Ensemble Stars Oneshots!!

Shino Hajime - Sweets

A/N: Guess who's writing another oneshot no one requested for even though they still have a pile of requests?!?!

Ok jokes aside I'm writing this oneshot to add to my summoning circle to SCOUT FOR HAJIME!! My sweet child please come home. I'm going to draw a bunch of Hajimes and open my computer with the oneshot on the screen and scout for him AND HOPEFULLY I'll get him??? Is anyone else scouting for him? Also since this scout story mentions that Hajime did a CM with a 'bishoujo idol' concept in a TV show apparently where he like baked sweets, did chores, or something like that so I decided to take inspiration from the scout event story. (I'm sorry this was so rushed I was completely out of ideas)

Also important!! This oneshot takes place in !! Timeline (So Hajime is now a second year)

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Crunch crunch crunch. You chew on your stale crackers, staring at nothing in particular.

You were in the midst of writing a proposal for an upcoming Ra*bits live but you could not come up with any good ideas. In an attempt to gain inspiration, you left your office in hopes that a change of scenery would help.

Now you were sitting in the Ensemble Square cafeteria, staring out the windows, with papers scattered across the table in front of you. A while ago you had packed crackers in your bag for yourself to snack on but completely forgot about them, but a few weeks later you found them at the bottom of your bag. So now you were eating stale crackers while lamenting your lack of inspiration.

Your chin rested on your hand that was propped up on the table, while your other hand mindlessly brought the probably expired biscuits to your lips. Staring blankly into space, you did not notice the soft voice that was calling your name.

Suddenly a hand entered your field of vision, waving in front of your eyes, gaining your attention. Startled, you jump a little, turning to the owner of the hand that brought you back to reality.

"-zu-san, Anzu-san? Are you alright? Do you need-" the owner of the hand hopped back a little in surprise when you suddenly turned your head to face him, causing him to stop mid-sentence.

Soft lavender eyes entered your vision and you recognised the male to be your underclassman from school. You realised that he was probably calling out to you for a while and you smile sheepishly, "Ah, Hajime... Sorry about that I was a little lost in thought..."

Panicking a little, Hajime shook his head, waving his arms in front of him, "Ah! No, no, I'm sorry for disturbing you while you were focusing... I just wanted to ask if it was okay for me to take the seat opposite you as the other tables are taken..."

You smile warmly at the younger boy, "Of course! I could actually use some help from you actually... I was trying to come up with ideas for Ra*bits live before my meeting with Tomoya-kun and the other producers..."

Hajime brightened up, "Of course I'll help! I'm always depending on you for help so I'm glad that you can rely on me too~ ♪"

Your underclassman pulled out the chair opposite you and sat in it. The younger blunet then leaned forward over the the table to get a better look at the documents that were scattered in front you, causing a lock of his hair to fall past his face.

Seeing that, you unconsciously reach your hand out to tuck his pale blue hair behind his ear. Startled, the male flinched a little and shot his head up to look at you in surprise. Realising what you just did, you quickly withdrew your hand and looked away from Hajime.

"S-sorry about that, I saw your hair falling a little out of place... So I just did that without thinking..."

You sheepishly rub your neck, glancing back at Hajime to see his reaction.

Your underclassman giggled a little before giving a warm, wholesome smile, "Hehe I don't mind you touching my hair, I was just surprised, that's all~"

You sigh a little in relief before turning back to the papers, then sighing again. This time, in exhaustion. Let's get down to business... (A/N: to defeat, the huns!! COUGH)

After about half an hour of throwing around ideas and brainstorming, you noticed your long forgotten packet of crackers lying at the edge of the table. Just as you were about to reach forward for another stale cracker, Hajime suddenly spoke up.

"Ah, w-would you like to try some of the sweets I baked? I was featured on a TV show where I baked some sweets and the producers allowed me to take some back with me... But I have quite a lot so I was hoping to share with others...?" The male shyly asked, fiddling with his fingers a little.

Hearing the mention of sweets, you suddenly perked up, nodding eagerly at Hajime's offer.

The blunet pulled out a container from his bag and placed it on the table. He proceeded to open it, revealing an assortment of different pastries, ranging from tarts to jam cookies to mini brownies.

"They look amazing Hajime! They're so beautifully made that I would have believed you if you told me these were made by a professional! They must taste really good~"

Looking at the delicious sweets before you, your eyes were practically glowing while you were looking at them.

Hearing your praise, the younger boy smiled bashfully.

"Thank you~ but I doubt these will taste as good as the sweets made by Ritsu-oniichan~" Hajime hummed to himself, thinking about eating Ritsu's handmade sweets while enjoying a cup of tea.

At the mention of 'sweets made by Ritsu-oniichan', you felt your stomach involuntarily lurch a little.

"Haha... yeah... Ritsu's sweets are... questionable... But at least they taste good," you laugh nervously, thinking about the horrid appearance of the sweets he tried to force you to eat not too long ago.

Interrupting your thoughts about Ritsu's sweets, Hajime held his container in front of you. "Hehe~ I recommend the jam cookies, they're my personal favourite~ I made the strawberry jam for it together with Ritsu so it tastes really good! When I brought it to set, all the staff loved it~"

Hearing that, you reach forward to take one of the jam cookies and bit into it. The jam was smooth and had just the right amount of sweetness, and the cookie was buttery and light.

Tasting the virtually perfect cookie, your eyes lit up, "These are delicious! You could open a bakery!"

The male laughed a little at your reaction, and picked up a cookie with cream cheese on top for himself.

He thoughtlessly bit into the cookie, his attention on you, watching you munching happily. The younger blunet could not help but smile while he watched you.

Feeling your underclassmen's gaze, you look back up towards him to return him a smile, but you noticed a little bit of cream on the corner of his mouth.

Smiling a little, you point to the corner of your own mouth, "Hajime, you have a little bit of cream cheese on your mouth right here."

The moment you said that, the blunet grabbed a napkin in a fluster and tried to wipe away the cream.

"I-is it gone..."

"Not really, let me help you~" Still smiling you take the napkin from Hajime's hand and lean over the table, wiping the cream of his face.

Hajime smiled gratefully, and was just about to thank you when he noticed you had a few crumbs stuck to your mouth as well.

"Actually, you have a few crumbs on your mouth as well..."

"I do?"

The two of you stared at each other for a few moments before bursting out laughing.

After calming down a little, Hajime glanced back towards you, "Do you want to come to my house sometime...? We can bake together?"

You grin at the younger male, "Of course! I'm glad you asked, with all the rules about producers and idols we can't exactly hand out much together in public because of rumours..."

Hajime brightened up at your acceptance of his offer, "Hehe, we can bake sweets together and have our own tea party~"

"Yep!"