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Chapter 31 - Out And About
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2024-02-26 16:21:04Aian stared into the fridge.
Of course it was empty.
Kalvin didn’t exactly strike him as the cooking type. Well, it wasn’t entirely empty but alcohol did not count as food contrary to what Kalvin seemed to think.
He shut the fridge and opened the freezer underneath to find a few different sizes of ice cubes and nothing else.
Aian sighed. He wanted to make something for dinner as a small gesture of thanks for staying with Kalvin for the last three days. Not that his twin flame minded, of course.
He had been quite keen to make full use of having Aian around and it had left him feeling drained enough that he had spent the times Kalvin wasn’t home either sleeping or lazing around on the couch with the TV remote in hand.
While he enjoyed eating takeout over the last few days, he was craving a home cooked meal and he was sure Kalvin would appreciate it as well. With another small sigh,
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