Chapter 19: Leftovers
"..." Silence pervaded the smoky, sausage-smelling clearing outside Nick's house after everyone took their first bites.
"It's..." Nick started saying, a little unsure how to put it.
"...Underwhelming," Sosora bluntly finished for him. She looked up and noticed the other three staring at her.
"I-I didn't mean it like that!" She hurriedly said. "It was just...You got my hopes up so high after what you said about Kai refusing to eat anything else!" She blamed Nick.
"No, I agree." He nodded with a solemn expression.
"I think it's good," Kavam said with a hearty smile as he polished his plate.
Lora froze in the middle of doing the same when they looked at her.
"Y-yeah. It's the best sausage I've ever eaten," She added.
'Isn't it the only sausage you've ever eaten?' Nick thought to himself but without saying it. He glanced at Kai. This was a far cry from the bought ones he had given to Kai. The taste was just off.