"The Starry Sky And You" ✔

Dorm Peace

Chapter eighteen: "Dorm Peace"

We were preparing for dinner and I was in charge of setting up the table while Cloud was putting away the groceries alongside Paul, Chris was helping Cheryl cook the food

Sometimes when Cloud passed by Chris they would both stare at each other and Cloud would either glare at him or flat out ignore him pretending he was never there, I hit him at the back of his foot with my right feet "Cloud be nice" I whisper to him

"Angel, I don't like him" he whispered back and we both peeked at Chris who has his back facing us being busy chopping up the radishes on the counter

"The least that you should do is just don't give him death glares every 6 minutes"

"He started it"

"Cloud, he was staring at you not glaring"

He crossed his arms "Well I still don't like him" he closed his eyes and turned away acting like a toddler

I sighed and put one hand on my head
This is taking up more of my energy

Cheryl and Chris were now done cooking so we all gathered around at the table and started eating
The Pork Sinigang was so hot and it was also both sour and savory

Chris, Paul, Cloud, and I made funny faces when we ate it for the first time, Cheryl snorted while watching us from her seat

"I did not expect it to taste like this" Paul commented as he took in another bite

Cheryl tilted her chin up "Thankfully I managed to watch over the rice since Chris is so bad at cooking rice that he almost burnt it" she gave Chris a look and he turned to face the other direction trying to avoid her gaze

"You need cooking lessons" Paul suggested to Chris

Cheryl's eyes sparkled "Then why don't I teach him? Even Penelope could help me teach him"
Cheryl that's a bad idea

I hit Cheryl's leg from under the table and her eyes landed on me, I shook my head at her and tilted it towards Cloud who hasn't given a reaction yet because he was still processing the taste of the Sinigang in his mouth
I know that she wants to help Chris but please don't involve me

This is for the sake of our dorm peace

It took her a while before she understood what I was trying to say to her with no words and using my entire facial expression to relay it to her. Cheryl cleared her throat and drank some water "I forgot that Penelope is busy at times so I'll just teach you myself, you can come too Pau Pau" she referred to Paul

Chris, Cloud, and I almost spat out our food from the sudden laughter

Paul puts down both his spoon and fork "I don't like the nickname Pau Pau for the 59th time Cheryl, it sounded like a dog that wants to do the number 2"

Cloud calmed himself down after a long fight with himself from trying not to laugh, he inhaled a big breath before exhaling "I think Pau Pau is a great nickname HAHAHA" he didn't manage to hold it in and Paul's face gave a look of defeat
Sorry Paul, can't help you with that

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I was washing the dishes while the trio went out to buy snacks for a movie marathon, two strong arms snaked around above my shoulder, and my waist. Cloud watched me clean the dishes because his head was hovering above my shoulder

I finally did what Vivi instructed me to do to reduce the swelling and it's helping me a lot right now

Cloud kissed me on the cheek "Here I'll help you" he offered his help in washing the rest and I was now drying the plates before putting them back in their storage area