Translator | NCT Winwin

Chapter 69

Winwin's POV

~Another 2 week time skip~

"Alright, Taeyong says they're outside," I inform Chunmei, holding the door for her and then locking it behind us.

She thanks me, then remarks, "Double dates are cool, but how do these work?"

"Uh, I don't know, I've never gone on one... I think it's just like our dates, but with Taeyong and Chaemin? It's going to be one of those chill at-home ones, I think, " I respond uncertainly, recalling the happy times we've had together within just the past two weeks.

"Oh, cool. I'm excited," she responds as the elevator doors. We step out into the lobby and exit the building, seeing Taeyong's car parked by the curb.

I open the back door for her, then slide in. "Hey, Taeyong! Hi, Chaemin! How are you both?"

Taeyong laughs. "I mean, Chaemin's been rambling about this double date the whole day to me, so I think it's pretty safe to assume that she's excited. Very excited, for that matter. I'm hyped as well."

~Time Skip~

"Welcome to the kitchen of the 5th floor," Taeyong announces dramatically, spreading his arms open. I laugh, staring at the kitchen that we've seen so many times.

Chaemin hangs her jacket up, then informs us, "By the way, the rest of the guys are hanging out on the 10th floor after we convinced them to leave, so you don't need to worry about anyone coming in and stealing our food."

"So we're cooking? That sounds like a lot of fun," Chunmei laughs.

I nod in agreement. "Yeah. The best part is that I'm pretty sure Taeyong is the only one out of all four of us who can cook properly."

Taeyong laughs, rolling his sleeves up and washing his hands, then motioning for the rest of us to do the same. "It's alright, we'll have fun. The only thing I'm concerned about is the fact that Chaemin's fried eggs are worse than Mark's."

We all laugh, recalling the unpleasant pictures, and then I try imagining something worse than that.  Yeah, no, I need to stop. Chaemin playfully glares at her boyfriend for exposing her, then laughs. "Let's get started, then."

"I just got some random tteokbokki that we can cook. Nothing too fancy, because well, you know why," Taeyong explains, casting a look at his girlfriend.

"Because you don't want us to burn the dorm down?" Chaemin guesses, seeming like she's already accepted the fact that she can't cook.

"Yeah, put nicely, that's why," he responds with a laugh. "Anyways, yeah, uh, Chaemin, you can go wash this and then drain it if you want." He passes her a bag of rice cake.

(A/N: Me? Watching Jaemin cook tteokbokki in "Stay Under the Blanket" because I myself can't cook? Ha, definitely not, what would make you think that?)

Chunmei laughs at her friend, then asks, "Do you want us to boil water?"

Taeyong turns to her in surprise. "Wait, do you actually know how to cook properly? Or do you only know how to boil water?"

"I can kind of cook, sure, I just haven't done it since I got here," she responds, taking a pot and filling it with water, then placing it on the stove.

My mouth falls open in surprise. "Why didn't you ever tell me? Wait, WayV is going to flip once I tell them about this!"

"Exactly the reason why I never revealed it, I didn't want to become a chef," Chunmei jokes, then adds, "I don't know, I don't think I'm that good at it."

"We'll see about that," I respond, then notice her staring at the stove in confusion. I walk over so that I'm standing behind her, peering over her shoulder to turn the stove on for her.

She turns around in surprise. "Wow, you're sneaky, but thanks. I don't even know how these stoves in Korea work."

The rest of the cooking process goes fairly smoothly, except for the time I almost dropped all of the chopsticks trying to set the table, or the time I was admiring Chunmei's amazing cooking skills and almost burned myself with the stove, but we don't need to talk about that.

"Here," I say to Chunmei, holding out a piece of tteokbokki between my chopsticks and feeding it to her, my hand tucked under her chin in case it drips.

She blushes and eats it, looking surprised. "Wait, this is actually really good." I nod, taking a piece for myself and smiling at the burst of flavor.

"Oh my goodness, you two are so cute!" Chaemin exclaims proudly, then opens her mouth so Taeyong can feed her.

Then Chunmei says something with such confidence I almost fall out of my chair.

"Yeah, we kinda are. I love this man so much."

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