JaeCas Shorts - M2M

Chef Chili Pepper Part 1

Ever heard of those nerve-breaking chefs on Youtube or some weird Facebook Pages that wears nothing but an apron and his underwear? Yeah, hate to break it to you but I hate those- before. My name is Brendan and I am here to tell you my story of how I met the hot chef.

Just another normal day of our classes and I already hear voice from them telling each other stories about some cooking show. "Really? I never saw that one!" is what I heard at first. 

"Yeah. He's so hot to be honest, very handsome as well."

"But the food he makes are just as delicious as he is."

Ugh, just hearing them makes me sick. I took out my headset from my bag and listened to some music to get the idea out of my head. I saw one of the preview from one of the shows, particularly they're talking about Chef Chili Pepper, an amateur cook about just as my age, maybe two or three years older though.

His real name is Harold if I remember correctly.

School ended without anything exciting to begin with. A sigh escapes from my throat as I head back to the condominium. I usually live alone since my parents are at some other country working instead of here, but since they left me to study alone, I guess I really had no choice. Plus, my siblings already have work at some other parts of the country, wow, wouldn't even bother to visit the youngest, but I can't really blame them.

I decided to take a bath and do my homework afterwards. After I got out of the shower, I immediately checked my phone before hearing the doorbell. I landed a towel around my neck before I opened the door to see who it was. The sight caught my eyes and made them wide. A smile greets me with a handsome face as well. "Hello, neighbor." That voice.

"The name's Harold. Nice to meet you." he said, opening up a hand for a handshake, which I took since I had no choice. "Y-yeah... Brendan. Nice to meet you, Harold." I said.

No mistaking it.

"Well, I was wondering if you have some onions with you? I really need some since I'm short on materials and can't afford to go to the store at this rate." he asked, wow nice nerve out of the blue to ask materials for a new neighbor.

"S-sure... what for?" I asked for clarification. "Well, you see, I run a cooking channel." Yup, no doubt about it, he's, "I'm Chef Chili Pepper. You must've heard of me at some point." he said. "Y-yeah... I do..." I replied. "Come inside and wait a minute, I'll get changed before I get those onions for you." I said before letting him inside before I go to my room and put some clothes on.

As I went out and went to the fridge I asked, "How many do you need?" and he answered with, "Just one." and then threw the onion to him and was caught by his large left hand. "Thanks so much." he said. "You said you're new?" I asked. "Yeah, I just moved in this morning." and he answers.

"Need some help unpacking?" I offered some help since it was a way to get away from my homework at some point. "Really? That'd be a great help." he replied and I followed him outside towards his part of the condo.

When we got inside, damn there are many boxes  piled up. "... Are those...?" I asked, making him continue, "Yup. Ingredients." my sentence. Figures. "... So what do you need help with?" I ask. "I'll take care of my clothes, I already made a label of the kitchen and how to arrange them." he said. "Okay then." and started arranging all the said ingredients inside the boxes.