Pure Imagination (Solo Leveling)

Hot Chocolate

"You're meeting up with Yoo Jin Ho-ssi?" Yuki handed Jin Woo a cup of coffee, taking in the information that Jin Woo provided. Jin Woo nodded, taking a sip of the coffee and sighing in bliss.

"And... you're going like that?" Yuki's judgemental gaze made Jin Woo look down at his outfit.

"What's wrong with it?"

"You look like you're going to rob a bank or something." Jin Woo snorted, taking another sip and chuckled as Yuki scrunched his nose. Yuki pinched the hem of Jin Woo's brown hoodie between his thumb and forefinger. The fabric was stretched to its utmost limit, trying to accommodate Jin Woo's unexpected growth spurt and muscle gain.

"I haven't gone shopping in a while, so everything looks small on me," Jin Woo explained, and Yuki chuckled.

"I know, you've gotten taller. I'm starting to feel short around you." Yuki was of average height, 5'9. He and Jin Woo used to be around the same height a build, however now that Jin Woo was continuously growing stronger Jin Woo's body was changing to accommodate for it. Instead of 5'9, Jin Woo was now around 5'11 or 6'0 feet and his shoulders have broadened by a mile.

Jin Woo laughed, his shoulders shaking and his coffee almost spilling. Yuki pouted at that, and lightly hit Jin Woo's shoulder.

"Tiny Hyung," Jin Woo snorted out and Yuki squawked. Yuki proceeded to hit Jin Woo's shoulder, making the man laugh harder.

"Hurry up and go meet Yoo Jin Ho-ssi!" Yuki kicked Jin Woo out, and Jin Woo waved goodbye. Yuki huffed before returning his attention to the cafe, which had a chuckling Chunghee and Baram behind the bar. Both workers were trying very hard to stifle they're giggling, but Chunghee's loud laugh was hard to quiet even with a hand in front of his mouth.

"Oh, and what's so funny?" Baram snorted and Chung Hee had to turn the other way.

"N-nothing."

"Tiny Oppa," Baram giggled out, making Chunghee snort and bite his finger to stop himself from making the situation worse. Yuki huffed before smiling sinisterly, "Okay then, Baram-ssi you can clean the espresso machine."

"Wait, Oppa!" Baram tried to reason but Yuki ignored her, "Now, please get to work. We have customers."

"Oppa!"

Yuki ignored her cries and began setting to work on making cream horns. They were one of the first pastries he's ever made, and to this day are one of his favorites. The outside was the flaky crust, twirled around a mold that was similar to a conical shell. As for the filling, Yuki experimented with many flavors and found that the strawberry and chocolate were the favorites. He also had Specials that would only come out for the Holidays.

In all honesty, cream horns were one of his specialties, along with cakes and chocolates. Macaroons were slowly making their way up there, however, it was apparent that Gun Ho had a better knack for the sweets than Yuki did. Cream horns though. Yuki could make those for ages and never get tired of them. They were such a fun shape in his opinion, and options for fillings were endless.

He could faintly hear the sound of the television, the News was nothing more than a buzz and the music that played throughout the cafe had a jubilant tone. Yuki hummed along with it, finding the happy song to lift his spirits a bit. In truth, he still wasn't all that over Jin Woo killing. It bothered him. Not so much the murder aspect, but more of the fact that he knew this was going to happen, he knew Jin Woo's life was on the line, he knew the System made him do it, and yet, he couldn't get over it.

It irritated Yuki to the core.

Muttering curses, he rolled out one of the sheets of dough, covering the backside in flour to ensure it wouldn't stick to the counter. He rolled it so it was 12' inches in length and 9' wide. There, he grabbed a knife and allowed muscle memory to cut 12' long and 1' wide strips. Delicate fingers gently picked up one strip at a time and twirled it around a cone-shaped instrument making sure to have the dough overlap a little.