A twenty year old mum, not a kid

Alex's POV

I carefully held her in my arms as she leaned on my shoulder, her arms wrapped around my neck.

"Are you comfortable?" I asked, and she shook her head.

She adjusted herself on me while I waited, and when she was done, she nodded. So, I carried her down the stairs and walked into the kitchen.

I sat her on the kitchen countertop, took out my phone from my pocket, and gave it to her to keep herself company while I headed to the cupboard.

After gathering the things I'll use for cooking, I walked over to where the white apron was and slipped it on.

I glanced at her and saw her staring down at my phone, so I guessed she was watching a movie.

I proceeded to watch the rice and set it on the gas cooker. The doctor had instructed that she should only have light food, but my mate had emaciated.

I wasn't going to give her heavy food, but at least she could eat rice instead of pap.

After adding less spicy ingredients to it, and no pepper at all, I closed the pot and left it to boil.

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