Someone Like You ~the shorts collection~

the chocolate one

this was inspired by @houseofchocolateuk on tiktok!

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It began very innocently, as all good things do, when you have good intentions and what sounds like a great idea, after all, working in a business, it’s always convenient to keep having ideas.

Loui and you had organized a bit of a spring cleaning a few months ago, just things that were taking up space, left aside with the reminder to do something about them later but never finding the time to do so in a kitchen that was pretty much always running.

But this time you had made up your mind that you would go through everything and decide what to do with it, you had nagged Loui all week, and the following Tuesday, the day with the least cooking to be done, you two started going through every little utensil, device and special purchase you could find, there were some expired sprinkles, some edible glitter that was still good, a hand mixer that needed a spare part Loui never found, and a whole bunch of chocolate molds.

“I say we keep those, maybe not the duck ones and the letter ones but the rest could be useful…” he said, sorting through them.

“Why not the letter ones? Could be a nice decoration” you shrugged, hands on your waist, but Loui’s mustache curled up at the middle.

“The letters are too small, and the font…I don’t know, don’t like it, but if you wanna take em home…” he suggested, you huffed a laugh.

You were about to tell him to just sell or donate them, given that he didn’t like them, but then you remembered an interesting video you had seen a while back, a small business that made some really pretty and fancy looking chocolate bars, and the start of an idea popped in your head.

“Actually, yeah, let me take them”

And that’s where it began, you bought some milk and white chocolate, took one of the sprinkle jars from the bakery (that weren’t expired) and after some melting, molding and a few chocolate chip cookies you had at home, your vision came to life.

It was a little silly how excited you got over a piece of chocolate. You thought first of just putting words on them like the burned out “live, laugh, love” stamped on every pillow and home decoration, but it wasn’t fun to you, and so you thought of phrases. The first one read “Happy birthday!” because well, it was still a prototype.

As it hardened and you were looking down at it with a grin, Phillip was walking through the front door, you heard the keys and saw him walk into the room, smiling when his eyes found you, his jacket still on.

“Hey baby…” he rolled out smoothly, and you chuckled as he walked towards you, leaning over the kitchen bar to kiss you and hum “How was work?” he said in a pause between kisses.

“It was good…” you said before one last peck “I made something” you said, turning the chocolate piece towards him.

He looked down with one of his giddy smirks, his eyes twitched as he read it, and then he looked up at you again, glinting eyes and raised brows searching your face.

“I can’t believe you got my birthday wrong” he said, and you rolled your eyes.

“I couldn’t think of anything else, shut up” you chuckled, and he giggled looking at it again “It’s an idea I had, to sell at the bakery, would you buy it?”

“Oh yeah, that’s fun” he commented “You guys could make them personalized” 

“Oh yeah we could” you tilted your head, you liked the idea.