Nina tidied up her appearance in the mirror. She now looked well-groomed with her simple appearance. Wearing long black cloth pants and a brown short-sleeved T-shirt.
The young woman was ready to visit her dear brother Jack's house. Also her very kind sister-in-law Lea.
“Brother will like it because I'm going to surprise him,” Nina murmured happily. She deliberately didn't tell Jack because she wanted to surprise her brother.
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"Hey... you have nothing to do today, right? Better clean up the bathroom!” ordered Lea who was sitting in front of the sofa. It was Sunday and time off to enjoy the weekend.
"You go ahead. I'm resting. You know I'm a workaholic. To the point that I feel like registering myself in a mental hospital,” Jack said lazily. He scratched his stomach lazily. He sat on the opposite sofa with his back against the wall and his t-shirt up, exposing a bit of his stomach that had a torn bun. Although he seemed to have no time, in fact Jack always took the time to exercise so that his abdominal muscles formed naturally.
"It's just you. I'm tired too."
“No way.” Jack picked his nose casually and then threw his nose at Lea. And succeeded in making Lea confused like a person who panicked about a fire. Jack's action clearly angered Lea.
“Die Jack!” Lea wanted to pull Jack's hair. But what power did not have time, Jack had managed to escape. He ran very fast to avoid Lea.
Lea who did not want to lose chased Jack. Until finally the action had to be stopped because there was a bell sound indicating that someone had come to visit their house.
“You open the door, I'm lazy.” Jack wanted to avoid and lay back on the sofa.
Lea caught Jack's hand, then dragged him by force. Making Jack unable to escape and forced to open the door despite his laziness.
When Jack opened the door, he was surprised to find his sister, Nina, standing in front of the house. "Nina! What are you doing here?” he asked with wide eyes. Like a shocked man who thought his guest was a loan shark.
Nina smiled broadly and waved, “Hey, Sis. I wanted to surprise you. Are you happy?"
Before Jack could answer, Lea suddenly appeared from behind with a curious face. As soon as she saw Nina, Lea hugged her tightly. "Nina! I'm so glad you came!” she exclaimed.
“It's great to see you too, Lea,” Nina replied with a chuckle. After releasing the hug, she invited them into the house.
Nina entered the living room and placed her bag on the table. "I brought the ingredients for sushi. Why don't we make it together?” she suggested.
Jack nodded in agreement. "Sure, that's a great idea. Let's get started!” he said enthusiastically.
In the kitchen, Nina began to take out the ingredients from her bag: rice, seaweed, fresh fish, avocado, cucumber, and various other toppings. “First step, we need to prepare the sushi rice,” Nina said, holding up a bag of rice.
“How do we make it?” asked Lea.
"First, we wash the rice thoroughly. Then we cook it thoroughly and mix it with rice vinegar, sugar and a pinch of salt. That will give the sushi rice its distinctive flavor,” Nina explained while showing us how to wash the rice properly. Nina herself is an expert at making sushi as she often cooks at home and tries out various recipes from around the world.
Jack and Lea eagerly followed Nina's instructions. However, no sooner had they started than something went wrong. Jack tried to lift a pot of rice that was too heavy for him, and somehow, it fell to the floor. “Oops!” he exclaimed with a laugh.
Lea, who tried to help, slipped on the scattered rice and fell right on top of Jack. They both lay on the floor, with Lea looking awkward because of her embarrassing fall.
“Don't think this was an accident,” Lea complained, her face bright red.
Jack burst out laughing. “I didn't know making sushi could be this hard!” he said as he tried to get up.
Nina shook her head and laughed at the commotion. "You guys are really rowdy. Let's clean this up first and then continue,” she said as she helped clean up the scattered rice.
After a while, the kitchen was tidy again and they were ready to continue making sushi. Nina began to show them how to roll the sushi using a bamboo mat. "We place the nori on the bamboo mat, then flatten the rice on top. Then we put the filling in the center, such as fish and vegetables, and roll it carefully,” Nina said as she gave an example.
Jack and Lea tried to keep up, but Lea kept losing focus as she remembered the previous incident. The sushi rolls she made were always messy, the filling came out of the nori, and the shape was far from perfect.
“Lea, you're not focusing,” Nina gently admonished. “Try to be more careful and slow.”
Lea nodded, trying to be calmer. However, every time she tried, the result was the same. "I give up! Maybe I'm just not talented at making sushi,” she complained with a grim face.
Jack laughed mockingly. "It's okay, Lea that means you're not talented.But well at least you tried. After all, we can still eat it even if it's not perfect, although I'm sure that the taste must be very strange,” he said while showing Lea a sushi roll that was far from perfect.
“Brother, please don't tease Lea too much!” Nina admonished Jack.
Lea patted Nina lightly on the shoulder."It's okay Nina.Because if this idiot makes trouble again I'm ready to cut his body,” Lea said, showing off the large butcher knife in her hand.
Instantly Jack decided to shut up before he was used as sashimi by Lea.