621's Reformation
Chapter 4
Nani got up, yawning. She looked over at her clock, which said 5:00. Nani quickly got dressed into her uniform. She needed to have enough time to make Lilo's lunch, get a quick breakfast, and then go straight to work.
Nani went downstairs. Before she even got to the kitchen, Nani could smell someone cooking pancakes. And it smelt great.
Nani went into the kitchen and saw that 621 was cooking pancakes on the stove. She blinked in surprise. Nani had no idea that any of the experiments, other than French Fry, could cook. 621's one ear twitched and he turned around. His expression was, at first, panicked but it turned calm. It was obvious 621 had taken a bath because, unlike yesterday, his body was clean of all of the mud and blood from his fall. New bandages had been wrapped over the cuts, which were obviously self-done. His evergreen eyes met with Nani's dark brown ones.
"Good morning." 621 said.
He then turned back to cook, breaking the eye contact. Nani noticed that he was trying to have as little eye contact with her and Lilo as possible. Nani went next to the experiment. In order for him to reach the top of the stove, 621 was using a step stool because he was only 3 feet tall.
"You're cooking?" Nani asked.
621 nodded without taking his eyes off the pancakes, confirming Nani's suspicions even more.
"I woke up early and I know how hard it is to get ready when you haven't eaten so I made breakfast." 621 replied.
A small smile of amusement curled Nani's lips. He was acting like a child who wanted to do everything themselves and without the help of an older sibling or a parent. Just looking at 621 reminded Nani of how she was when she was younger.
"The plate closest to me is for you. You might want to eat it before it gets cold and disgusting. " 621 said, using his lower left hand to point over at the counter.
Nani looked over and saw that a plate with a stack of three pancakes were on the counter. On the top of the stack was blueberries and powdered sugar. Nani's favorite.
"How did you know that I love blueberries and powdered sugar on my pancakes?" Nani asked.
"I found a note in the cookbook about how you like blueberries and powdered sugar on your pancakes while Lilo likes hers with whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles." 621 explained.
Nani then noticed that, open on the counter, was her mother and father's cookbook.
"You used the cookbook?" Nani asked.
"Yeah. Was I not supposed to?" 621 asked, a little bit of uncertainty and nervousness clear in his voice.
"No, it's fine! It's just that I thought you just would have used the pancake mix stuff." Nani said, grabbing a fork and knife from the drawers.
"I'm used to cooking without using pre-made things. When Jumbaa would stay up, I would cook for him by using the edible ingredients from around the kitchen." 621 explained as Nani sat down at the table.
"Really? You would cook for him?" Nani asked.
"Yeah. He would be too busy with making another experiment so that he would forget to eat." 621 said, chuckling a bit.
Nani stared at the experiment. She had never heard 621 laugh before, let alone chuckle. The only laughter that Nani had heard from him was his insane laughter.
"What about when he made Stitch?" Nani asked.
621 stopped for a second then put another stack of pancakes on a plate with three of his arms.
"I helped Jumbaa stay awake while he made him and I helped make him." 621 replied, getting off the stool.
He got a paper towel and wiped off his hands. 621 picked up the four plates and put them at Lilo, Stitch, Jumbaa, and Pleakley's normal places. He then turned back to the counter and put one at the empty seat at the table that was far away from everyone else. 621 then put knives and forks at the places. He then took a disinfecting cloth from under the sink and wiped down the counter. 621 then threw it out and, finally, sat down at his seat.
At that moment, Stitch, Lilo, Jumbaa, and Pleakly all came into the room.
"Breakfast?" Jumbaa asked.
"621 made it. It's really good!" Nani said, finishing up her pancakes.
621's face turned dark green with embarrassment.
"It's not that good." 621 mumbled.
"Stop being modest! It's excellent!" Nani said.
621 silenced himself by eating some of his pancakes. Nani busied herself by making Lilo's lunch, as well as Pudge's peanut butter and jelly sandwich. No one talked because Nani guessed they were enjoying 621's pancakes.
"621, where did you learn to make pancakes like this?" Jumbaa asked.
"I taught myself. I did have to cook for myself, after all. And I had to cook for you." 621 replied, no emotions in his voice.
"Oh, right. Jumbaa forgot that you made food." Jumbaa said.
Nani heard 621's chair scrape against the floor.
"I'm going for a walk." 621 said.
"But your injuries haven't healed yet!" Jumbaa protested.
"I'm fine!" 621 spat, impatience clear in his voice.
Nani heard 621's angry footsteps and the door opening and then slamming shut.
"What did Jumbaa do?" Jumbaa asked.
"You brought up something 621 doesn't want to talk about. I've learned that just from 4 days of knowing him! He has a very short temper and hates people mentioning things that he doesn't like to talk about." Nani said, turning around with her hands planted on her hips.
"Ih. Nani right. 621 don't like talking about past." 626 said in his broken English.
Jumbaa looked guiltily at his plate. Nani glanced at her watch.
"I'm sorry, but I have to go to work! Bye guys!" Nani said.
With that said, she ran out the door toward where she worked. Unknown to her, 621 wasn't angry.
Yeah, random chapter with Nani POV. And yes, I personally think that 621 would not only gather DNA for Jumbaa, but cook for him when Jumbaa forgot to eat. Anyway, next chapter will be 621 POV again. See you next time~!