Location: Yuno City
Place: Yuuta's Apartment
Yuuta sat quietly at the dining table while dinner was served before them. The warm aroma of roasted garlic and honey-glazed meat filled the apartment, and across from him, Elena was happily munching away without a single care about the mess she was making around her mouth.
Yuuta watched her with the same smile he had been forcing himself to wear ever since returning home. His eyes were exhausted and his body desperately needed rest, yet whenever Elena looked toward him, he made sure none of that showed upon his face.
"Slow down, Princess."
Yuuta reached across the table with a napkin and gently wiped the sauce from the corner of Elena's mouth.
"Chew properly."
"But Papa, it tastes better this way."
Yuuta couldn't help smiling a little more genuinely at that. He rubbed her head before pulling his hand away.
"Does it? You'll still choke if you keep eating that fast."
Elena considered this seriously for a moment before nodding.
