First meeting AU: Cake Murderer (AZ)

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by shirlengtearjerky

by shirlengtearjerky

Prompt: "It's my roommate's birthday and you just made me drop the last cake in the store so help me either find a new one or bake a new one"

Day 1 of my October Writing Challenge

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"Oh no no no no!"

Andreau winced at the sight of the girl in front of him. In his defense, hindi niya sinasadya na mabangga ang babae pagpasok niya ng bakeshop. He was taking an important call for crissakes! Paano pa niya mapapansin ang babaeng 'yon?

The girl stared at the mess that was a perfect chocolate cake a minute ago. "Miss, are you okay?" he offered contritely. "I'm sorry."

He secretly wished na sana hindi umiyak ang babae--

Okay, there it was. The tears. Kabisado niya buong Periodic Table pero wala siyang cue kung paano magcomfort ng mga umiiyak.

"Miss--"

"The Lord is really testing me!" the girl wailed with a raised fist. Sinipa niya ang cake box palayo sa kanya. "Five branches! Five branches ang pinuntahan ko para hanapin ang cake na yan! Umabsent pa ako sa Philo 150 ko ngayon kahit excessive na ako! Gusto ko lang namang mapasaya ang roommate ko eh. Cake lang ang sagot! She had a crazy week! Her boyfriend dumped her tapos wala pa siyang birthday cake?! Nasaan ang hustisya! Ubos na rin ang allowance ko! Kakainin ko na ba 'tong cake sa lapag, ha??"

This girl should annoy him... but instead, he's damned amused. Ngayon lang siya nakakita at nakarinig ng isang epic ramble habang umiiyak. And fuck him, she still looked so pretty despite her tear-streaked face. And her red nose fucking looked too cute.

"Uhh... Miss?" he started slowly. Napangiti siya nang tignan siya ng babae. "I'm very sorry about the cake. Babayaran ko na lan--"

"Didn't you hear what I said? Five branches na ang napuntahan ko ngayong araw. And the mess down there? That's the last piece. Ever."

A feisty one. How endearing. "So what do you want me to do?"

"Do you have a car?" she asked with an arched brow.

"Yeah. Why?"

"Then help me find another branch, Cake Murderer."

May group study siya mamaya pero hindi siya nagdalawang-isip na itext ang mga kasama niya na hindi na siya makakapunta. Sinamahan na lang niya ang babae na maghanap ng cake.

(It took them two more hours and four branches later to find another one.

She invited him to join their mini celebration.

He said yes.

Before leaving, he asked her out on a date.

Well... she said yes.)