Sturdy Lover (Eijiro Kirishima x OC)

Chapter- 39 Baking

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Ahri stood in front of the oven and frowned while tapping her foot angrily against her knee. Kirishima was wandering into the kitchen to find him and Eitarou, who were in the middle of a movie marathon, another snack.

As soon as he saw Ahri, Kirishima chuckled, "Oh no. I haven't seen the flamingo pose in quite a while, are you okay, cutie?"

"I'm fine."

"You are not fine," he laughed more truly this time. Kirishima ran his fingertips across her lower back and plopped his chin on her shoulder as he asked, "why are you upset?"

Since Kirishima genuinely seem to care, she sighed, "look at them! They're hideous."

"Them?" He stared into the glowing oven. "Are we referring to the muffins as people now?"

"No Eijiro," Ahri growled. 

"Ohhhkay, not in the mood for humor- got it." Kirishima actually inspected the muffins and stated, "cutie, I'm not muffin expert but they don't look hideous to me? They look normal."

"Exactly!!"

"'Excactly'?"

"Yes!"

"No, that's not what I meant," Kirishima laughed as he spun his grumpy Amajiki around in his arms. Kirishima kissed the tip of her nose lovingly. "I was asking what you meant by exactly. I see nothing wrong with the muffins, but you clearly do. I am here to help, but you need to tell me what's wrong my love."

Ahri's big indigo eyes were wide with insecurity as she sighed, "I was so excited about hosting tomorrow's BBQ. I remade all of my favorite recipes this week just to practice for Saturday, but everything is coming out 'fine'. Nothing is amazing!"

"Everything you make is amazing!"

Ahri glared at him, but Kiri found it so damn cute he was forcing himself not to smile in the face of her anger. "Eiji, you eat everything- even the burnt ones. No offense, but your opinion doesn't mean shit."

"Ohhh cursing too?!?!" Kirishima finally let his happy smile spread across his face as he grabbed her behind her thighs and picked her up. 

"Eijiro!" she screamed in surprise as her big man sat her on the countertop. 

He placed his big hands on each side of her hips and leaned in so that he could see her beautiful face better. "If you curse at me cutie, you know I can't keep my hands off of you." Kirishima kissed her cheek innocently and whispered huskily, "you know I like it when you're a bad girl."

Ahri's entire body shivered in delight at being teased by Kirishima, but she remained resolute as she said, "What if everyone is disappointed by me?"

Kirishima stopped trying to seduce her because he knew she was finally getting to the core of anxiety. He cocked a red brow and asked, "Ahri why would you worry about something like that?"

"I don't know," she replied shyly. "Everyone saw me on TV or going into the courthouse, but I haven't met most of your friends in person before. I'm worried they'll be disappointed by just me."

"Just you?" Kirishima placed two fingers beneath her chin so that she could see the love in his eyes as he said, "you're the most beautiful woman in the world, my love. No one will be disappointed by you. In fact, most of them will probably tease me about how I got so lucky pulling a woman as amazing as you."

Ahri cupped his chiseled jaw and ran her thumb over that scar on his eye. "They'd never say that Eiji. You're such a wonderful person. Anyone would be lucky to be yours."