Maybe he couldn't be bothered. It had been a pretty long day for both of them. It wouldn't just be cooking the chicken, you'd need something to go with it, he might have felt the need to offer her something other than water to drink, he might have had something in but not felt equip to actually provide a meal, Takeout is always easier!

Or yeah, maybe he just didn't have anything. I think comics Matt gets his food delivered, maybe it was the day before the delivery came?

I see you've posted fic. I'm going to resist reading it now because it's about twenty past one and I need to be up to take my niece to karate tomorrow. If I read it, I know I'll end up writing something!