Ten minutes? Fifteen? As long as it takes for the chicken to be proper cooked.
[ soooo no. no, there's not a real timer. but he is visibly thrilled that junpei is actually taking his time to consider the taste, and gives him feedback — this way he can be sure he'll like the end result. granted, he's... well, confident is perhaps the wrong word, given that he's not made this particular dish in decades, but relatively sure that whatever he makes is edible. it's just that he wants it to be better than that. ]
Sure. Whatever you want.
[ literally whatever... except the canned tomatoes. that's where he draws the line. anyway, he minces some more garlic and mixes it into the curry, and then places the lid on it, turning the heat down so it can just bubble away on its own for a while.
then he just walks round the stove to where junpei is sitting, and wraps his arms around him from behind him, ducking his head to kiss his cheek — partly because he really, really wants to, and partly because it's still a bit surreal to him that he's actually allowed to do this, now. ]
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Ten minutes? Fifteen? As long as it takes for the chicken to be proper cooked.
[ soooo no. no, there's not a real timer. but he is visibly thrilled that junpei is actually taking his time to consider the taste, and gives him feedback — this way he can be sure he'll like the end result. granted, he's... well, confident is perhaps the wrong word, given that he's not made this particular dish in decades, but relatively sure that whatever he makes is edible. it's just that he wants it to be better than that. ]
Sure. Whatever you want.
[ literally whatever... except the canned tomatoes. that's where he draws the line. anyway, he minces some more garlic and mixes it into the curry, and then places the lid on it, turning the heat down so it can just bubble away on its own for a while.
then he just walks round the stove to where junpei is sitting, and wraps his arms around him from behind him, ducking his head to kiss his cheek — partly because he really, really wants to, and partly because it's still a bit surreal to him that he's actually allowed to do this, now. ]
Excellent company so far. Ten out of ten.