A morning with five

Currently in the space inside Jin’s mind…

“Oh dear… Jin’s knocked out cold ha ha!” Lucian laughed.

“So what? Let the guy stay knocked out. He’ll thank us” Ren said with a frown.

“Oh don’t be such a sour pus. Why don’t we take over his body until he wakes up?” Lucian suggested. “So, who is the most suitable one out of us ninety nine that are currently present?”

“Not this sh*t again Lucian… Don’t you remember? When I was still alive, you took over my body to be a lecherous pervert. I had forty nine girls after my ass holding knives, swords, and other weapons.” It was Ban who spoke up.

“Oh come on Ban. In the end, didn’t you porked and married all forty nine didn’t you?” Lucian teased Ban.

“…. I was lucky enough to have a strong libido Lucian. Do you want Jin to die from doing his entire life dry?” Ban frowned at Lucian.

“Oh please. If he is like us, he’ll have a way. I think…” Lucian was mused at the idea.

“…. Okay, we all agree that Lucian will not go out. The man is an overly destructive time bomb filled with aphrodisiac powder. No offense Lucian.” Ren said.

“Oh none taken. What you just said is true. Not like it’ll matter” Lucian shrugs.

“What does that supposed to mean?” Ren was slightly scared of what Lucian just said.

“It means, Ban took the initiative (:3)“ Lucian pointed.

The man named Ban instantly took actions before Lucian. It was because he was more concerned if Lucian had taken over Jin’s body and that would be a catastrophe. But in a flash Lucian, flew faster than Ban and took over Jin’s body. “DON’t DO IT LUCIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Ban roared.

Currently on the outside…  

The four girls looked to each other one by one. But they saw no hopes in each other. If this a gamble, even if one could win, the outcome would be horrendous. They looked at Jin who was already laying on the kitchen floor. They had no choice but to move him onto the living room bed.

“What should we do?” Meracle murmurs. They were at lost for words.

“Why don’t you all make a dish and if none of them are good, you girls can eat my food and I’ll eat yours” A voice said. The voice was much warmer and carries a light warm feeling to it than before. The body of the man who was just knocked out is now clearly sitting straight up with a smile.

“Jin?” they were shocked to see that the man named Jin could still be fine and sending out a sweet smile. The smile made all four girls’ hearts skip a beat or two. ‘What a monster!’ they all thought.

But in truth, it was Lucian who took over Jin’s body and it was Lucian who had suggested for them to cook.

“Mmm I’ve enjoyed that quite a bit. Your punch was good but still a little light. You only hit the tip of my chin so I’ll be fine. He he” Lucian scratches his head. “But….”

Lucian made a quick move and already zoomed in on Meracle’s face only an inch or two apart. When he was about to do something, a voice roared inside. “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!!!!” The voice boomed and Lucian was sent back into Jin’s mind. Now Jin was back in control.

“Ah damn. I thought I could have a little more fun~… Oh well…” Lucian lightly said. “But this guy is already in my trap” Lucian’s eyes turned vicious. Lucian purposely tried to seduce the four girls one by one. Even though he failed, he puts Jin in a position where he cannot act as if everything was a mistake.

Jin, being able to adapt to many strange situations since he was a kid, chose the best possible choice he had. Moving as quickly as the wind, Jin swerves behind Meracle, puts his hands around her waist and nibbles on her ear. He even pulls her closer and licks around her ears.

Meracle had a deep red streak running across her face and it was only getting redder. “Haaaaaaaa~” Meracle could not believe that she let loose a lewd sound. “I would enjoy things more if you pay me back~” Jin sweetly whispers. But those words were ones he knew that he would regret. Meracle finally was able to come back to reality and pushed Jin away with a red face and hid behind Mirana. ‘Cute… Just like a school girl…’ They all thought.

“Oh dayum! Jin got balls! You go Jin!!!!!! Make that girl your woman!!! Make all of them your woman!!!” Lucian cheered on the sidelines. Lucian was about to peck Meracle on the cheek but who knew that Jin would do something bolder!? Lucian was instantly punched for his sleight of hand by Ren. “Oh shut up you perv!” Ren scowled. The rest of the figures let out a sigh of relief. “No matter Ren.  Jin needs to be bold every now and then. Why not take this chance? (;3)” Lucian was having a lot of fun. “Oi… Calm down that libido inside you Lucian and just watch Jin… We don’t want him to have too many troubles now…” Ban spoke up. “Oh you kill joys… Fine...” Lucian pouted but he still had a small smile on his face.

“But I think I would enjoy things more if all four of you girls would cook for me” Jin said in a crystal clear and sweet voice. “I can’t see exactly right now. So I am hoping that you girls would be able to do it in my place” Jin lied. “For the one who is able to cook the best, I’ll do the same for them as I did for Meracle just now. Even you Meracle, but I’ll do it on your other ear.” Jin entices them with a sweet deal. Hearing this, how could the girls refuse? Of course they accepted. As for Meracle, she knew she had no chance but was jealous. The flames of determination was lit in all four girls.

But his plan the entire time was to place his hopes in the other three girls hoping that they could cook and be able to cook well. At the very least, better than Meracle. Sadly, this was a bet that Jin is about to lose no matter which foods or dishes he picks or eats. His prayers were nothing more than futile dreams.

The moment the cooking started, all of the girls already prepared their ingredients. The theme was curry! But three of the four already had malicious intentions towards the others. They knew that they didn’t have to worry about Meracle because she was a novice. But the others were more problematic. Thus the girls were all worried about who would really win between the three. They already had ways to counter the others.

During the cooking process, they would sneak in each other’s food something special when the others was not looking. For Mirana, it was daily medicines that was put into Rosa’s and Gisela’s foods also known as daily supplements. For Rosa, she puts mostly pepper and some milk into Mirana’s and Gisela’s food. For Gisela, she puts some expired meat into Rosa’s and Mirana’s food. Meracle was quietly uninterrupted while making the food. She did not even saw the three devious souls next to her. Thankfully, they only made food enough for one person each.

Jin was sitting in the living room because he was told to sit back and wait and not make food. But Jin felt a bad premonition coming on. The hair on his skin couldn’t help but to stand up from the dark vibes. ‘Oh my heavens… please don’t tell me a strange concoction was being made…’ Jin thought to himself. Thus he went ahead and prepared some food behind their backs quickly and quietly. He packed the foods into boxes for both breakfast and lunch for the five of them and hid the boxes until the time is right.  ‘There! Now there is no way in the world that we can’t even have a single mistake. But now I am more worried about my stomach.’ Jin’s mouth curved up in both delight and regret.

“We’re done!” The three said in unison. But Meracle was still cooking so her food came out last. The four dishes were placed right before Jin with spoons on the sides to taste each one individually. They looked nice enough to eat. So Jin chose the nicest looking dish out of the three which was Gisela’s food.

“Alright! Time to dig in!” Jin declares. Yet, he soon regretted saying that as well. On the very first spoonful, he could taste a bitterness and distorted flames of hell that was beyond compare. His face only twitched once and yet he could still keep that smile on. “Not bad Gisela. Just a little surprising” He tried keeping that perfect smile. He ate the entire plate with a smile.

Seeing the smile, the other two besides Gisela had their heart sink.  They thought that they’d helped Gisela win. Yet they still kept the fire of hope lit.

He quickly moves onto the next dish that looked nice. It was Rosa’s plate. He didn’t bother to say anything and took a bite first. If the last one was distorted flames of hell, this one was concentrated flames of hell. It was bitter, sour, spicy and sweet! The spicy flavors overpowered the taste of the expired meat! ‘What the? Did she put ghost peppers in here?’ Jin woefully thought. Fiery tears streams down his eyes and cold sweat broke out. “*Sniff*Sniff* So good! So good!” Jin cried while holding back his anguish. He wipes the tears away from his eyes and the sweat on his forehead. “Reminds me of my father’s cooking! He always did make it spicy and good!” Jin added and ate till the last bite.

When Jin cried tears saying that it was good, they really thought that it was good. It even made Rosa’s heart skip another beat. Gisela felt that she’d already lost and Mirana tried to keep the hope in her heart.

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Jin was scared to even think of the last dish. But he still had to turn towards it and taste it with a perfectly good face nevertheless.

He looks at the third dish thinking, ‘Was this karma for what I did to Kyle?’ and it might not be wrong. A cold sweat travels down his spine in contrast to his blazing predicament in his body. His throat felt parched and needed a glass of water. But the third dish was right in front of him!!!!

“Must be…” Jin mutters. Jin groaned in his heart and wanted to run. This got Mirana worried. She had no real confidence in her cooking. Due to her pessimistic attitude towards cooking, she wanted to hide until…. “Must be good! It looks and smells good!” Jin exclaims. This got Mirana to have a boost in confidence in her cooking.

Jin took the very first bite and it was sour, spicy, and sweet with a touch of milky taste. He was surprised that it tasted good. The meat was the only thing that tasted bitter so he thought nothing of it. But the fiery sensation was still there!!!!!!! ‘Rest in peace stomach’ Jin thought. He scarves down the entire plate with will power alone. “Amazingly delicious!” He said and comes out with the brightest smile the four had ever seen. Mirana thought she’d won for sure!

Jin now looks towards Meracle’s dish. His stomach hurted so much and yet, he could not disappoint the girl staring at him with pleading eyes. Jin took the plate and took a bite first. To his surprise, it was neither overly spicy or sour or bitter. It was slightly sweet like yogurt, had a mellow and mild taste to it, but overall the curry had a good balanced taste to it. Jin’s face was serene when he took the first bite. Not a bright smile, but a calm one that quietly puts out the flames of competition between the three.

“You surprised me Meracle. This taste really good.” Jin said. Meracle got excited because he complimented that it was good. “Of course it was good. You taught me how to make this” She proudly said. When she said this, the other three got mad. They thought Jin rigged this competition just so he could do it to Meracle again.

“Now I owe all of you a nib on the ear. Just not now.” Jin said in a calm voice.

“EH? But then who won?” They all said at the same time.

Jin pushes the four plate together suggesting the four to taste their own food. Mirana, Rosa, and Gisela already knew that they sabotaged each other. Thus they tried their own plates.

When they gave their food a try, they were shocked to find out that it was so horrible. The taste were beyond compare to what they originally wanted. Then they tried the other plates. The taste were just as bad if not worse. They looked at Jin with eyes of pity. He had to suffer because of their little pranks and he took three of the plates.

The only thing they could not understand was Meracle’s plate. Was it that good? If so, why didn’t he eat it? They glanced over towards Meracle’s plate and took a bite. To the three girls’ surprise, the plate tasted so good that they could not believe that it was Meracle was the one who made this. ‘She really improved!? This is Meracle!? This is her cooking now!?’ They look at her with disbelieving eyes.

Jin then took out the boxes he prepared in advance and gave it to the four girls with a smile. “Here, I know I ate most of the food, so I made a few more for your breakfast and lunch. I prepared it in advance a while ago.”

The four looked at Jin’s happy face and quickly forgot about the recent dirty business and accepted the boxed lunches.

“Oh that’s right. You girls haven’t bathed yet right?” Jin spoke up. The fact that Jin pointed this out made the four embarrassed. Indeed they did not take a bath yet and has yet to even do oral dental care. “Since there is only one bathroom working, why don’t you girls doing your business now?” Jin suggested.

The four girls looked to each other and thought that it was funny. It felt like Jin was their mother more than a man they’d recently met. Yet they could never dispute with the man since he was too considerate and never really caused a real problem and if he did, he would just melt it away.

The girls laughed at the man named Jin. He can really put up an act so good that they could never even suspect that he was acting. His acting was too good. That or they really can’t see beyond the guy’s smile.

The four only moved towards the upper floor in unison talking lively to each other.

“Ah ha ha… His acting is so good. Not only that, he is more like a house wife more than a worker” Gisela whispers to the other three.

“*psh* Please. I could see that he was acting” Rosa smirked.

“Oh? Weren’t you smiling when he said that it was ‘So good!’ Rosa? You were acting giddy like a high school girl” Meracle poked at Rosa. Rosa turned red at her words.

“He he… Didn’t you turn red when Jin nibbled on your ear Meracle? You also acted giddy when he said that you’ve improved.” Rosa poked back at Meracle. “I really thought that Jin would’ve chosen Miri because it obviously tasted better than ours” Rosa sighed.

“He he… it would’ve tasted good if you girls didn’t sabotaged each other” Meracle added onto Rosa’s words.

“It’s fine. Things are more fun this way. This was the first time the four of us tried so hard for just one man through food no?” Mirana calmly said.

But this got the other three to have widen eyes. “Eh? Even you Mirana?” Rosa was slightly shocked at Mirana’s words. But Mirana just hummed a happy tune while walking along with them up the stairs.

‘I’ve never thought food could taste so amazing in so many aspects’ I thought to myself.

‘Hey Lucian. I have no idea why you’d done what you’d just done, just don’t do it again’ I said in my mind.

‘Oh come on Jin. I was only trying to help you out~’ Lucian playfully said.

‘If you want to help me out, the first thing you could do is to calm down my stomach’ I said to Lucian in a flat tone.

‘Oh fine.’ Lucian said and appeared right in front of me. He puts his hand on my stomach and circulated my qi in a weird but liberating way.

‘There, now you’ll feel better in about fifteen minutes’ Lucian said and quickly disappears.

‘Huh? What is that supposed to-’ I tried to say to him. But my stomach made a strange noise. *WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*

‘Oh no... Not this again! Lucian!!!!!!!!!!’ I roared in my mind. My feet worked faster than my brain and brought me straight into the bathroom on this floor in the third door. Indeed it is large but the only thing that worked was the toilet and thankfully for me no one was using it.

“GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!” I screamed out loud. It hurted so much. So much more than before.

‘Blame your own luck. Those peppers really does a number on your stomach and so I chose to make your stomach digest it as quick as possible and dispose of the waste. Oh, I also made sure that you won’t have hemoroids or sh*t out bloody stools with my powers except it will hurt twice as much than before~ Just expect a lot of…. You know… ha ha!’ Lucian lightly say to me.

‘Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnn!!!!!’ I roared in my mind.

‘That’s my name. Don’t wear it out~ May your stomach and soul rest in peace~’ He casually said.

'I'm so sorry Jin. He did the same to me long ago...' Ban solemnly thought to himself.

'Oh man... He is just too fun to mess with! Gah ha ha ha ha!!!!' Lucian inwardly laughs.

The girls saw that Jin was running to the bathroom at lighting fast speed but did not ask why. It was mostly due to the fact that they already knew. A smile ran across their faces and waited for the signal…

“GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!” Jin’s voice resounded.

*hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii*PooooooooooooooT*

*Poot*Pooot*Pooooooo*POOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!*

*Doom*Boom*POOT*

“Kya ha ha ha ha!!!!!” They all died laughing on tops of the steps. There was not a doubt in their minds that if they stayed with Jin, their lives would be much more fun.

Though this happened not too long ago, it still was funny. This time, Jin sounded stranger and more off beat than before.

“We are so sorry Jin” They all said at the same time.

Jin stayed in the bathroom for the next thirty minutes screaming inwardly in horror.

Inside of JIn's mind, The other figures pales at Jin's terrible luck.