My Brother's Girlfriend || Kang Daniel

Cloud 9

Sayoung questioned her sanity as to why she took Daniel up on his offer. They haven't spoken for months and the last time they spoke, he slammed the door coldly on her face. Not to mention the Minhyun situation that hasn't been resolved. Still, despite common sense telling her to get a hotel or even go back to her mom's house instead, Sayoung couldn't fight off her curiosity. How is Daniel doing? Has he moved on? Did he make up with Minhyun? Sayoung simply had too many questions.

"Just to let you know... I didn't expect any guests, so the place is kind of a pigsty right now" Daniel warned before unlocking the apartment and revealing the interior, leaving Sayoung's mouth agape.

"Geez, when's the last time you took out the trash?" Sayoung scrunched her nose displeasingly as she cautiously entered the apartment that was covered littered with empty beer cans on every surface. Sayoung looked around at the familiar yet also alien surrounding. Everything was the same in the apartment, the furniture, the decoration, the lighting... yet the place felt so somber and lonely, a contrast to how it was before. Just like that, one of Sayoung's question was answered. Clearly, Daniel and Minhyun still haven't made up, after all, Minhyun would never let the place get this messy.

"He still hasn't talked to you?" Sayoung's face turned sullen as she walked to the kitchen counter and placed her grocery bags on top of it.

Danie sighed as he joined her in unbagging the groceries. "I tried texting, calling, and even went to his workplace" Daniel admitted, "he refused to even look at me."

Daniel looked over at Sayoung, who suddenly stopped what she was doing and was looking at the floor due to an overwhelming sense of guilt. She never thought the brothers would go this long without talking to one another.

"I'm sorry..." she uttered.

Sensing Sayoung's uneasiness, Daniel quickly changed the subject. "Ya" he ruffled her hair playfully, causing Sayoung's to look up at him, "you said you're planning to bake your own cake. You call this baking your own cake?" Daniel teased as he held up a box of ready-to-bake cake mix. "Even a 3-year-old can do better than this."

Just like that, Daniel took Sayoung's mind off the heavy topic and focused it on quarreling with him instead. "Don't judge my cake mix" Sayoung hissed as she snatched the box from Daniel's hand "I still have to add 3 eggs and mix it around before putting it in the oven. And last time I check, that's considered as baking." Sayoung rolled her eyes "besides, it's midnight, I don't have 2 hours to spend on a cake."

"2 months gone by and you're still can't cook to save your life" Daniel chuckled as he grabbed the cake mix from her and tossed it in the trash can "alright, let's make you a real cake."

"YA! That was 3 dollars!"

"Do you want to spend your birthday eating a cake that tastes like cardboard or an actual cake?"

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"Ok, now carefully transfer the yolk back and forth between the two shells. Make sure that only the egg white falls down into the bowl while the yolk stays in the shell. If you get the yolk mixed with the whites, the meringue won't whip properly" Daniel instructed as he watched Sayoung fumbled with separating the eggs. "Oh god, my blood pressure" Daniel groaned as he grabbed his nape and threw his head back in frustration when Sayoung accidentally dropped the egg yolk into the bowl of egg whites, thereby rendering the last 4 minutes they spent separating it completely useless.

"I hate cooking" Sayoung declared before throwing the eggshells into the bowl in frustration. "You do it."

"Well... you lasted a good 5 minutes before giving up." Daniel laughed then grabbed Sayoung by the shoulders and scooted her over to the side and took her place.