The kitchen was filled with the comforting scent of sizzling garlic and soy sauce as Nova and Chloe moved around, trying to follow the instructions from a Korean cooking video they had found online. The kitchen counter was cluttered with ingredients—bottles of sesame oil, bowls of marinated meat, and chopped vegetables, all contributing to the chaotic yet somehow organized mess.
Chloe glanced at the laptop screen propped up on the counter, her brows furrowed in concentration as she tried to mimic the chef’s movements. “Are you sure we’re doing this right?” she asked, stirring the pot of bubbling stew with a wooden spoon, her eyes still glued to the screen.
Nova, who was chopping scallions with exaggerated precision, chuckled. “Honestly? I have no idea. It looks easy in the video, but som
