Cookies & Cakes {Taebin}

Cookies & Cakes

"Bye bye~ we'll be back later!" Beomgyu cheerfully exclaims, Yeonjun rolling his eyes fondly before slapping a hat on the younger's head. Hueningkai waves them off, yawning sleepily as he does which earn a small chuckle from the eldest.

"Go back to sleep Hyuka," Yeonjun tells him.
"That's the plan, hyung, you go and have fun with Beommie hyung."

Soobin comes in to hand the two boys black face masks, Taehyun watching wordlessly with one Hueningkai draped across his lap, unable to move with the bigger boy's mass on him.

It's a Sunday, and Sundays are off days; Yeonjun and Beomgyu had planned to go to a VR arcade, leaving Soobin to babysit the maknaes, not that he minds.

"Hyungie~ Get him off of me!" Taehyun squeaks.

Soobin laughs lightly, going to pick up the already asleep boy and place him in his respective bed. Soobin then goes to see Taehyun busy scrolling on his phone on the couch, most likely on Weverse as usual. 

Soobin himself has something he wants to do in mind, he thought of baking some treats today for them.

"Hyunnie, I'll be baking in the kitchen if you need anything"

At the mention of the activity, the orange-haired boy looks up to him with interest, his round doe eyes spiked with childlike wonder. 

Soobin can't help but coo at the cute sight of Taehyun perching his hand on the side of the couch like a cat struck with curiosity.

"Baking? Like cookies and cake?" There's excitement in his voice, something Soobin adored about Taehyun, his eagerness and innocence of wanting to know new things.

It was nice like this; TXT's Taehyun was much too filtered, a mask the boy has yet to learn how to shed in front of cameras. 

In the eyes of the world, Taehyun is a charming idol who is known for his calm and composed self, the brains of the group for his obvious maturity and witty mind despite his maknae position.

But here behind the walls of their dorm, Kang Taehyun is a total cutie, he loves to be cuddled and has a knack for pulling pranks with Hueningkai. 

He is playful like a puppy and often steals Hyuka's plushie to nap with, not that Hyuka cares.

Taehyun would puppy eyes his way into getting what he wants, and Soobin nor the others could complain because this true self of Taehyun is only seen by them. And they love him for it.

"Yes Hyunnie, wanna help me?" if Taehyun has cat ears, they certainly would have perked up excitedly at the invitation.

But Taehyun pouts instead, "But I don't know how to bake" he whines and slumps down on the couch. Soobin laughs at the dramatic gesture and goes to pull Taehyun up to his feet by his arm. 

The tangerine-haired boy naturally links his arms with Soobin and lets his leader drag him to the kitchen.

"Don't be silly, of course you can! I'll teach you" Taehyun hums along, making one of his cute noises when Soobin lets go of him and shoos him away to get the ingredients.

"How about the vanilla essence! Do we need that?!" he shouts from across the room.
Soobin sighs, "Yes Hyunnie, we need it. I can hear you perfectly fine STOP SCREAMING!"

"But you are screaming too!"

"For the love of god-"

They manage to fit everything on the countertops, Soobin scrolling through his notes on his phone while Taehyun goes to inspect each ingredient.

"Okay, you can try and make this" he shows Taehyun a recipe, his body bending down a bit. Taehyun nods and clasps his hands together, "Chocolate chip cookies? sounds simple enough."