Today Claire went shopping to buy her grocery. She needs to make it as a routine from now on because a few days ago she just bought a kitchen. What use of it can she apply if she don't cook now, don't she? So she got the idea to act like a common auntie and went down the pebble roads and walked to the mini supermarket, following Manna's advice to buy things.

"Let's see.." she examined the small sheet of paper in her hand and sighed, looking at the lady's handwriting. "Why I should buy vegetables??"

Her tragic story begins here when she doesn't really enjoy eating vegetables, but she plants it. And now she has the list to BUY them. What use?!, she bursts in the middle of snowy path. "I won't buy them! No way!"

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'I think you should take the carrots as well,"

Today is wednesday.

"..ah, really? Then I'll take one..."

"Take two or three. Eat it regularly, though, a small figure of girl like you wouldn't finish eating one in one day." laughter.

"Oh..okay then." slowly, Claire took three pieces of long carrots and put it inside her basket. Oh gawd what she's doing?

In a hopeful coincidence, she met the doctor in the supermarket, so he helped her to do her shopping.

So that's why.

Doctors. They told people to eat vegetables. A lot.

Claire cried inside, secretly. But to make the story more interesting, the doctor said something like he doesn't have anything to do that day, so he said he would like to visit her house, and teach her in some way how to really cook plants...er, vegetables. Claire agreed, obviously. Then the two people starts walking leaving the supermarket with Karen, the owner's daughter and also her friend, suspects the both of them being in love, were on her way to spread the lovey-dovey gossip!

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"So, lend me your apron," the doctor instructed.

"Right, here you go." she gave it to him.

Chop, chop, chop.

"Claire, could you please wash this vegetables? I'm making the sauce."

"Oh...sure thing."; he hand her over the bowl. Claire washed it carefully, not wanting to be scolded for the next few seconds if she doesn't do it properly. She knows that the doctor is a strict person. But yet, she knows that he is a caring one too. She smiled thinking that they are actually spending the day together...ahh! Not pervetly spending time together..she meant it by doing something meaningful with her admirable person. Just after she finished doing that he's done as well. So the two people sat down and the doctor began to put everything in mix, so that they can start eating.

Claire gave a weird face, although she loves the scent of the food he made.

"What's wrong?" the doctor asks. "You don't like vegetables?"

"You can say..not really KEEN to it..haha." she laughs. "But its okay!! I'll eat this."

"Really? I'm sorry I've kinda forced you to make this lunch with me then," he smiled, which was rare.

"Oh, well, you see, I don't mind that at all. Really. Plus I have to eat them in any case..or then I won't have many iron in my body to do vigour works.." she said. She was practically trying to make the doctor smile a bit longer, or perhaps more. And he did.

Now he smiles awkwardly though. '..Do you read a lot?" he asks.

"Oh, why do you ask?"

"You seem to know some of the nutritious facts, now that you mention it, you said 'iron'."

"Yeah.. I read sometimes. Marry suggested good books to me."

"Really..that's good. Now let's eat?"

Munch, munch.

"How's the taste?"

"Hmm..it's not bad. It was...good actually. I never thought vegetables would taste like this." she gave her sincerest comment, no offense. The doctor chuckled.

"Of course vegetable tastes great!" he spoke with enthusiasm. "It's a healthy food after all."

Claire smiled looking at how happy he is at the moment. So she just nods. "Yup, totally."

Finally the doctor found that it was interesting after all to talk with somebody. He enjoyed his stay at her house until late, and then went home on his own at the evening. He said he would come again if he had time.

-t.s.u.z.u.k.u-