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When producer came to the four of them and introduced them to their upcoming job, Soichiro didn’t expect to end up in the kitchen of Café Parade and have a food fight with the heir of tea ceremonies of all people but here he was, covered in flour and sprinkles, facing a surprisingly menacing-looking Kiyosumi Kuro.
Soichiro had wanted to bake some small treats for his co-workers in the first place but when he noticed that Kuro seemed a bit stressed during the preparations of the project, he decided to invite him to his baking session to maybe help him relieve some of that nervousness. The patissier definitely didn’t anticipate that all it took was a little teasing scare and a playful flick of flour in Kuro’s direction for the younger to take that as a challenge and throw flour back at him.
Kuro’s Kimono was at this point covered in flour and edible glitter but the boy himself didn’t seem to mind as he reached for the bowl of cream and wielded his newest weapon: the cream-covered spoon. No fear or hesitation in his eyes, just playful competitiveness of a boy who’s experiencing his first food fight and who was Soichiro to ruin that for him? With a challenging smirk the pattisier grabbed a dough scraper and dipped it in cream as well „Are you brave enough to use that?“
The two oft hem stood still for a couple seconds, scanning each others moves as carefully as two cowboys at a standoff. Except that they were just two young men with baking utensils instead of dangerous cowboys with deadly guns.
„I’m bolder than I seem, Shinonome-san.“ Kuro said, unable to hide his own playful smile at the ridiculousness of the situation. Soichiro let out a mischievous laugh „Come at me then.“
The nineteen-year old squinted slightly, aiming at his opponent and swiftly swung the spoon, successfully covering Soichiro’s patissier-jacket and parts of the counter behind him in cream. Before he could celebrate his hit or even dodge a counter-attack, Soichiro turned around and let out a surprised gasp „Oh no, my phone!“
„Ah!“ Kuro immediately snapped out of the kitchen-warzone and hurriedly put away the spoon „Oh gosh, I didn’t mean to damage anything! Is your phone alright, Shinonome-san?“ In his naivité he rushed to check on Soichiro’s phone, just as the latter calculated. The pattisier waited for him to come closer just to raise his dough scraper and press it to Kuro’s face, earning him a surprised yelp. With a victorious grin Soichiro put his weapon away and turned back to his defeated opponent „You may be bold, Kiyosumi-san, but unfortunately for you I‘m mean.“
The younger pouted and wiped away the cream with a nearby towel „That really was mean!“ Unable to hold up his defeated-child-attitude for very long though, he started giggling „I’ll give you this victory then. I had a lot of fun despite your cheating.“
Soichiro chuckled softly and grabbed a clean towel himself, looking around at the mess they made „Why thank you. Let’s get this place clean again and continue baking though.“ When he looked back at Kuro however, he didn’t get a response, the younger just stared at his face very intensely, as if there was some sort of bug there or he was trying to tell Soichiro something telepathically. The patissier couldn’t really read his facial expression or what Kuro wanted to signalize to him so he decided to stare back and maybe give him a few seconds. After what felt like a solid minute, Soichiro almost started to get worried but just as he was about to ask wether something was wrong, Kuro leaned in and placed a soft but confident kiss on his lips. Before he could react in any way, Kuro had already pulled away and Soichiro swears he saw him lick his lips.
„You had some cream there, I couldn’t help myself.“
Whoa, Soichiro’s heart just skipped a few beats there. „You weren’t kidding when you said you’re bold, huh?“
Kuro gave him a sly smile when he didn’t sense any sign of discomfort or disgust on the patissier’s face or in his voice, turned around and started cleaning up the mess they made.
„Well, I also have a few tricks up my sleeve, Soichiro-san.“
Soichiro joined Kuro in cleaning the kitchen while already looking forward to the rest of their baking session.