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Ambrosial
-adjective
Exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant.
Worthy of the gods; divine.
Kenji watches his father, nose only just barely peeking over the counter as his father dices watermelon. The treat has been chilling in the well all afternoon, oblivious to the yearnings of a boy who has just turned six.
Daddy has warned him sternly that Kenji is not to sneak his fingers into the cutting area to steal a morsel, as that would be very bad; so he watches and waits for a moment when that all-seeing eye is turned away.
Ah! An opening! Fast as lightning Kenji's hand snatches three wedges of black-speckled red, stuffing all in his mouth at once to avoid detection. The sweetness explodes on his tongue, and his eyes roll up in rapture.
Daddy turns back and glances from the counter, to Kenji, and back again. "Did you take some?" He asks.
Kenji shakes his head. "No, Daddy."
"Are you sure?" Daddy asks, eyes narrowing.
Kenji knows that look. It is the same look he gets when Uncle Yahiko says something stupid to Tsubame-san.
Deny deny deny!
Putting on his most innocent expression, he says, "Yes, Daddy, I'm sure."
Daddy's mouth twitches at the corners in the beginnings of a familiar smile. "Alright, then. Run get your mom and Yahiko-kun. It's time to eat."
Kenji turns, wiping the juice from his chin. Victory!