From Beginning to the End (Jeongcheol)

Cooks Coups

Seungcheol pov

Well I was proven wrong.
I bought the wrong cut of the beef 🥩 I should have bought beef plate but it's ok. I started preparing the garlic 🧄 by mincing them since I bought garlic cloves.

While preparing, I heard Jeonghan's door click open. Probably just to take the water or head to the washroom.

I placed the beef in the pot and stirred it a little before throwing in the seaweed.

'Ya! You have to soak it first!'
'Jeonghan?'
'Just get it out'

Jeonghan took a spatula and a bowl to scoop the seaweed.

'I should restart'
'I can eat this as a stir-fried seaweed dish'
'No no'

Jeonghan was trying to save my dish.

AISH!
'I should have soaked the seaweed in the beginning'
'It's ok'

Jeonghan assured me, while awkwardly patting my shoulder. Was he going back to us being just friends?

'It seems you're the one cooking'
'Haha yeah...'

There was so much awkwardness is the air that even my little jokes couldn't help.

'Tada! The first dish! Oh... I screwed this up so much...'
'We can say it's a seaweed beef stir-fry'

'WE ARE HOME!'
Just as Jeonghan walked out of the kitchen to set the table, Dokyeom came announcing loudly that they were home.

'Kyeom! Indoor voice'
'Sorry Shua hyung. We are home!'

Everyone laughed silently, enjoying how Joshua managed to get Dokyeom to control his voice.

'Dinner is ready. Come and eat'

Everyone gathered at the dining table while I stayed in the kitchen to scoop out the last dish.

'You and Han made up?'
'Not yet... He just came down and started helping me. We haven't talked about the issue though... I am worried. He is acting like nothing happened'
'Let's eat first. Maybe Jeonghan is trying to understand'

Shua and I headed to the dining table and we all started eating.

'Do you know what seaweed beef stir-fry is?'
'No'
'Tada! I created this today'

Although everyone was present, there was a strange atmosphere hanging in the air. No one was screaming, shouting, yelling or even talking. It was like SILENCE.

'Why the silence? Is the food bad?'
'No hyung. It's great. Just tired'

Almost immediately, everyone started gobbling down their food and left to their rooms, leaving Jeonghan and I at the table, slowly eating. The awkwardness and silence was deafening.