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Slowly dozing off, her consciousness wandering into sleep, Iroha’s slumber was interrupted by a drawn out stomach rumble, eyes slowly opening up, she blearily lifted her head from Madoka’s shoulder, a yawn escaping her, her mind quietly waking up, a frown finding a way to her face when she realized that she hadn’t fed her guest, hadn’t fed herself either actually
“Mmm...you two hungry too? Sorry, guess I got too excited and forgot to prepare something for us…”
Yawning once more, Iroha stretched as she sat up on the couch before smiling backwards
“How about I go make something now? Just don’t fall asleep before I’m back, ok?”
Rubbing her eyes, Madoka cutely yawned, pursing her lips as she blinked a couple of times, Homura slowly moving her head off Madoka’s shoulder as the girl adjusting back to being awake, she turned to Iroha, looking at her for a few moments before a scrunching appearing on her forehead, suggesting a moment later
“I can try to help out? I’m no good at cooking, but I do help out Papa with ingredients whenever I can!”
Looking up, pulling her glasses back to her face, Homura paused, looking between the two of them, quietly raising her hand as she meekly added
“I-I’ll t-try to help out too, even if I don’t know how to cook…I’ll do my best!”
Smiling at the two girls, Iroha nodded, letting them follow her into the kitchen, taking a knife out, she lays out the board before grabbing some carrots, handing them to Madoka
“Could you cut these up?”
Giving her a happy nod, Madoka took the knife and bag of carrots, pausing for a moment
“Um...Iroha-chan, how many do I cut?”
“...hmmm, let’s say three for now?”
Back to her confidence, the girl nods with a smile, moving to the board and starting to cut, doing so pretty well too if she was asked…
Right right, moving to the pantry, she took out the box, putting it to the side, something to bother with later, for now she should probably cut up some onions…
It didn’t take all that long for her and Madoka to finish cutting everything up, the pieces were more or less the same size, this part done with, she turned to the pan, turning up the heat before throwing the onions inside
“...um, c-can I help with anything?”
Iroha flinched, forgetting for a moment that Homura wanted to help as well, two people was more than enough really, having too many work on something might not actually help, but seeing the determined look in the girl’s eyes, she couldn’t help but nod, nothing too bad could happen right?
“Sure Homura-chan! Can you look after the onions while I check everything else?”
Visibly brightening up, the girl awkwardly walked over to the pan, staring at it deeply with so much focus Iroha would have thought it was some sort of exam
Now she just...had to wrangle around with her phone to find the recipe and make sure she didn’t forget anything, she had it written down, but...well accidents happen and Iroha was not going to blame someone for such a simple mistake
It took her five minutes before she found it, grumbling all the while, Madoka’s giggles making her more determined to figure it out by herself, phones were really no good…
Still, she did find it and her memory didn’t seem to betray her, so taking a glance at Homura’s onions duty, she nodded, taking the pre prepared glass of water and adding it into the pan, Madoka catching on and helping her with putting the rest of the stuff inside
Pausing, Homura tilted her head as she stared at the pan before slowly turning to her sides, spatula slowly put on the table nearby
“Thanks for looking after them! Now we wait a bit more…”
Nodding, Madoka and Homura just...stood there, waiting for something, a smile breaking out on Iroha’s face as she took their hands and seated them down
“I can handle the rest now, I’ll make sure to satisfy you!”
Hearing clapping start up, Iroha felt a tingle of embarrassment before she forced it down, moving to the pan so she could finish making sure all of them were fed
...skim a little here
...add the roux, two cubes
...make sure it’s all dissolved
...didn’t stick to the pan, good
...seems good, lowering the heat, Iroha watched it simmer, slowly stirring as she did
Finally, done with it, she grabbed three plates, pouring the curry inside of it before swiftly moving to the fridge, taking out some of the leftover rice and heating it up on the pan
Smiling as she presented her meal, Iroha suppressed her giggles as she watched her girls shaking with anticipation
Watching them take the first bite, Iroha watched them with a smile
Homura paused for a brief moment before continuing to eat, Madoka on the other side...paused for much longer
“Madoka-chan? Everything...alright?”
Snapping out, the girl smiled
“O-oh yes I just...I’m just used to...something spicier…? Um, do you...is it ok to add some more...sauce into it?”
Iroha felt her face go blank for a moment, spicier…? This was pretty spicy right? Sure it wasn’t anything major, but it should be fine right?
“...yes, I think we have some in the fridge, do you want to take a look?”
Giving her a sharp nod, Iroha felt a twitch on her face
“...can I add some too?”
Slowly turning to Homura, Iroha took a sharp breath, closing her eyes to do so, opening her eyes, she abruptly stood up
“O-of course, it’s fine, I want you to enjoy the food! There should be a good choice variety there…”
...spicier, ok, she can do that, next time it will be better, she just...wasn’t aware of their taste yet! This was normal, they were still learning about each other
The only problem was whenever she would have to split up the cooking process now...