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I hummed as I walked into our apartment with a few bags from my quick shopping trip. My wife was still asleep last I remember, but now I could hear her shuffling around in the kitchen. “Baby?” I called out to her. “I’m home.”
“Welcome back,” she replied. “I’m in here.”
I walked into the kitchen and found a mess in there. Bowls of flour, sugar, and eggs lay on the counter. Flour itself was all over the counter and even on her face and apron when I looked up at her.
“What’s all this? What are you doing?” I asked.
“Well, you know how I said I wanted to learn how to bake? I’ve decided to start today.”
“But why?”
“I have to start someday, right? I told you I’d try to learn before we even got married. I think it’s due time I start. And then I can make my own sweets when I’m craving.” She grinned. “And then when we finally have kids of our own, I can bake for them~ I’m trying to make cookies.”
“Do you need any help?”
“Nope~ Now, go sit down and watch. I’ll become the best baker in the world. You’ll see.”
“Okay. I believe in you.” I walked over to her and wiped some of the flour from her face to give her cheek a kiss. “Have fun then.”
I went to sit down at the table to watch her. Not five minutes later, she was already swearing at the eggs for ‘not mixing properly’ and checking the level of the water in the measuring cup a million times before adding it to the batter. I couldn’t help my laugh when she began to mix the batter and I could see on her face how increasingly annoyed she got.
When she finally managed to get a tray of cookies in the oven, she sat next to it to watch them bake.
“It’s taking too long,” she said.
“You just put it in two minutes ago.”
“Yeah, but it’s taking too long.”
“Baby, you have to be patient.”
“I don’t wanna be patient. I want my cookies now.”
“You’re going to stress yourself out if you just sit there.”
“Yeah, but I have to watch them so I can see if I did anything wrong. Then I have to do it all over again.”
I sighed and reached into one of the bags from my shopping trip this morning. I pulled out a small box of cookies from the bakery I went to and took one out. I walked over to her and held it out to her. She took one glance at it and immediately snatched it out of my hand to eat it.
I chuckled. “Did you even eat after you woke up?”
She shook her head. “I… was craving cookies.”
“Come sit at the table and eat something. Can’t have you getting a headache because you didn’t eat.”
I helped her up and led her over to the table. I sat her down and passed her over a bottle of water as well.
She nibbled on the cookie I gave her and curiously looked in the bags I had on the table. “What did you go out and buy?”
“Things you needed.”
“I needed?”
“Yeah. For your period. It’s soon, right? I noticed you were low on some things and decided to stock it up for you.”
She looked up at me and blinked, gesturing to the box of cookies. “Then… how’d you know I wanted cookies?”
I shrugged. “Lucky guess. Though, you know, we’ve been together five, six years. I would hope I know what type of sweets you crave the most around this time.”
“Stop. You’re gonna make me cry,” she said with a pout. “I don’t even care about my cookies in the oven now.”
“Let’s go cuddle then and put on your favorite movie. I can give you a massage and wipe your tears when you cry.”
“Screw the movie. I’m taking you to the room right now.”
I laughed, shaking my head. “We shouldn’t. The oven’s still on.”
“I can make it quick or jump you right here, I don’t care. I’ll even turn it off. Literally, screw those cookies too.”
I shook my head again. “As tempting as it is, I’ll have to say no. I want you to see the result of your effort. You need to see how the cookies turned out.”
“Fine. After that then.”
“No. We have things to do today. We can’t miss it.”
“But… Jaeyun, I—”
“No. Sorry.” I chuckled and reached over to give her head a pat as she pouted. “It’s for the best, love. We can’t risk you getting pregnant right now.”
She huffed out a breath. “Fine. Meanie.”