"I know, i'm just curious that's all." Ella said with a smile, standing next to Sage. She looked at him for a couple seconds with pure admiration, then regained her own composure. "I don't mind. I'm not really sure what they've bought, aside from sandhiwches as usual" she said, picking up the bread that she had put in the bread bin.

Sage chuckled slightly at her comments and then sort of just nodded, moving to rummage around the food. "They got some meat," he mused. "We could see if there's a grill or something on the back porch," he suggested. "Or cook something in the oven." He sort of shrugged after that. "I don't really care as long as it's not another ham sandwich," he chuckled lightly.

"Alright" Ella said softly with a smile, and, once she'd gotten her act together properly she gathered some food, proceeding to cook what she thought would hopefully go together properly. It was strange, her having to cook whilst, well..being the queen, but she didn't mind. She liked the independence, she liked the fact that no one was fawning over her over and over again, not even letting her walk in one direction without holding her hand.

Sage had sort of helped with food, throwing in a suggestion here and there, and putting some rice on to go along with whatever Ella was making. It was sort of quiet ....not much was happening while they cooked. But that was fine...it was a comfortable silence, and he did suppose they were both a bit sleepy after earlier. Soon enough though, the food was done, and they moved to the back porch to eat, per his suggestion to go back there where there weren't any guards right in their faces.

Once Ella had finally finished eating, she set her dishes down by the sink and made her way back over to Sage, sitting back down next to him. She felt comfortable, which seemed to be a first, and it took her a while before she was really able to talk, able to say anything. "How are you?" she asked with a soft smile, looking him in the eye.

Sage was more than happy to eat, once they got to it, and while it was a somewhat quick meal, it was also a rather nice one. He'd flopped down on the couch once he was done, and Ella had joined him soon enough, which was also nice. He'd sort of moved to just rest his arm behind her, on the top of the couch, and she sort of curled up against his side that way. He was just enjoying the peace and being with her, though he looked over at her when she spoke up, the corner of his mouth curving up in a smile. "Tired," he admitted with a chuckle. "You wore me out," he teased her lightly.

Ella raised her eyebrows and smiled, gently wiping a little bit of dust off her forehead. "Oh really? How did I do that?" she asked jokingly, shifting her position slightly. "I can safely say the same though, im rather exhausted. We can sleep, if you'd like?" she asked, her tone soft as she spoke.

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sorry it's so short, haven't had the best couple of days)

(it's all good!)

Sage snorted lightly in response to her comment, flopping his head onto the back of the couch. "Oh please, you know exactly how you managed that," he noted with fond amusement. Though, he looked over at her when she said she was also tired and nodded with a sort of yawn. "Sleep sounds great," he chuckled. "I'm still kind of gross though...we should probably shower before hand," he admitted.

"Fine, I won't make you explain" Ella joked teasingly, resting her head on his shoulder for a couple minutes. She lifted it up and gave an acknowledging nod at his statement, pulling her dress a little over her knees. "Probably a good idea. I'll let you go first" she said softly, proceeding to stand up. "As long as you don't take too long" she added with a playful poke.

Sage chuckled lightly at her comments and gave her a grin. "Oh goodie, I get the warm water this time," he teased her lightly, moving to get up with a sort of grunt, laughing softly at her poke, playfully batting her hand away. "I dunno, I might want to take my time," he teased her back before wandering off in the direction of the bathroom. "Course you can always join me if you want," he added with a shrug as he grabbed a clean set of pajamas and moved to the bathroom. He didn't care one way or the other...but he supposed it would be quicker if they did it all in one go.