After I was done with my work, I prepared Jade's recipe, I don't know whether Aiden have tasted them before, but if he hasn't, then it's going to be a first, he shouldn't miss out on something as sweet as this, not with all the nutrients it provides for the body.
I took my time to cook them to perfection, invigilating on myself, taking this meal seriously than the others I have cooked before. This is the third time I'm so serious cooking this meal, first was my first day of cooking it, second was the time I cooked it for my family on the visit, right now is the third time, and I seem to be more careful more than the others, I want him to love this and possibly choose it as his favorite too, just like I did, can still remember the first time Jade made me eat them, I was so afraid that I am about to eat a cooked leaves which would taste like nothing but grass, but immediately those passed my lips and enters my mouth, I just couldn't get enough.
“ Hey....”
“ Hey....” he replied me, that charming smile creeping in into his feature, like he was too comfortable right now and couldn't express his real feelings of seeing me before him right now.
“ I decided to stay alive and wait for today's surprise..... When I saw the message yesterday, I thought I was going to die, won't be surviving without eating your food, they're like oxygen to my lungs.....” he said with a smile.
Doesn't this guy know what kind of compliment he's giving?, He probably doesn't know how good he was with words, if he do, he wouldn't voice out every compliment in his head, he just took my breath away without realizing it, I wonder how long I am going to stick around to survive this.
We went to the office, on opening the meal, he smiled and looked up at me. “ What?....” I asked, quite confused that he wasn't like eewww.... What is this?. He's happy, more like he was amazed at the sight. “ Did Cameron told you about this?....” he asked, the smile widening beyond his control, I just waved my head saying no, before I decided to ask.
“ Have you eaten them before?....” 
He just nodded his head repeatedly, like straight five times before speaking. “ Just once, and they turned out to be my favorite, despite the fact I haven't had them again in years....” 
His smile affected me that I carved in, looking down, this smile is more than the compliments he has been giving so far, this smile is beyond the others, this was like a child's smile, where every guard has been thrown away and just happy for what's before him.
“ Cameron was brought it home, said that it was cooked by his girlfriend, he forced me to eat despite the fact I have legit excuses, saying that his girlfriend wanted him to have this, not with someone else, but him alone, the actual reason was because I never liked it, I never liked the sight of a cooked leaves, grinded actually because it was in small particles, he told me that he was the one who asked his girlfriend to make it for two people, so she's away he's eating it with someone, that I possibly can't run from it..... I wanted to just take the hit, maybe put it three times into my mouth, then give excuses, but immediately this soup gets past my mouth, I was the one who ended up licking the plate, after then did I travelled, not knowing the name of the soup, how to prepare it and so many other things, but I always knew that nothing can be compared to the taste I had that day.....”
I just sat there, my cheeks now hurting because I couldn't get myself to stop smiling, the story he just told about this soup makes it feel really so special. “ I told you that I was going to make up for yesterday's miss, and right now it feels like I just did....” I said, pride in my tone.
“ You definitely did.....”
He took his time, ate the food until there was no sight of it left because he leaked everything, acting like a child before me and too confident and comfortable, he didn't care that I was just sitting there watching, he just dived into the feeling the soup gave him.
“ What's with you?....”
I asked. I have been thinking about this for a while now, but felt this was the perfect time to ask, after he was done eating, I don't want him to let go of his favorite food just because of the question bothering me, so I decided it's best I waited for him to get done.
“ What do you mean?.….” he asked, the smile still there and not going anywhere, he was just waiting for me to clarify my question. “ I asked why you're living this way?.... You're every girls dream, no sensible girl would give up someone like you, yet knowing that, instead of you being someone good when it comes to relationship, instead you're taking advantage of your abilities, you decide to be a player rather than a gentleman who loves only one girl, I'm just curious to know why..... But if I am crossing my lane, then it's fine, you don't have....”
“ My Mom left my Dad....” he interrupted, like that was all the explanation I needed to leave this topic be, his smile has faded away like they was never there minutes ago, he would have taken this as an ordinary question that I usually ask him most times, but it looks like his thoughts went back to that time and that memory still hunts him.