STUCK: "CAN I GO BACK?"

CHAPTER 4: fried noodles

A shaky breath escaped Claire's lips. It looks like she couldn't avoid Marcel at the moment. There was no doubt about Marcel's handsomeness when she looked into his eyes. There was nothing wrong with his appearance, he had beautiful blue eyes.

Claire asked, acting like she was in a hurry. "Why are you so quiet? You said you wanted to apologize, right?"

"I'am sorry It was an accident yesterday... I accidentally hit your head with a ball." Marcel apologized.

"My forgiveness was long before you apologized," Claire replied quickly.

After hearing Claire's words, Marcel just kept being silent, which got Claire mad. Marcel was pushed aside by Claire, and she left him for good.

An inexplicable look crossed Marcel's face as Claire left.

"Does she look different now?"

……

As soon as Claire arrived at Mrs. Tya's house, she asked, "Miss Claire, what do you want for lunch?"?"

"I'll cook myself, Mrs. Tya," Claire said, smiling. "You don't have to cook."

"It seemed like you weren't good at cooking, Miss Claire. Can I help you?" Mrs. Tya asked.

Then Claire said, pretending to be a good cook, "No thanks, Mrs. Tya. Just instant noodles!".

"Hahahaha... I'll wait here. If you need my help, don't hesitate to call me.

“Okay! That’s great!” Claire replied.

As Claire strolled into the kitchen, she was blown away by how luxurious it was. Her eyes were drawn to every piece of furniture. It took Claire a while to figure out where everything was in the kitchen. A strange package of fried noodles helped her find her way around the confusing kitchen.

She thought, "Wow... it seems the noodles in the comics aren't the same as those in reality," she muttered.

Claire was trying to make a pasta concoction when she started to cook the noodles.

Claire was excited to eat the noodles she have cooked herself. "Ahhh... finally it's done. That looks really good..." she said as she admired the noodles she'd made.

She was surprised to find her brother, Nicho, standing in front of her when she turned to head to the dining room. The hot and delicious noodles she just made were about to fall off.

It looked like Claire was fuming. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE? MY NOODLE NEARLY FELL!" she yelled.

Claire sounded cast away when Nicho screamed "Move!".

The cynic asked, "Where's your attitude?"

Claire's conversation didn't matter to Nicho, he nudged Claire's body right away.

A snort escaped Claire's lips as she gritted her teeth. Nonetheless, Claire didn't care much, since he wasn't her biological brother anyway. After eating her lunch, Claire sat down to watch her favorite drama in the dining room.

While she was busy, her brother wasn't too sure what to do in the kitchen. Nicho didn't have a reason to come to the kitchen in the first place. When he saw Claire cooking by herself, he was very surprised.

Nicho thought, "After all these years, I thought Claire never cooked... To find her cooking in the kitchen is strange."

Additionally, Claire just looked angry and acted sassy at him. Claire will still act childish whenever Nicho is around, even though she's never acted like that before.

"What's changed about her?"

…..

"Hah! I'm bored." Claire said.

After she finished watching the Korean drama, Claire shut down her laptop. Then she fumbled for her phone on the small table next to the bed, lying on the very soft bed.

After seeing that nothing came up on her phone, she sighed. "So this is what it's like to be single, huh?" she said.

A growl sounded in her stomach. In spite of eating just now, she still felt hungry.

"As of right now, I feel like my stomach is growling all the time. It's like my stomach knows I'm a rich girl, haha!"

She sat down on the edge of the bed and looked around for snacks.

When she couldn't find any food in a room so big, she mumbled annoyedly. "A room this wide doesn't have a single snack?"

"It's too lazy for me to go downstairs, especially if I have to meet that bastard Nicho." She grumbled. It's still fresh in Claire's mind what happened with Nicho this afternoon.

"That's fine. I'd rather eat than starve."

It was time for Claire to go to the kitchen, so she walked out of the room. As it turned out, it was already dark outside. As she watched her favorite Korean drama, time passed.

Her attention was caught by a man looking through the refrigerator as she reached the kitchen doorway.

‘Gosh! What kind of thief would break into a big house like this? Claire wondered. There was no doubt in her mind that a thief was there.

In order to protect herself, Claire was looking for something. When she saw the golf club, she grins. She grabbed it quickly and slowly walked toward the thief.

'How likely is it he'll die if I hit him with this? It makes me wonder if there's a law if he dies in this comic world...'

It was like the person turned around and shocked Claire. Her spontaneous action was to hit the thief in the forehead.

"You got to eat that, thief! That's your punishment for stealing from me!"

"What the hell! That hurts! Are you crazy?" "Ow!damd! That hurts!" "Damd! That hurts!"

"It hurts huh? You deserve it, thief!" Claire said, continuing her protective behavior.

He ran away, trying to avoid Claire, not wanting to get hit again. It was like "Tom and Jerry" cartoons, they were running and chasing.

"WOW! What the heck are you guys doing?!"

Hearing Nicho's voice made Claire stop right there. Because she was tired of chasing the thief, she was panting. They were looking at them from four different angles. The Elizer Boys, the Marcel's soccer team, were the members.

"The trouble started with your sister!" James shouted in desperation.

Apparently, Claire thought James was stealing from her.

Claire tried to fight back, saying, "So I was wrong? How dare you steal in my house!".

"Wow, James. Stealing in your own friend's house?Oh my gosh, you're terrible."

He explained as he stroked his forehead, which had bumps from being hit by Claire with a golf stick. "Stealing my ass! I was just getting some drinks from the fridge until this brat thought I was a thief and hit me!" James said.

It just dawned on Claire that the person she hit was a member of the Elizer Boys.

Her brother's eyes were intimidating, so Claire glanced at them.

"I'd like you to apologize to him, Claire," Nicho said.

When Claire was asked to apologize, she just sighed.

She apologized in a sorry tone, "I didn't know it was you."

James pointed at his forehead bumps and replied, "Well, as if your apology can heal them.".

Claire begged with puppy eyes, "Please forgive me...".

"You're lucky because you're Nicho's sister, so I forgive you."

"Yeah!"

After Claire's apology was accepted, she jumped for joy.

"Thanks, James, for forgiving Nicho's favorite sister. I'll treat you tomorrow in the cafeteria, all right? Hahaha." Claire said giggling.

As they hadn't seen Claire laugh for a while, they were amazed to see her happy face.

Claire walked into the kitchen again, looking for food, not realizing that everyone noticed her new attitude. The changes in Claire's nature were now happening right in front of everyone in Valconoes. There was a look of wonder and delight on everyone's faces.