YELLOWJACKET - CH.15: QUÉDATE CONMIGO

 

Mornings at home were a lot different now that Raja was staying with me.

Since Raja slept on the couch in the living room, now I had to sneak through my apartment more quietly, careful not to disturb him. Inevitably, he would stir as soon as I got in the shower, which I could tell because he always made sure there was coffee waiting for me once I was done. I’d never once asked him to, but after he’d done it a couple of times, I wasn’t going to make him stop.

Once I’d gotten dressed, I came into the kitchen and was greeted with the strong, sharp smell of coffee brewing. At the stove, Raja cracked an egg open into a frying pan, and the egg hit the buttered surface with an audible sizzle.

With consistent meals and regular showers, Raja had cleaned up pretty well. He kept his beard, but now it was trimmed close to his face, and his hair had gone from stringy and greasy to full and smooth. He even looked a little less scrawny in his clothes, though the bones of his wrists and elbows still jutted out pointedly.

“Coffee and eggs?” I came up beside him to take a peek as he ground black pepper across the yolk. “You’re this close to serving continental breakfast, you know that?”

Raja smiled. “Well, I know you usually aren’t hungry in the morning, but if you won’t eat it, I will, so I figure it’s worth making something for you just in case.”

 

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