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34 - a messy surprise

hello! all fluff and messy surprise for today! hope you'll like it and feedback is always appreciated ;)

Jisoo was working hard in the kitchen. Seokmin has been working late for two weeks and he wanted to surprise him. So he decided to cook something for his lover to help him relax a bit before another week of hard work. The problem was that today Jisoo was not that good in the kitchen. He wanted to do well and he tried hard but nothing was coming out the way he wanted. Seokmin usually cooked for the two of them but he really wanted to surprise his lover tonight with a home-cooked meal. And it was all falling apart.

The cake he baked for dessert burned because he left it too long in the oven. The mashed potatoes he made, stuck to the pot and burned. He managed to save one bowl of it that he could serve. His only hope now sat on the meat. He knew how to do it, he watched Seokmin and Mingyu cooking meat all the time, he can do this.

Well it didn't go his way. The steak he so thoughtfully chose was no longer edible. Jisoo knew he did everything right but today was definitely not his day. The meat had stuck to the pan and burned. He looked at his mess of a kitchen and the only bowl of mashed potatoes he managed to save before breaking down. He knew it was stupid but he could not help but  be upset with himself and feel sorry for his boyfriend that would have to order some take-out because today he couldn't manage to cook one simple meal.

He was so focused on controlling his breathing that he didn't hear the door opening and closing.

"Jisoo ? Baby, where are you ?"

Finally hearing that he was no longer alone in the apartment, he tried to hide the mess he made.

"There you are ! You didn't hear me ?"

"No I didn't. Sorry."

"Don't apologize, it's fine. Wait, baby are you crying ?"

"No. No I'm not."

"Come here."

Seokmin opened his arms waiting to collect his boyfriend between them to comfort him. Jisoo leaned against his chest and wrapped his arms around his boyfriend's waist. Seokmin hugged back and it allowed him to take a look at their kitchen.

"What happened to the kitchen ?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Is that the reason you were crying ?"

"Please I don't want to talk about our stupid kitchen."

"Okay, okay. Would you like to cuddle a bit on the couch before I cook dinner ?"

"I want cuddles but not to eat."

"Okay, we'll cuddle."

Seokmin chose to ignore, for now, the reason why his boyfriend was upset and the fact that it had everything to do with the battlefield in their kitchen. So he led Jisoo to the couch where he sat down before sitting him on his lap. Jisoo's legs were around Seokmin's waist, he hid his face in the crook of his boyfriend's neck while Seokmin was gently drawing some patterns on his tights in an attempt to calm him down as well as kissing his hair from time to time. After some time, Seokmin was hearing his boyfriend's tears calming down in some quiet whimpers. He took Jisoo's face out of his neck by cupping his cheeks and kissed the remaining tears away.

"Do you feel better now ?"

"A bit, yeah."

"Do you want to talk about it ?"

"Not really."

"That's okay but I would really like to know what got you this upset ?"

"Fine. I'll tell you."

Seokmin kissed Jisoo's forehead and leaned back against the couch to listen to what his boyfriend had to tell him.

"You've been working so hard lately that I wanted to surprise you. And you come home every night and cook us dinner, so I wanted to make you a sweet and simple home-cooked dinner. But everything went wrong. Like I left my cake for too long in the oven. After that my mashed potatoes stuck to the pot and the majority of it burned. My last hope was the steak and that burned too. I'm so upset because now we'll have to order something because the kitchen is all dirty and it will take so long to clean up. Which means I messed up my surprise, dinner and the evening. I'm so mad at myself !"

"Oh my baby. It's fine."

"No you don't understand. I ruined it."

"You ruined nothing. Yes, the kitchen is a battlefield and the food all burned but you wanting to make a home-cooked dinner for me was so thoughtful. I'm really touched by your gesture. You wanted to surprise me and take care of me. And that means everything to me."

"But there is nothing left. Just a bowl of mashed potatoes."

"That's good. There are still some leftovers of that meat I cooked yesterday. We'll eat that."

"You're not disappointed ?"

"How could I ?"

Jisoo blushed before falling back against Seokmin's chest. He nuzzled a moment as Seokmin trailed his fingers through his hair, leaving a few kisses against his forehead.

"Can I go take a shower or do you want to stay like this a bit more ?"

"Go shower. I'll put together some bowls of mashed potatoes and leftover meat. And start cleaning the kitchen."

"We can still clean tomorrow."

"It's fine, don't worry."

Jisoo got out of Seokmin's lap and started walking toward the kitchen when he was stopped by a hand on his wrist. He was pulled in a quick kiss by his boyfriend before he was released to go in the kitchen.

In fifteen minutes, Seokmin was out of the shower and dressed in a pair of comfy pajamas. During this time, Jisoo put together two servings of meat and mashed potatoes that he heated up in the microwave. The kitchen was a bit cleaner. All the used utensils, pots and pans were loaded into the dishwasher. The unused ingredients were back in the cupboards and the fridge. They still needed to clean the kitchen counter, the floor and the stove but overall it was already looking better.

When Seokmin entered the kitchen, Jisoo had started cleaning the stove.

"Baby, let's eat. I'm starving !"

"Take your plate and go on the couch. I'm finishing this."

"Oh I'll help you. What do you need me to do ?"

"If you could clean the counter that would be great. But you can go eat if you want, I'm coming soon."

"I'm on it."

"But you said you were starving ?"

"Well I want to share my meal with you. So the faster the kitchen is clean, the faster you will allow yourself to eat. Because you can't fool me, you won't eat until the kitchen is clean."

In another fifteen minutes, the kitchen was clean and the two lovers were back on the couch, ready to eat. Jisoo was still mad with himself but at least now he was smiling. Seokmin was relieved and hoped he wouldn't beat himself up with that for too long. The mashed potatoes were great and mixed well with the meat.

"You know baby, next time we can cook together. Like you prepare the ingredients for a recipe you want to do and we'll do it together."

"That would be nice. But I'm not cooking so soon."

"Yeah one battlefield at the time."

Jisoo knew Seokmin was teasing him and allowed a glare towards his boyfriend. Boyfriend who laughed at his antics before tackling him to the couch for cuddles.