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[divisi]

"I am not either." He mostly always was cooked for, being from a relatively noble life, except when he was a vagrant and just stole bread from shops. He stares at the pot of broccoli for a moment, wondering what to do with it. He's not exactly sure how to cook broccoli. It's in a pot, though, so he puts a little water in and puts it on a burner to steam it. Then he begins to meticulously tidy the things Nina threw or spilled across the kitchen.

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"You know more than me, at least." She said as she looked around. She really fucked the place up, didn't she? A pot hurled across the room, various utensils in places they did not belong, water on the floor. "You don't have to do that." She said, moving to hurriedly pick up the mess herself.

[divisi]

Quietly, he continues picking things up anyway. Once things are back in order, he leans against the counter to watch the stove while things cook, allowing her space to keep prepping things if she needs to. He realizes then that his boots are still on and half-untied, so he goes back to unlacing them.

"I am glad you decided to cook. I am very hungry. The patrol was uneventful and tiresome." He almost wishes something would have happened to sate the knight. And relieve his boredom.

[likeiron]

Her mess cleaned, Nina went to work cutting off the too-burned bits of the steak, managing to salvage a little more than half of it. All they had to do after that was wait for the potatoes and broccoli.

She sighed. "Sorry it's boring out there lately." Nina reached down to take his boots once he was done uncaring and removing them. "On the other hand — glad you're home. I miss you when you're gone."

Oh.

That was embarrassing. Nina's eyes widened at her own comment and she quickly hurried to put his shoes away.

[divisi]

He's surprised when she takes his boots, and more surprised when she says she misses him when he's gone.

"Do you?"

But she's leaving the room by the time he says it, and he has a moment to think before she comes back.

"I suppose I miss you as well."

[likeiron]

Embarrassing! Why did she say that! Nina returned a moment later, once she composed herself.

"Ha... good. You know, sometimes I think I might be too much for you, given my... everything." A motion to the disaster in the kitchen.

[divisi]

"Too much?" He tilts his head to the side.

"Your 'everything' does not bother me."

Her anger doesn't phase him, nor does her intensity. If anything, they balance each other. He can stay calm in most situations to help her through her anger, and she can make him feel things he wouldn't otherwise give himself a chance to feel.

[likeiron]

Oh.

Nina just nodded awkwardly. "That's... good, I guess. The last thing I ever want to do is scare you off because I'm ridiculous and loud and angry all the time. Although I feel less angry when I'm around you these days."

[divisi]

"Scare me?" Still just curiosity in his tone.

"I am not easy to scare. Do not worry about that."

He reaches a hand out to gently clasp the back of her neck and draw her slightly closer, kissing the apple of her cheek.

"You accept all parts of me, including the ridiculous and angry one." That being the Death Knight, of course. "Why should I not do the same for you?"

[likeiron]

Nina closed her eyes with the kiss. Jeritza was too sweet sometimes — to the point she simply did not know how to handle it. She set her hands on his hips, leaned in to rest her head on his shoulder.

"Fair point." She replied with a soft chuckle. "Thanks, Jeritza. I think I can handle the rest of dinner, if you want to set the table for us?"