Divine Path System

"Sia, this is delicious~" Sarah finished her food and smiled brightly.

"Heh." Sia smiled with pride and glanced at Varian who was wolfing down the third serving without even glancing at them.

Her lips twitched as she said. "If my cooking wasn't this delicious, Varian would've skipped dinners."

Sarah looked at the incarnation of gluttony beside her and gave Sia a wry smile. "Let me guess. Training till he fell asleep and forgetting dinner regularly? That's so like him."

"Nom. Nom. Th-Thish is awhsome. I missed sooo mush~" Varian muttered without stopping.

Sia covered her face like she was embarrassed by his table manners while Sarah found it funny.

"Varian?" She called him softly.

"Hm?" Varian raised his head and looked at her, but his hand blurred as the spoon kept going from the bowl to his mouth.

He looked like a man starving for weeks.

"I don't know him. I don't know. Ahh~ I'm embarrassed." Sia buried her face in the table and kicked her legs powerlessly.

Sarah shifted her body in the chair and looked Varian in the eye.

"That day," Her eyes shone with nostalgia.

That was the first time she saw Varian's vulnerable side. The incident was etched in her heart.

"You cried when on your first meal with me and Anna. Were you picturing this very scene?"

"…" Varian's hand froze and he gulped down the food. Then, he closed his eyes and recalled that day.

When he sat down to eat with Sarah and Anna, he suddenly remembered Amanda and Sia. The feeling of loss overwhelmed him and he ended up in tears.

And now…

Varian looked at Sarah beside him and Sia across the table. Even though Amanda was gone, even though Sia went through a lot of things…

"I want to cry now as well. I'm really happy." Varian said in a serious tone.

Even though it wasn't a perfect situation, it was the best that was possible. He lost them once, but now, he'd never let them go.

Then, Varian resumed eating.

This time, however, Sarah understood something else as she looked at his nostalgic expression.

It wasn't about the food. Even if Sia made the most common dish, he'd eat it with the same relish.

What he missed, what he called good was the feeling of care. A feeling of home. He missed it dearly for a year and now he's trying to take in as much as he could at once.

He no longer appeared like a starving guy devouring food, but a sad guy who was clinging to his family or what was left of it.

Sarah bit her lip and she rose from her seat.

Then, to the surprise of both Varian and Sia, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him on the forehead.

"It's alright. We aren't going anywhere." She whispered in a gentle voice.

"…"

Varian's body trembled and he put down the spoon.

Taking a breath, he gave Sia and Sarah an intense gaze. "Whatever happens, I'm not letting you go. I love you both too much."

"(^_^)?" Sia's smile cracked.

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