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no it wasn't the weekend, but jaemin just couldn't wait until then. he, too, noticed how he and renjun were so busy with work. especially since renjun had a tv interview on sunday, and jaemin had a lot of editing to do because of his meeting with the writers on friday. being that it was wednesday, and to their luck their shift was cut short, jaemin invited the older to his house yet again.

of course, renjun couldn't disagree. so after their shifts ended, jaemin took renjun to his house just as he planned. they played board games, watched some shows on netflix but the couple started to run out of ideas.

the two now sat on the couch, watching whatever was on the tv. renjun's head was on the younger's chest as he played jaemin's fingers that were much larger that his own. jaemin smiled at how cute the older was as he wrapped his free arm around renjun's small body, bringing him closer.

"you know, i might not be amazing at cooking, but i really enjoy baking." renjun said randomly. he covered his face seemingly embarrassed about how weird and random he was but jaemin didn't care. he was bored and he would appreciate any opportunity to learn little things about renjun.

"oh really? are they that much different?" jaemin asked, feeling renjun nod against him.

"very different but similar at the same time." renjun answered. the room grew quiet, though it was that comfortable sort of silence that the two males didn't mind at all

"how about we bake a cake?" renjun looked up at the younger with an expression jaemin couldn't quite read this time.

"seriously?" renjun couldn't imagine jaemin being good at baking for some strange reason. he even laughed at the thought.

"i'm serious! you don't think i can do it, do you?" renjun bit his lip to hide his laughter, "that's it. come on, let's go shop for the ingredients."

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jaemin pushed the silver cart throughout the grocery store as he watched renjun observe each ingredient before putting it into the cart. he was grabbing so many different tools and ingredients, jaemin couldn't keep up.

"do we really need all of this?" jaemin asked. renjun nodded as he stood on his toes to attempt to reach an item, "i can tell baking is already different from cooking. i usually just grab what i think will taste good but you're reading each product." jaemin pointed out, simply reaching his arm up to hand the smaller male the item he was reaching for.

"it will taste good for sure. well that depends on you," renjun giggled, jaemin just rolled his eyes as the two paid and made their way back to jaemin's home.

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after preheating the oven and prepping the pans, the two got started immediately. making sure their hands were washed and they were wearing aprons.

"okay, first we need to mix ¼ cup of sugar and a stick of butter." renjun said handing jaemin a measuring cup and the sugar.

"i don't know how to measure that!" he argued, but renjun just smiled as he went to grab the butter.

"just pour the sugar into the cup until the line that reads ¼." renjun explained. he was sure jaemin would get it but that thought completely left him when jaemin held the cup over the bowl and began pouring the sugar.

"stop!"

the sugar came out all at once and instead of only going inside of the measuring cup, it fell into the bowl that had butter in it, and onto the counter top. renjun's mouth hung open before he snorted, jaemin frowned as he did so.

"don't laugh!" he said trying to conceal his own laughter, "i'm actually trying to learn!"

"well here's a tip, never measure anything over your bowl. unless you want all of it to go in. plus you can't hold the cup anyways, it has to be on a flat surface." renjun ended up having to fix the sugar rush in the bowl before handing it back to the younger to stir.

"when do i stop?" he asked, nodding his head when renjun told him to stop when it turns fluffy. meanwhile, the older was preparing the eggs and baking powder, "why do we need baking powder? we already have flour." renjun ignored him and just handed him the eggs.

"this should be easy, just put it in the bowl."

"the whole egg?" renjun's face dropped. was he serious? his question was soon answered when jaemin laughed hysterically.

"i was really concerned for you for a second! i nearly hit you." renjun sighed in relief, laughing with the younger.

after successfully adding the eggs, it was time to add the baking powder. renjun was a little nervous for that considering what just happened earlier,
but he just had to wait and see. adding vanilla extract, renjun watched as jaemin slowly tried to measure the powder.

"you're doing so great." renjun said, but his nervous voice said otherwise.

"thank you, pretty. don't be so nervous, i got this." jaemin lifted the measuring cup and began pouring the baking powder into the bowl. everything seemed to be going smoothly until jaemin went out of focus in renjun's view, his eyes widened as he noticed the baking powder on its side, spilling onto the floor.

"jaemin! the baking powder! get it!" despite telling the younger to grab the bag, they both reach across each other. their bodies entangled losing their balance. it was a mixture of them trying to stop the baking power from spilling anymore, and their mixing bowl from spilling. it just ended with the two males on the floor in the pile of baking powder.

"this is absolutely ridiculous!" jaemin couldn't believe he managed to ruin the kitchen this much over one cake. the two were now on the floor covered in powder all because of a simple cake. renjun was laughing so hard, tears were pouring from his eyes. seeing renjun in that state made jaemin's heart melt. he couldn't help but laugh too.

"i can't believe— you've caused this big of a mess— over a cake!" renjun hiccuped from laughing so hard, holding his stomach he did so. jaemin threw some of the baking powder into his face as he stood to his feet.

renjun ended up finishing the cake while jaemin cleaned up the mess. luckily, the cake turned out well and the two enjoyed it happily. even though they were still completely covered with powder.

"imagine if we did this with the rest of the group."

"your house would burn down." renjun said making the younger laugh. jaemin wanted that day to last forever but all he could do was just enjoy every moment and hope for more with the older.