Sometimes he still sets the table for two.
He pulls out two napkins, two towels, two pairs of cutlery and everything it's perfectly identical.
He makes pancakes and, if he wakes up early, he even takes out the griddle for krumkaker, especially if he is in a good mood, because he loves to hear him complain about the nickname he has given him. And the fact that it's stupid eating krumkaker on other days than Christmas.
Krumkake. A strong and beautiful armor, with a sweet and soft heart.
He knows that he doesn't hate those sweets. And he doesn't really hate his peculiar habit of giving people nicknames related to food.
Of course he would never admit it, though.
As he pulls out and fills the mugs with coffee, something, like a distant voice, a soft echo from his mind, tells him that what he is doing is wrong.
He stands still with the mug in his hands, staring at it like if he was seeing it for the first time.
He remembers that it was a gift, given on day like a lot of other ones, for no particular occasion, just for the sake of teasing him a little.
A mug with a huge smile on it... which use could it have, if not for joking again over the fact that he never smiles?
A mug that now seems to remind him, in the most cruel way, that he will no longer have the opportunity to see his rare smile.
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"We can't go on with this relationship. It makes no sense."
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As it is my first translation from Italian to English, I hope it does not sound as a bad translation, I tried changing some bits here and there to fit the English sentences form better... I usually check the spelling and all the other stuff, but I am still not an English-speaker, so, if you think something is not English, feel free to tell me! :)
This is a long fic in five short chapters. DeNor. One sided... maybe.
Krumkaker are a kind of Norwegian waffle that it is traditionally made for Christmas. It is rolled in a cone and filled with sweet cream. The griddles have decorations, so that the crunchy part of the waffle is beautifully decorated! I don't know how to add links here, but you can easily find pictures on google... :)