Waking up with a contented sigh, Torus felt a deep wave of contentment from within him. Specifically, this wave of emotion seemed to come from those deep-seeded emotions connected to his God Seed.
However, for the first time, Torus could instantly recognize exactly what had caused this feeling to well up within him.
As this thought flashed through his mind, Torus' left hand that was currently under the covers slightly shifted, the soft sound of a feminine moan ringing out in sync with the movement.
Looking down at the location the sound came from, Torus could feel nothing but pride as the covers were slightly raised by him, revealing the beautiful nude figure of Sofia within.
Just spending a moment to stare down at his lover, Torus couldn't help but to feel an overwhelming sense of accomplishment and love, tenderly stroking her cheek as Sofia rested within the covers, a gentle smile present on her face.
This scene continued on for around fifteen minutes before Torus finally moved out of the bed, moving slowly as he did so as to not disturb Sofia from her sleep.
Slowly slipping from the bed, Torus walked to the opposite side where Sofia rested, leaning down before placing a gentle kiss on her forehead, turning to head toward the door.
As he was leaving the room however, Torus couldn't help but to take a glance back at her prone form, just gazing at her proving to improve his mood, a gentle smile now resting on his face.
Turning back around, Torus slowly exited the room, not seeing as Sofia's own eyes slowly opened, a serene smile appearing on her face as she watched Torus slowly creep out of the room.
Laying in the bed, Sofia felt a wave of emotions wash over her, one of the more prominent ones being disbelief, the events of the previous day appearing as a dream to her. If she had woken with Torus already gone, Sofia feared she may really have believed the day's events to be one.
Slipping into the kitchen, Torus began shuffling about within it, eyes scanning for the necessary ingredients.
After looking around for a while, Torus finally stopped before the stovetop, an assortment of different ingredients and spices contained within his hands. Placing them by the side, Torus slowly began the process of cooking, a gentle hum on his lips as his figure danced around the kitchen.
Soon, the aroma of freshly cooked food could be smelled wafting throughout the house, rousing Sofia from her resting state.
Leaning up in bed, Sofia had a slightly silly grin on her face, her figure slowly climbing out of her bed with much less reluctance than she was used to.
With steady steps, it took no time at all for Sofia's figure to pass through the hallway, coming to rest at the corner of the wall in-between her living room and kitchen.
As she rested against the wall with her hands crossed across her chest, Sofia watched Torus' figure as he moved throughout the kitchen, cooking up a storm, with a gentle smile on her face, her eyes shining with warmth.
This process continued for the next little while, before Torus' gliding figure eventually came to a stop, the dishes he used placed on the counter after being washed, with the pans being cleaned so as to keep any stains from appearing within them.
As he came to a stop, Torus turned around, a grin on his lips as he whistled a soft tune, grabbing the dishes he had just finished cooking before heading for the dining room table.
It was as he was in the middle of this motion, that Torus' eyes finally glanced up, taking in the figure of his Master resting against the wall as she watched him with an indulgent smile.
As he took in her form, Torus' smile only seemed to widen at the sight, his figure that had stopped in its tracks once more picking up the pace as he resumed his previous actions.
Heading for the dining room, Torus began to plate his food, putting a generous serving on both plates.
What he had made was a hearty breakfast that consisted of scrambled eggs, fried ham, sausages, an assortment of vegetables, along with two tall glasses of water. While the food itself was a rather simple meal, the amount of food that he had made would be surprising to any that saw it.
Rather than a meal for two, the amount he had made seemed to be enough to fill the bellies of a family of eight with some leftover.
However, this was only surprising to those who didn't know about Torus' God Seed's effect on his appetite, as well as the fact that Warrior's naturally consumed more than the average person as they needed the food to fuel their strenuous activities.
After all, while it wasn't one, the God Seed acted in a similar capacity to that of an organ. It drains the energy of the user if they were to be constantly using it, and you needed to space out your usage of it or risk overexerting it.
Aside from this, it also facilitated the natural development of the brain, this meant that the brain needed an increase in energy so as to function properly and not start devolving.
This was also one of the reasons Torus thought his God Seed increased his appetite by such a large portion - the connection between the medulla and his God Seed facilitated all of their development, leading to the natural increase in energy consumption and need.
However, Torus figured this was only part of the problem, he thought that the other reason for this was the natural consumption of energy that was required for him to evolve specific features, the amount of energy required for such a process could only be described as monstrous.
After all, Torus was taking a process that typically took species millions of years to accomplish, and doing them in the matter of weeks.
In truth, Torus even felt that the amount of energy he gathered by eating was nowhere near enough to facilitate these processes, and that was the reason why he needed to use energy from his God Seed to complete them.
As he fell into thought about this, Torus began to wonder if he would actually even need to use energy from his God Seed at all if he could manage to find an outside energy source large enough to facilitate these changes.
Before his thoughts could devolve any further however, Torus was drawn out of his thoughts by a feeling of softness encompassing his side.
As this feeling enveloped him, Torus was startled into awareness, looking down at where this softness originated from, finding Sofia next to him, her body encompassing his side as she wrapped her arms around his left side, pressing into him.
Looking down at her, Torus' eyes locked with her own, a quirk of the eyebrow all that Torus needed to do to show the question in his expression.
As she stared up at him, Sofia did her best to show off an innocent expression, as if she didn't know exactly what he was giving her that look for.
This faux showing of innocence only continued on for a few moments, before Sofia broke out into a fit of giggles that truly showed her age - that she was a teenager in mind just the same as Torus was.
Smiling indulgently at her, Torus simply allowed her to do as she pleased, realizing she had clearly come up to him not just to be closer to him, but also to bring him out of his thoughts.
As such, Torus allowed the pair to stand there in a comfortable silence for a moment before then moving on, guiding Sofia to her seat with a plate already placed for her, moving over to take his own.
Like this, the morning passed for the pair, simply enjoying one another's company as they performed their everyday tasks.
This carried on until around midday before the pair finally broke apart, Torus heading toward his home to carry out some last minute tasks.
As he walked down the streets of the small town of Valey, Torus couldn't help but to get a wistful look on his face, a feeling of melancholy ringing out within him. The reason for this was rather simple - Torus was preparing to leave the town for the outside world.
After the spar between him and his Master, both of them came to the agreement that Torus was finally ready to leave this small town; however, he wouldn't be leaving alone, as Sofia planned to follow along with him.
Where before, the two had no such plans for the future, this had rapidly changed along with the shifting dynamic between the two.
Now, Sofia was far less his Master and much more of his lover, and this seemingly subtle shift played all the difference in their plans for the future. Now that he had finally gotten ahold of her, there was no way Torus would ever allow Sofia to get away from him again - and it was much the same for Sofia.
However, after spending a long while talking about these events the previous night, Torus and Sofia had both agreed to postpone their leaving for another week, recognizing that both of them still had things they needed to accomplish before their departure.
That was also the reason for Torus' current destination - there were still a couple things he needed to accomplish before leaving, especially in relation to his parent's notebooks.