, one is bewildered and the other has a calm face.
....
"Shall we eat dinner now?" Jeanne said as she avoided looking at her.
Without answering Jeanne, she took her seat and took a deep breath, inhaling the delicious smell.
It's been a long time since someone had cooked her a meal, and because of her busy schedule she could barely cook for herself. Her meals are either from the convenience store, or some bread and milk and if she's too busy she skips eating.
She was amazed that this young girl could make something out of nothing. She was even more surprised that she still had some rice and eggs left... Will this young girl have ideas of her because of this? For some reason she wanted to impress this young girl even though they just met.
Jeanne sat across her, the dish she made was rather simple.
After searching around the house she could only gather three eggs, a broth cube and two cups of rice left. So she decided to make an egg drop soup.
The two of them ate in silence, Jeanne was about to collect the used dishes when suddenly a cold hand grabbed hers, she looked up and saw a pretty smile on her face, hearing a gentle voice "I'll do the dishes"
Jeanne stared at her blankly, mesmerized.
She snapped out of it when she heard the sound of water running behind her, and a few grateful words. "thank you for the meal" she said in a low voice but Jeanne still could hear her.
Feeling happy that someone appreciates her cooking, she said energetically "it's no problem! I can cook you meals everyday as you are letting me stay here for free!"
It's not that her older sister back home doesn't appreciates her cooking, it's just that she didn't have a chance to show off her skills and it was usually her older sister who cooks at home.
Now she understands the feeling of hearing someone appreciate your hard work even if it's something simple.
"Mhm"
Feeling happy Jeanne grabbed the chair facing it to the sink so she could watch her wash the dishes.
Hearing the sound of the chair being moved, her ears perked up. She is slightly curious as to what the young girl is doing so she turns her head, their eyes meet.
Feeling as if she's been caught doing something bad, Jeanne smiled at her showing a row of white teeth.
Her hand stopped moving, as her heart thumped. She turned away quickly and focused herself from wiping the dishes.
.....
On a big monitor, with a bowl of popcorn on the table and cola on hand. As if seeing a movie, 07 watches the two having a good interaction.
When the two are having their meal, she too ate hers.
07 is not used at eating her meal alone so when it was time to eat she would skip it. They do not require food in their system but because of someone special she started to learn the fun of eating food.
She could taste different things, she could differentiate sweet, salty, savory and spicy because of that one person. She also learned that eating food with someone or a group of people is a way to communicate.
So when the two split up she couldn't swallow a thing, even looking at food makes her retch. But seeing the two on her big monitor, she wanted to try it again and so she did, and to her surprise she didn't throw up.
.....
Finally done wiping all the dishes, she placed it on the rack.
Seeing that she's done, Jeanne stands up, puts the chair back to its place then looks at her with a bright smile on her face. Then she said shyly as she rubbed the back of her head "pretty sister, can I borrow some clothes?"
She didn't say anything but went back to her room leaving her standing there.
Jeanne thought that she got mad at her for some reason, her heart felt heavy. She didn't want to make her mad.
Holding a set of clothes she went back, seeing the young girl's back it kinda looked lonesome for some reason.
She wanted to call her name, and only realised that they haven't exchanged names yet.
"..."
She went behind her back with light steps, and tapped her shoulders lightly.
Jeanne was deep in thoughts thinking negatively, that maybe she was having second thoughts and wants her gone. Where will she go next if she did indeed get chased out? And what about her mission?
Feeling a light touch on her shoulder broke her series of negativity, tears were already ready to fall at the corner of her eyes, then she saw the pretty lady holding a set of clean clothes.
"..."
She could only slap herself in her mind for thinking ahead.
"Is something wrong?" Jeanne asks
She nodded, and said "I still don't know your name." She said so seriously.
Jeanne wanted to slap herself even more, she took the set of clothes she then said smiling "My name is Jeanne, but pretty sister can call me Jea!"
Jeanne, it's a nice name.
"Jea" she said in a low voice then she followed "I'm Hannah"
"Hannah" Jeanne called
"Mhm"
The two locked eyes for a moment, then finally feeling embarrassed Jeanne excused herself to take a bath.
Hannah nodded and watched Jeanne running away. As soon as she saw Jeanne go inside, she let out a breath. She couldn't see it very clearly but she definitely have a pretty smile she thought to herself.
She walked to the kitchen and started making herself some chamomile tea to calm herself down.