Epiphany. [Guren Ichinose x Reader] ➥ Book 2. [Semi-hiatus]

Epiphany ~ Chapter 28.

Guren was right, "If you knew why didn't you ask?" I eyed them in curiosity,

"We collectively agreed not to mention it until you were ready to tell us." Miya explained,

"Was it really a collective decision or did you have to convince Ira and Naomi to keep quiet?" I began to pour the milk into the bowl of noodles, my eyes focused on what I was doing because I knew if I looked up I'd burst out laughing at Ira's distraught expression,

"Of course it's the latter, but it seems like they kept to it so..." She shrugged,

As I scooped a large spoonful of the jam into my meal Ira couldn't remain silent anymore, "This is turning into a domestic emergency, I'm going to get Master Guren." She spared one more look at the mixture of pale pink broth and noodles before looking at me and shaking her head in disdain, as she backed out of the room,

"It's not as if she's eating it though." I muttered, with a shrug,

"Y/N, you know how much I love you, but that is revolting." Miya visibly shivered as I mixed together my lunch,

"Oh, you too?"

"Listen I don't know about pregnancy cravings but that is the most bizarre one I have ever witnessed." She defended her opinion,

I tried some and nodded in satisfaction, "That hits all the right spots." I tucked in, ignoring the incredulous stare from Miya.

"Come look." Ira stormed in, one hand gripping Guren's wrist to drag him and the other pointing at me accusingly,

"What is it?" He sighed, slightly frustrated,

"This better be go-" Naomi followed behind the two, her own curiosity now roused at the fuss, although once she caught sight of what I was feeding myself she immediately came to a halt,

"Y/N...what, and I cannot stress this enough, the fuck are you eating?" Naomi rubbed her eyes and squinted to make sure her eyes weren't deceiving her,

"Is that jam, milk and noodles?" Even Guren was side-eyeing my choice of food,

"Cold noodles and not the good kind." Ira interjected,

"You all judge me as much as you want, I'm satisfying my sugar cravings and getting my carbs and calcium in one simple meal." I somewhat gloated in a nonchalant manner, although no one saw any reasoning behind that,

"I believe I've seen better food in prisons." Guren shook his head,

"Miya I can't do it anymore, I know you said not to do it, but there's no way someone who isn't pregnant would come up with this."

"I know about your agreement, yes I'm pregnant."

Naomi ignored me, "This is the very first time but Y/N I'm going to make you something far better than that so please stop."

"No this is the best it can get!" I pouted clutching onto my bowl,

The group were silent for a while, sharing suspicious looks before Miya stood up and began to put away the carton of milk and and jar of jam back into the fridge before shaking her head, slightly bemused and leaving the room.

"Huh? What are you guys up to?" I narrowed my eyes in suspicion as I tried to look for any abnormalities in the group,

"Hey, Y/N." Naomi knelt to my level and whispered into my ear, "You're not too far in, want to have one more ya'know..." she mimicked popping open a bottle,

My eyes widened, "Are you crazy? You know I can't do that Naomi!" I hissed back at her, I expected her to react, but her eyes were no longer on me, but on the person who's hand reached to grab my bowl out of reach,

"You don't want that!" Ira grinned triumphantly pouring the contents down the sink and collecting the remains and disposing of them in the food bin,

"I'll have food ready soon." Naomi deadpanned as she reached for a cooking pot,

Tears pricked my eyes, "I can't believe you guys just wasted food like that."

"Y/N- what you were eating was a waste of food." Ira shook her head,

"You're all so mean. I'm never going to forgot this." I sniffed loudly, genuinely hurt by how they quite cruelly stole my food and threw it away,

"Oh dear, are those hormones kicking in?" Naomi turned around to find my me crying,

"Naomi you're the worst of them all, you better watch your back." I testily glared at her,

"Hey, calm down. Naomi's not a bad cook." Guren tried to reassure me, placing his hands on my shoulders and soothingly massaging them,

"Oh I bet she is." I spat almost sarcastically, crossing my arms,

"I found that more offensive than your threat, Y/N- you know I did actually work at the bar I was at."

"Oh so it wasn't just the illegal weapons?" The petty retort rolled off my tongue,

"Nah, my duality is spectacular, don't you think?" She turned to wink at me,

I stood up from my seat abruptly and turned on my heel, "Hmph. Call me when you're done."

"Thought I wasn't a good cook?"

"Well I'm not going to starve after you guys took away my food." I scoffed.

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A/N: I did not expect to be gone for 2 months LOL.
I hope you've all been okay and safe and I'm sorry I haven't been able to keep up, I was also going through writers block too so hopefully chapters will come out more often that 1 every 2 months but I can't make no promises. 🤦🏾‍♀️

Love you guys, Alicia~