Brook did not particularly like Ramen, and she did not bother to hide it. She made it at his request. "You can have all the Ramen. I hate it." She would not pretend to like it just because of his benign smile. She had done that enough times before.
She started boiling water. It would take a bit of time, but she focused on preparing the noodles. It was certainly better than looking him in the eye when he claimed that he could sink that low. Why couldn't he just tell her that he was above such things, even if it was a lie? That was what normal people said.
"I would not call me a slut because of my pregnancy. I've done more than that, but...thank you. Dorothea could not understand because she insisted on saving sex for marriage." She snorted at this, but she was not sure why. Her sister had not condemned her for making a different choice, but she could not help but feel as a failure. "I'm not that young—not that much younger than Dorothea. I'm nearly twenty."
When he patted her back, she looked at him again. There was something weird about him, a bit timid, but he had to be around seven years older than she. When he had alluded to being inexperienced, she would have thought that he was experienced enough to be bolder with her. Perhaps he was nervous for another reason. After all, he seemed to know Dorothea fairly well. Had her dear sister told him something about her?
She smiled and and dumped the noodles into the now boiling water, listening to what he said about her sister and thinking of a number of questions to ask once they sat down. When the noodles were done cooking, she finished preparing them and set them on the table.
"I'm sorry I only have crates to sit on for the kitchen." She sat on her own and made herself as comfortable as she could. "Who is this Cadeyrn? Is he a friend of yours? Is that how she met him? Why would she go to France? Do you know what she's doing in Brazil? Where did she pick up this adopted niece?"
She knew she asked a lot of questions, but what else was there to discuss right now? She smiled at him as a short way to thank him and kissed his cheek.