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Back at the Eevee Residence… As the sun is setting in at the Alkia region. We find Lucas at the kitchen preparing tonight's dinner. Esper wanted to help preparing the meal, he did manage to cook all by himself since her other sisters were so persistent.
Well, here's what really happened:
In the living room, as Flannery and Vanessa were watching TV together.
"It's almost dinner time. Wonder what's dinner gonna be?" Flannery asked her seatmate after staring at the wall clock.
"I really hope it wouldn't be Esper's dreaded fish stew, I hate that stuff! Fish bones everywhere!" Vanessa replied as the two giggled together.
"I heard that, but thanks to you guys, I know what I'll be making today." Suddenly, they heard their eldest sister leaning against the wall, smiling devilishly and was wearing an apron and a serving spoon at her crossed hands.
"NO! That's not fair! You're using Psychic to remove all the fish bones so easily while we have to work removing them one by one!" Flannery complained and stood up.
"Wait a minute…" Vanessa smiled as she thought of a wonderful idea.
"What is it?"
"Shouldn't we let our new butler cook for dinner?" Vanessa said, as the two stared at each other and made wide grins on their faces.
"Yeah!"
"No! I want to cook!" Esper quickly disliked their ideas.
"Come on sis, this is the reason why Dad hired a butler." Flannery said as she went and leaned on Esper's shoulder with her arm.
"Yeah, it must be tiring, cooking for us everyday, right?" Vanessa said as she went and leaned on the other shoulder.
"But…" Esper tried to say something but Flannery quickly silenced her mouth with her finger.
"Stress can make a person look old you know? That's why we girls need to relax once in a while." Vanessa added while removing the spoon from the Espeon's hand.
"I'll go call on Lucario right now." Flannery happily said and skipped outside the living room.
"And you sis need to sit down and relax a little." The Vaporeon said and guided her to the sofa to sit down and gave her shoulders a massage, in which Esper quickly reacted with a pleasant feeling.
"Now isn't it nice? Let's let our butler friend do the work, what do you say sis?" Vaporeon continued persuading her to stay still in that sofa.
"Okay fine, you guys win. It's already stressful enough being the eldest around this house." Esper finally gave in and slouched down the sofa, grabbed the remote and began switching channels. Vanessa smiled at the first taste of victory against her.
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The Lucario is busy chopping up some vegetables and placed them on a boiling pot, placed some seasonings and left the pot heated for a while as he attended to a chopping board with already prepared ingredients like tofu, diced meat, green onions, and shrimp and placed them at a wok as loud popping sounds coming from the oil in contact with the food and the aroma emitting from both the wok and the pot were mouth-watering for the sisters peeking inside the kitchen.
"I'm so hungry just by smelling that."
"I can't wait when dinner's ready."
"I know all of us will be in a big surprise."
Flannery, Vanessa and Gloria said to each other as they continued to peek and smell the aroma from the food being prepared, their tails were waving wildly, excited to the food they were going to taste soon.
Lucas turned off the flame from the wok and placed the sizzling-hot tofu meal into a large plate, revealing the finished product. Fried tofu with shrimp, meat and green onions with a brown-red sauce topping, then he placed a pinch of another set of seasoning and carefully distributed them on the dish beside what it seems like to be thin slices of fish meat.
The three sisters' mouths opened and drooled at the sight of a delicious dish. Lucas wiped off the sweat on his face with a handkerchief and drank a glass of water filled with ice cubes. Since being a steel-type and all I guess and with the continuous heat being exposed to.
Lucas put off the flames, took out a smaller pot and placed the soup and put it beside the tofu dish. He then took out and tasted a sample of the finished product and smirked.
"Ok, that's it, I can't take it anymore!" Flannery gave in to her desires and went inside the kitchen and darted towards the meals.
"Dinner's almost ready you guys, just let me fix the table then-"Lucas said but upon hearing that, Vaporeon suddenly dashed towards him and took the spoon from his hand and took a sample with Flannery.
"AHH!!! SO DELICIOUS!" Flannery shouted with joy by the outstanding taste of the soup.
"NOW THIS IS FOOD!" Vanessa squealed and licked the spoon clean.
"Glad you guys liked it, can you all call the others while I prepare the table?" Lucas asked and immediately, the two darted out of the kitchen as if they just had an outburst of energy.
"I'll help you with the plates." Gloria volunteered to help as she went to the cupboard where they kept their dinner plates, spoons, and chopsticks and grabbed sets for seven.
"Thanks, I appreciate that." Lucas smiled and lifted the heavy pot as the two proceed towards the dining room.
"You really must be one good chef." The Glaceon said as she distributed the plates at the dining table.
"Yeah I guess, and your sisters' reactions were unusual as well, is Esper's cooking really that bad?" Lucas replied as he placed the pot on the middle.
"Let's just say it's not good, but not bad either, mediocre to be exact I think. Only Flannery and Vanessa were complaining though." Gloria said and shared a laugh with him as the two went back to the kitchen.
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"WOW! Did we order a takeout this time?" The Umbreon, the shortest and youngest of the six, said in surprise as she glanced and sniffed the mouth-watering aroma of tonight's meal. Esper, however, felt like something stabbing her inside.
"Hey, I didn't see her since morning." Lucas whispered to Gloria as the rest of the sisters took their seat while the two sat down as well.
Lucas sat in between Gloria and Umber, Lily, Vanessa and Flannery on the other side and Esper at the end.
They all took their share of the bowl of soup and the tofu dish, and one by one; they took a bite and gave out their reactions.
"I'm speechless." Flannery dropped her spoon and slurped down her soup without the aid of the spoon and her manners.
"This must be the happiest day of my life." Vanessa said as she continued to chow down her tofu dish while wiping her tears of joy with her arm.
"This is… wonderful." Esper was just stunned and continued eating.
"Wow… just wow!" The Glaceon was just stunned and licked her dish clean, it seems like everyone completely forgot their manners, well who wouldn't?
Lily, however, didn't comment on anything, but after taking a sip from her soup, she smirked.
"Hey mister, how do you eat these?" Little Umber poked Lucas and pointed at the plate with the thin slices of fish meat as she decides to pick one with her chopstick, but it quickly fell on the table, creating a small mess.
"Oh, just grab one like this, then dip them on this container here…" Lucas took his chopsticks, took one piece and dipped them on a colorless sauce and moved it towards her with his hand below just in case of any droplets.
"Now say aah…" Lucas said as Umber opened her mouth wide and took the fish from his hands.
"Wow! This is the best takeout I've ever eaten!" Umber jumped with joy and took another piece, dipped and ate it.
"Umber, it's actually Lucas who made all of this." Gloria informed the youngest sibling as her eyes widened in surprise.
"Really? She cooks better than my sister does? Yippee!" Umber became more overjoyed, ignoring the fact that everything she just said seemed to be stabbing Esper over and over.
"I don't know about that…" Lucas stood up and lifted the empty pot.
"So who wants seconds?" Upon asking, almost everyone's hands rose as he smiled and went to the kitchen.
"They're just like my family." He said in his thoughts.
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After dinner… everyone were back to their respective rooms, probably busy or dozing off after the fabulous dinner they all had, leaving Lucas with cleaning the mess, typical chore for him way back.
After cleaning the table, he went back to the kitchen and began washing the dirty dishes and utensils as the silence was very calming for him to think of something.
"Hey, do you want some help with that?" A voice broke his thoughts as Lucas turned to the kitchen door and saw the Espeon.
"Nah, it's okay… I can handle this." Lucas declined the offer but smiled at her and proceeded in scrubbing clean the pot.
"Come on… I told you before I'll help you with the chores…" Esper replied and went towards him while putting a pair of kitchen gloves on her hands and assisted him.
"So…" Esper said after a few minutes of silence between the two.
"Hmm?"
"How did you become such a good cook?"
"What?"
"You know what I mean, how'd you prepare the meals to make them so delicious? I've been trying to master how to cook, but I just can't seem to even with the help of cookbooks."
"Well, my dad said that his father was a great chef, and his talent was passed on to me, but I still dunno about that, I've just been experimenting with whatever I see in the kitchen. But if you want, I can tutor you sometime."
"Really?! Thanks…" Esper smiled at his offer while they continued finishing the last set of dishes.
"And that's done, see? Two people working together gets the job done faster, am I right?"
"Guess you're right. Thanks a lot Esper. Whew, this has been a long day." Lucas thanked her while stretching out his tired limbs.
"Why don't you take a shower and then go to sleep? I'll handle of the rest that needs to be done."
"Sure, that's a good idea. Good night Esper." Lucas waved to her before going towards his room.
"…Goodnight."
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"Nothing beats a cold shower after a hard day's work." Lucas said to himself. He just finished taking a nice shower and dried his fur with his towel, brushed his teeth and then left the bathroom with his bathroom equipments.
"Hey Lucas." A voice called out to him as he was just leaving the bathroom, he looked to see that it was Flannery. But his eyes widened in surprise when she was only with just her short pants and only a towel resting on her neck and barely covering her breasts.
"Uhh… Hey…" Lucas felt awkward staring at the half-naked girl in front of him.
"That was a very delicious meal you made, I hope you'll keep cooking for us, yes?" She continued and crept closer to him seductively.
"Uhh…err…yyy…ess…" Staggering words came out of his vibrating mouth; he was just stunned by the sight of her like this, very revealing and seductive, her sexy figure... if only a gust of wind would intervene-
"Heehee… You're so cute when you're blushing like crazy. Good night Lucas." Flannery chuckled and pinched his cheek before entering the bathroom, giving him a sign of relief as he walked across the halfway.
When he was about to reach the doorknob on his room, he heard a loud shriek coming from the bathroom.
"AAAACCCCKKKK!!!! SO COLD!!!"
to be continued…
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