The Birthday 3
The three teleported just outside the door only to find an aroma of cooked food circulating the entire floor. Making all of the employees present within the floor drool, even the JAVELIN pilots couldn't help it.
Rem and Ram who was smelling this were already anticipating the flavors of the dishes as they were being bombarded by the smell alone.
When Alexander decided to open the door the smell crashed into them, especially with Alexander's sensitive nose he was basically being shot point-blank inside his nostrils!
The twins who didn't expect this kind of aroma from just opening the door were already wanting to dive in and just devour what's creating it. Though thankfully they had strong wills in keeping their usual "straight face" expressions up.
When Alexander walked in he was surprised to see Sebas slurping on some pasta while the children had pasta that was cut up into smaller pieces since they were still young.
"Ohhh, you're back with company for a moment I thought you didn't like the dish", Joichiro joked as he always makes sure his dish was good.
"I would have to lie through my teeth to say that your dish wasn't good, anyway, I brought the mothers of the kids", Alexander started introducing Rem and Ram.
"What is your name, Chef-san?", they both asked in unison.
"Just call me Joichiro and I was invited by Alexander-san to cook for the children's birthday", Joichiro introduced himself and his reason for being here.
Having enough with the greetings the twins immediately asked if they could get a serving but were stopped by the children who offered their own little forks for their Mamas.
The twins of course happily ate from their spoons and Alexander who was just watching was glad that his daughters were sharing with others.
"Shall I prepare different kinds of other dishes?", Joichiro asked Alexander since he didn't want to disturb the bonding of the mothers and daughters.
Though it was futile as every one of Alexander's family has heightened senses. So hearing Joichiro was not even a problem and as expected all eyes locked onto Joichiro expecting him to say one word only.
Joichiro could only chuckle and began preparing different dishes at a rapid pace while the others watched in glee.
Alexander seeing that his family likes food made him steel his resolve in learning how to cook, though he would refrain from using [Instant Mastery] as he would feel like he cheated his family...though he has no problems in using it for fighting skills.
And with that more people started 'curiously' looking inside and Alexander just invited them in while the employees and guards just gratefully accepted the offer.
This was how the days went until the celebration and the children chose their favorite meals that would be served at the party.
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While the day of the event was nearing, the people who were invited started talking about their invitation to the Morningstar Family to celebrate the birthdays of the daughters of the All-Father.
This news circulated all throughout High-society then slowly to media companies where they fanned out the news and then onto the masses.
Surprisingly enough, the people who received an invitation and who had their own companies experienced an increase in their stock market value.
One such example of this was the Yaoyorozu Family and their businesses in the Entertainment Industry, before they only had influence within the Chubu and Kanto region, but now they were able to expand to the Kansai region too.
Heroes who were able to get an invitation had a sudden influx in sponsorship deals, one surprising Hero who suddenly appeared on Television was the Flame Hero, Endeavor!
Much to say, Alexander had a laugh at how stiff this guy was on camera and on national TV, most probably whichever crew filmed him just gave up and rolled with it.
During this short time span, Alexander has asked helped from Joichiro if he could teach him the technicalities of cooking.
Joichiro was at first curious as to why Alexander wanted to learn but agreed when he heard the reason, "To see my family smile, of course, I could learn this instantly and all but I have a feeling that the food would taste amazing and bland at the same time."
Joichiro hearing the man's answer readily agreed to his request and showed him how to use all kitchen tools, from cutting and chopping all kinds of ingredients.
Then told Alexander that he has to taste each and every ingredient for himself and remember its flavors, some will turn out weird but great while others turn into 'poison' is what Joichiro explained.
Alexander remembering Joichiro and Soma comparing disgusting combinations can only shiver as he too will walk the path of tasting his own weird combinations and see if he succeeds, though he has his family with him to try.
The moment Alexander thought of that his children, the twins, and Sebas all sneezed and shivered all at the same time. 'A bad premonition? Better warn Master.', were the thoughts of Sebas.
Days passed and during these days, Alexander would sneak into the kitchen and practice knife cutting and trying out different combinations.
There was one time where he finished a pasta dish, and instead of topping it with cheese, he dusted it with cocoa powder. Sad to say...he was pretty much eating tomatoey mud...the great thing was he never wasted any produce as he just reverts back time.
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It was already the day of the party, and to start things off Alexander woke up early in the morning and tried preparing pancakes.
Though they always ended up not being uniformed in their shape, and when it does it's burnt underneath, or something is just wrong with it.
However, it seems he wasn't the only parent who wanted to make something for their children. Rem and Ram were already planning to make breakfast for the children...but decided to stop and instead watch the man try and do it.
Alexander was already too absorbed trying to make a somewhat perfect pancake the natural way that he doesn't even sense the two walking up to him. Moments later...
"Nee-sama, he is trying very hard isn't he?"
"Rem, he is trying very hard."
The two startled Alexander with their comment but even so, only the hairs on his body stood and butt cheeks clenched...and just kept stirring the batter.
"It seems we failed to scare him, Nee-sama"
"Mission failed, we'll get 'em next time"
Alexander laughed at the sudden reference, "Was that a reference?"
"Maybe.", Ram monotonously answered back, "Rather fun game, you should join us next time.", Rem exclaimed.
Alexander simply nodded at the suggestion, "Would you like to help?", he sheepishly asked as he has already failed numerous times...while the goods ones have already turned cold.
"Why are you cooking anyway? It's very uncharacteristic of you, but yes we will help", Ram was curious as to why the sudden change in actions, as usually Alexander spends time with the kids and from time to time spends time with her and Rem.
"Well, I saw how you two reacted when you tasted the food...so I also started practicing shortly after.
And I usually don't see you two smile often when spending time with me unless you are with the children or the time you tasted Joichiro's cooking hence why I am practicing."
Alexander explained while flipping a pancake.
As Ram and Rem heard that, they immediately put the bowls of pancake batter down and just hugged Alexander from behind. Alexander was confused because of their sudden actions and was just about to speak but...
"Nee-sama, he is a baka."
"Baka. Baka. Baka!"
"We enjoy our time with you just as much with the children!", Ram emotionally exclaimed and tightening her hug, and if a normal human from Alexander's Earth was hugged by this...insides are now outsides.
Alexander not knowing what to do just faced the two and hugged them too, "Ah!", was all he heard before teleporting to his own bed which startled the two as the three landed on his bed.
Alexander did nothing but hug the two and the two did the same and stayed like this for a few minutes until Rem and Ram surprisingly broke the silence, "Can we stay like this?", they asked with a bit of growing drowsiness in their voices.
To answer their question he just tightened the hug and increased his body warmth, which his kids always liked.
And with just simply raising his body warmth, the two snuggled even deeper...until the three drifted off to sleep.
(It was still early morning)
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RAM'S POV (Before they snuggled)-
I and Rem wanted to surprise the children by making them a delicious breakfast so that their day starts off with a filled belly.
Though we have already been doing so for the past year, today we just wanted to do something more for them.
When we were on our way we happen to see light shining through the gaps of the kitchen door. Peeking inside we saw someone that is almost impossible to see inside the kitchen.
We decided to watch him see what he was trying to...burn? deform? summon?
In the end, we decided to sneak up on him to get back at him for surprising us in the library, as we walked closer we saw him mixing a yellow-ish batter of what we guessed is pancake mix.
We announced our presence once we were just right behind him,
"Nee-sama, he is trying very hard isn't he?"
"Rem, he is trying very hard."
We said to him right after another, though it seems we may have failed as he didn't even flinch. Thus, I and Rem just continued to dialogue our failure.
"It seems we failed to scare him, Nee-sama"
"Mission failed, we'll get 'em next time"
Alexander who was mixing the batter laughed at my reference, "Was that a reference?" he asked.
"Maybe.", I said to him though it was rather fun trying to tease him, "Rather fun game, you should join us next time.", Rem exclaimed that we indeed are secretly playing the game.
Alexander didn't respond but nodded to Rem but what he did next was shameless as he asked us if we wanted to help, rather than admitting the fact that he couldn't "cook" and asked us for help.
Even if he couldn't cook well he was still trying to cook so I curiously asked him and said that it was out of his nature to cook but were still going to help.
I mean he usually spends his time with the kids and sometimes with me and Rem.
Then he started to answer my question which left me and Rem caught off guard.
"Well, I saw how you two reacted when you tasted the food...so I also started practicing shortly after.
And I usually don't see you two smile often when spending time with me unless you are with the children or the time you tasted Joichiro's cooking hence why I am practicing."
Alexander said while flipping an already darkened pancake.
When I and Rem heard that we felt a 'pang' within our hearts and our eyes reddened a bit but we just decided to place the bowl down and just sunk our faces into Alexander with our hug.
We couldn't see his expression but we didn't care and just began voicing our thoughts as we didn't mean to make Alexander feel that he didn't make us happy.
"Nee-sama, he is a baka."
"Baka. Baka. Baka!"
Hearing that he still hasn't spoken I decided to, "We enjoy our time with you just as much with the children!", I said with a bit of saliva choking my speech as I got a bit emotional and just began tightening my hug.
We stayed still for a couple of minutes in which I managed to cool down but just as I cooled down, he turned to us and embraced us too with his own hug.
In which we let a sudden high-pitched moan escape our mouth since our breasts were suddenly pressed against his wide chest, but we suddenly appeared within a room and landed on a bed.
When we landed on the bed, me and maybe also Rem started thinking that this could intensify so for a few minutes our hearts were pounding, however, nothing eventually happened so we just returned the embrace.
After some minutes in complete silence we asked, "Can we stay like this?", evident in our voices that we started to feel sleepy again.
Alexander didn't respond and we thought he fell asleep for a moment, not until the warmth in his body increased and he hugged us tighter.
'I and Rem could get addicted to this', I thought and instinctively tried making myself smaller to let Alexander's warmth cover me even more.
Without knowing it we fell asleep.
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(CHEERS!)