Chapter 11 - At Brandon's place
"Do you want to eat?" Brandon asked me, stepping out of the bedroom.
I was fine, but I will probably be hungry in an hour or so. "Yeah. What are you ordering?"
"I am cooking."
"Right... then I am good, thanks."
"Shut up. It's not that bad, Matt."
"It is. I am not eating anything you've made, even if you call it food."
"What's wrong with my cooking?"
"I love you, man, but I already gave you numerous chances, and after the last time, you lost my trust. I've been sick for two days. Plus, yeah, let's not forget - it's disgusting."
"Suit yourself, stay hungry. You can live on cum for what I care."
"Shut up."
"You shut up."
As we came close to the kitchen, there was an unmistakable scent of something burning.
"Yeah, smells real tasty, man," I smirked at him mockingly. "I am ordering something," I said and reached for my phone.
"What do you mean?" he turned to me quizzically.
"Something is burning, man."
"Shit! No!!" he turned and ran to the stove, opening the lid and taking out a big spoon to steer it.
"Fuuuck, I was looking forward to that..." he said, disappointed.
"For real, man, cookbooks. Or you can even use the internet nowadays. Watch some videos if it's hard for you to read." I was grinning as I came closer, looking at the weird content of a pot in front of me.
"Fuck off, lover boy. I am really upset about it."
He tried to steer it and pick out the most burned pieces.
"I am sure it is not that bad. I bet there are some meals that should be burned on purpose."
I looked at it again. It mainly smelled of burned meat.
"I am not eating this, no way!"
He ignored me, trying to save whatever that thing was supposed to be.
"Man, why is it so hard to look at the recipe?"
"Where is the fun in that?"
"I don't know, maybe raising the chance to avoid food poisoning?"
He took a bite. "It's not that bad. Taste it," Brandon put a spoon with that mush in front of me. I looked at it like he had a dead rat in there.
"No thanks. What have you mixed in there this time?"
He shrugged his shoulder and steered it more to look. "I don't know. This is rice. Chicken. What is this called?" he pointed to a piece of vegetable with a spoon.
"Celery."
"Right, so that. Peas..."
"What's this?" I pointed to a mushy blob.
"Not sure, but it may be a pear. It was nearly bad, so I chopped it there."
"For god's sake, why?"
"Why not? It's just nutrients. The taste is just something you are used to."
"There is a reason for that."
"What?"
"Avoid - food - poisoning," I said very slowly
"Ah, food poisoning. Stop being so soft."
Then he looked at my arms and laughed. "Forget I said anything!"
"Seriously, man, taste that."
He put the spoon in front of my mouth, and I recoiled, "I am not eating that, man." repeating.
"Suit yourself. I AM eating that."
I watched him take a bite and chew it.
"Do you even actually like what you make?"
"Sometimes." he shrugged his shoulders again and reached for the plate.