"There used to be four families living in this block. The original tenants living on the first floor moved out, so it''s been temporarily rented out to Mary and the Teja sisters. The olddy from just now lives on the second floor, and Uncle Dante, the head of street management, lives on the third floor. My house is on the fourth and fifth floors. My mother and I are all we have now. She lost one of her legs in an ident, that''s why she hardly leaves the house now. Try not to say too much in front of her..."


    As the girl spoke, she opened the old door to her apartment.


    A warm fragrance filled their nostrils as they entered the house, one that seemed toe from a sort of spice.


    "You''re finally back, Tina! You were three whole hourster than you usually are, I was so worried..."


    A middle-aged woman hobbled out of the brightly lit kitchen.


    She looked a little angry and seemed like she was about to tell the girl off, but any rage was reced with a beaming smile at the sight of Wilbur as she hurried up to him and gave him a warm hug.


    "Young man, are you Tina''s boyfriend? She''s never mentioned you before! It''s our first time meeting, do you want to introduce yourself?"


    Wilbur smiled at Tina''s overly enthusiastic mother. "Hello, Ma''am. My name''s Wilbur Penn, I''m from Dasha. Tina and I are not in a rtionship, and I''m just here to visit the both of you today. I hope it''s no trouble!"


    At Wilbur''s friendliness, Tina''s mother yanked him down to sit on the couch before saying, "It''s no trouble, no trouble at all... It''s nice enough that you were willing toe and visit me as a friend of Tina''s. Of course, I hope things change between the both of you eventually! Are you hungry? Would you like me to make something for you?"


    Tina seemed to be used to her mother''s enthusiasm and made her way into the kitchen seeing as Wilbur was getting along with her mother fine.


    Not long after, Tina re-emerged with three simple tes of pasta,prising of spaghetti and marinara sauce, which would be their dinner.


    Wilbur nced at the far-from-appetizing pasta and thought of the supermarket he walked past on the way here. "It''s my first time visiting, and I didn''t know what to bring for you. Why don''t I make you guys a good dinner instead?"


    Wilbur left for the supermarket after that. Tina and her mother exchanged nces, with shock and joy clear in their eyes!


    Soon enough, Wilbur returned with fresh ingredients that he had paid for himself before getting busy in the kitchen.


    To Tina''s mother, a clean-looking man like Wilbur belonged in the office sipping coffee by day, and wine by night.


    Tina, on the other hand, had not expected the man who had just taken down ten men in one go would be cooking in her kitchen after entertaining her mother!


    A delicious smell wafted out of the kitchen eventually, and Tina''s mother yanked Tina over to whisper, "He''s not bad. Caring, and sensitive. You''ll have a good life with a man like that! Don''t lose your chance!"


    Tina rolled her eyes at her mother. "We really are just colleagues. Can''t you tell that he''s even warmer to you than he is to me? Besides, do you think that someone staying over just to bed me would be trustworthy?"