That night, Leon returned once again to his shameless, carefree daily life.
The next morning, at the dining table.
Yelena and Sherry were both bent over their food, eating voraciously.
The unlikely friends looked as though they were competing to see whose cheeks could puff out more, their mouths stuffed like hamsters'.
It was clearly just a nutritious breakfast of bread and eggs, yet they ate as if it were a lavish feast.
Fresh from a shower, Leon sat beside Natasha, rubbing his hair dry with a towel.
"Has anything been going on at the company lately?" he asked casually.
Natasha looked at the projected news in her hand as she chewed her bread. "Everything is normal, aside from the BOSS not showing his face even once all month."
Leon acted as though he had missed the implication. "That's great, then."
Then he turned to Yelena and questioned her as the girl's face immediately stiffened.
"What about Superhero Operations Company? Don't tell me you've only been busy filming that movie."
"Well..." Yelena guiltily looked away. "After all, the company only has the IPs for two superheroes, so making a movie like this was actually..."
"Hm?" Leon raised an eyebrow. "I'll give you one more chance to rephrase that."
"I-I mean!" Yelena jolted. "It's all Tony Stark's fault, Boss! It was all him! He made the whole movie!"
Beside her, Natasha slapped a hand to her forehead, looking utterly defeated.
"Yelena, Leon is asking about things other than the movie." Sometimes, Natasha truly had no idea what to do with her sister.
She was usually quite smart, but whenever Leon was involved, her brain turned into a single-threaded processor.
"Oh, oh, oh!" Yelena let out a sound like a rooster crowing. "The other areas are developing very well too."
She counted