[Likewise, Kouhei isn't generally the affectionate type, but there's something about Mafuyu trying so hard that makes him want to praise her. Like this, he really is reminded just a little of the way his mother taught him to cook.]

I wouldn't need all of that money, you know. I already have a job.

[Smiling (again!), he dumps the small chunks of potatoes in the colander and rinses them one final time.]

But I can try to make you french fries sometime, even if the kind you buy frozen and put in the oven would be easiest. How does that sound?