Wildfire And Rain

Chapter Fifty

Taehyun goes back to the dorms when visiting hours are over. He feels bad leaving Kai alone at night and he did try to bribe the nurse with the cookies he wants to bake for tomorrow's visit.

She was awfully strict.

The two said their goodbyes and now Taehyun parked in the campus parking lot and dragged his way over to his room; with a mind filled with thoughts about Kai.

Me: Goodnight, Kai-ah. Sweet dream <3 >^-^<

Kai😊 : Will I see you tomorrow?

Me: of course!! Rest well...

Kai: rest well, Taehyun.

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"I come bearing a new surprise!" Taehyun smiles widely in front of the hospital bed. He clutches a silver pan to his body and waddles to the bed while shedding his bag off of his shoulders.

His energy causes Kai to smile shyly. He intertwines his hands and waits patiently; his eyes are full of expectations.

Taehyun removes the cloth from the pan and lowers it to the mattress with a proud face. "I baked those with Soobin-Hyung," he explains; presenting the almost-too-brown, brown butter cookies with chunky chocolate chips. Taehyun looks around. "I thought Beomgyu-Hyung would be here... "he questions his sense of hearing.

Beomgyu did say he'd stop by in the morning.

"Hyung Had a meeting to attend to; alongside Mr. Tadashi," Kai answers.

"Oh." Taehyun nods in understanding.

"He is to return in a few hours I suppose."

His eyes zero on a bento box left open in the bedside drawer. "Beomgyu-Hyung dropped off breakfast?" Taehyun smiles. "That's kind of him."

Kai nods.

"You must not have an appetite, then... "he realizes his timing may have been off. He's slightly bummed. "It's okay, I'll leave those here-"

"I can have one." Kai intervenes. His eyebrows knit together. "You have made them for me, correct?" he asks to make sure he's not reading the kind gesture in a wrong way.

"No, I made them for the little ant trail outside." he jokes; scratching the back of his neck. He gets shy when Kai looks at him like he has his undivided attention just on him. Blush tints on his cheeks. "They are for you."

Kai reaches his hand for the silver tray; picking out a weirdly-shaped cookie out of the bunch. It leaves a butter mark on the baking sheet.

Taehyun washes with shiny eyes as Kai bites into the cookie and his eyes widen in delight. "These are delectable." he compliments after he swallows the food; giving Taehyun a convincing, charming smile.

Kai takes another bite and Taehyun claps his hand enthusiastically, bouncing off the bed. "Really? I wasn't sure, because I never baked before but Hyung helped me. Do you like them?"

"So very much. Thank you."

A thought pops into Taehyun's head. He really wasn't sure about the cookies because he left them in the oven for a few extra minutes but if Kai liked them, there was no harm in tasting one himself.

He reaches for the tray but Kai holds his wrist in a movement faster than light and stops him. "Don't," Kai exclaims.

Taehyun looks at him; confused. He giggles nervously. "Why not?" he tilts his head.