cook

After getting the medicine I made my way back to the apartment, Exiting the elevator door I saw the door to Fujimiyu's apartment open, wondering if Mahiru already took care of him "Honestly how does someone live like this" Looking at the piles of trash blocking any place to place my feet

"Hayashi, did you get the medicine?" a voice suddenly rang behind me, Guessing who it was I turned around and saw Mahiru standing not from me, holding a towel and water

"Ah, yes I got the medicine, Do you know where Fujimiyu is right now?"

"I took him to his bed, right now I'm taking care of him because it was my fault that he got a cold"

"I see, well Take these" I gave the medicine to Mahiru and rolled up my sleeves and pants

"Thanks, and why are you rolling up your clothes?" Mahiru looked at me with curiosity

"Well as a good neighbor I decided to clean up the hallway, It would be more sanitary and easier to take care of him with a cleaned hallway" I put on a proud face for being such a good neighbor, but I didn't plan to do the entire apartment because that would remove one of the scene of Mahiru and Fujimiyu cleaning the apartment,

"All alright, just don't make too much noise while cleaning" Mahiru said while walking past me and entering Fujimiyu's room

"Time to clean I guess" I quickly moved my feet to put all the trash into the plastic bag I found lying around

<Mahiru pov>

"Fujimiyu how are you feeling" Mahiru looked at the laying Fujimiyu while placing the towel on his head

"Could be better, You don't need to take care of me you know" Fujimiyu looked at Mahiru with drowsy eyes

"It is my fault that you are sick, so it's my responsibility to take care of you" Mahiru firmly said, trying to convince Fujimiyu

Hearing the rustles beyond the door Fujimiyu questioned who it was "What's with all the rustling" Fujimiyu looked at the door

"Hayashi is cleaning the hallway right now, Fujimiyu you should sleep for now, you look tired, How did you even walk all the way here with that body" Mahiru looked at Fujimiyu's bedridden body

"Hayashi helped me most of the way from school" Fujimiyu said while looking at the ceiling, with heavy eyes Even with all his effort he finally fell asleep, Mahiru looked at the sleeping Fujimiyu with confusion in her eyes 'Why do people like you exist, helping others while ignoring your health' walking to the door and exiting she saw Hayashi is almost done with collecting all the useless trash littered around the hallway

<Hayashi pov>

Getting up I looked at the now-cleaned hallway, Even if it's only the hallway it was pretty difficult to separate clothes and trash on the ground, Turning around I saw Mahiru looking and me "How is Fujimiyu?"

"Fujimiyu is now sleeping, I'm going to wait in his room to wait until he wakes up" Mahiru told me her plan

"The angel waiting on the bedside after you wake up, that's every boy's dream"

"Do not call me that" Mahiru looked at me sternly with a pout on her face

"Alright alright, you don't need to get sensitive about it" I raised my hand in defeat at the stubborn Mahiru

"Anyway I'm done with cleaning the hallway I will get some food, I'm hungry" I plan to get some noodles for dinner, ah Thinking about it already makes my mouth drool, and looking at my phone I search for any takeout I can order and deliver, but unfortunately there is no one near here

"What the heck How is there none" After much considering my options I decided to go to the nearest supermarket to buy cooking utensils, a rice cooker, a bag of rice, and spices like garlic, pepper, salt, etc With only 3000 yen to my name left I scroll through the quest on the system to make money and one quest stick out for me

[Give Fujimiyu breakfast in the morning for their school (rewards:15)] This quest seems plausible, I can buy cooking knowledge from the shop, and quite rewarding too

[would you like to buy: knowledge:cooking (lvl1)?]

[successful! thank you for purchasing in the shop Please come again!] Suddenly a wave of knowledge invaded my brain, Trying to process all this knowledge I felt a warm liquid drip down my nose, and touching it I saw blood on my hand 'Ah shit' I quickly made my way to the nearest public bathroom 'So what's that about sis'

[You seem to overclocked your brain while processing the information, don't worry that's a common occurrence for first-time users, next time try process the information one by one]

'Could you tell me that first before I bought the knowledge

[Even if I told you, you probably can't control what to process for the first time, so it is inevitable even if I told you]

'But a heads up would be nice'

[I'll remember that] After looking at the knowledge I got, it seems it covers the most basic of cooking info, but what surprises me is that the recipe I receive isn't limited to Japan only, it covers, all the regions on earth be it India, Germany, to even Switzerland but almost all these information are useless because Japanese do not have access to the ingredients. unless...

'System can I buy ingredients from the shop?' I ask a question to the system

[The system sells all the things that Earth has so it is possible to buy cooking ingredients] It seems I do not need to worry about out-of-reach ingredients, as I can buy them from the system, though it is quite expensive as one point is equal to one thousand yen

Now I need to think about what I should make, I like to make something unique but nothing strange, but after much consideration, I decided to make rendang, why you ask? because I love the food, I once visited Indonesia and tried out all sorts of stuff, and rendang is densely packed with calories, so it is a good meal for the skinny Fujimiyu, though the look is quite unappetizing so I will switch out some ingredients sauce to mellow out the overwhelming taste

After deciding what to do I went back to the supermarket to buy some beef and curry blocks and went back home, After entering the elevator and going up, the elevator motion stopped and the door opened, Glancing at Mahiru going inside Fujimiyu's apartment with a giant pot I can probably guess what would happened next,

Entering my own apartment and putting all the stuff in the kitchen, I returned to my bed and went to sleep

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