Twisted Wonderland|Oneshots & Scenarios

🍩 Taste Tester [Ruggie X Baker!Reader]

Opening up your cafe, you walked inside and the familiar scent of pastries hit your nose. You set the tables and chairs up and went into the back to prep all the ingredients. By the time you were done, it was about time for you to open your cafe to the public.

Over the hours, you've gotten through multiple customers, so you were happy, since baking your pastries for them and them liking it made you happy. You were lucky enough to be able to open your own cafe here in Twisted Wonderland thanks to Crowley. Due to his "graciousness" and "kindness" as he likes to say it, you were grateful that you could continue using your baking skills to please people.

Just as the day ends, you were about to close down the cafe when you heard rattling in the back. You quickly ran to the back and saw a figure running away with a few of your pastries, especially your donuts.

"Hey!" You yelled out, but before you could catch up to it, the figure already disappeared out the back exit. "My baked goods..." you were disappointed that someone stole it, but you decided that this would just be a one time thing so you didn't pay much attention to it. At least that was what you thought.

Throughout the week, the figure continuously came back to take more of your pastries and so you got fed up with this. So tonight, you're way more than determined to catch the culprit behind this. You set up a trip-wire near the exit this time and currently you're hiding behind the counter patiently waiting for the figure to come.

"Rattle"

You prepared yourself as you saw the figure again.

"Shishishishi~ I guess the they're not here today. Well then I'll just take-"

"Stop right there!" You stood up, which caused the figure to start running, luckily they tripped over the tripwire, but due to your impatience, you also threw a pan at them, causing them to fall down with a scream.

"Ow!" The more closer you got to the figure, the more you recognized them, or rather, him.

"Ruggie?" You took the hood down after recognizing his voice.

"...Caught red-handed huh?" He tried to play it off with a sheepish grin, but you won't forgive him just because of that.

"Why did you steal my pastries?" The most important question that you needed to ask him. Of course you had so much more since Ruggie is your friend, but you needed to know why he decided to steal in the first place.

"..."

"Well?"

"It's...It's just, I'm taking it so I could feed the children that I found near our dorm..." He seemed like he had a hard time saying that, which you understood since Ruggie grew up in poor living conditions along with others so he always tries his best to provide for them.

"Sigh, Ruggie you could've told me and I would've helped you." You were glad that he stole for the sake of children, but you couldn't help but still be mad at him for stealing in the first place.

"Sorry..." Ruggie sat up and hung his head down in shame.

"It's ok...even though I'm still mad at you."

"Could I...somehow maybe make it up to you?" Ruggie showed you those puppy eyes, making you give in to his request.

"You could help out at the cafe. That way, when you go home you can take a few extra pastries with you for free." Since he came here for the children in the first place, you decided to make him work here so that he could take food home.

"R-really?!" His eyes widened as his whole body suddenly perked up. Not only did he perk up, he came a little too close to your face which made you flustered.