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"ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE OKAY?" i asked with a look of concern plastered on my face as i handed him a cup of water. he chuckled lightly and nodded.

"i'm fine. thank you."

"i'm so sorry! i didn't knew you were allergic to strawberries. oh my god." i exclaimed while sitting down beside him and he waved his arms around with a smile.

"it's nothing. it was not tha-"

"i'm so sorry. i could've killed you! if you got more serious, what if it was anaphylactic?!" i exclaimed while digging myself into my arms out of shame and embarrassment. i felt a pair of warm hands on my shoulders.

"calm down. i'm very much alive right now, aren't i? you reacted quickly so i'm alright." iwaizumi said which made me felt a sense of relief surge through my body. "you knew quite a lot about the allergy?"

i looked at him again and nodded, "yeah. my sister has it. it's quite a rare allergy. had it since you were a child i suppose?"

"yup." he said, popping the 'p' before downing on the glass of water as i looked at him apologetically.

"i'm still so sorry." i said and he gave me a pissed look.

"stop saying that. you did nothing wrong. you wouldn't have known." he said and i sighed.

"damn it. now what about the cake?" i said with a groan.

"wait oh my god. i'm so sorry, how much is it-"

it was as if a light bulb popped up from my brain. my eyes light up and i turned to look at him.

"what if we both baked a cake together? like here? right now?"

"do you even know how to bake a cake?" iwaizumi questioned me and i rolled my eyes as i prepared the ingredients.

"google exists. youtube exists." i said.

"and people that can blow up the house by baking a cake exists." iwaizumi retorted back which made chuckle.

"do you not have faith in me?" i asked him and he shook his head.

"i don't." he said which caused me to look at him while placing my hand on my heart, feigning a heartbreak. "well i don't even have faith in myself."

"on the bright side and ignoring the fact that we could die together-"

"how romantic." he cut me off with a sarcastic remark but i continued.

"we could bond and you could learn how to bake a cake!" i said in a overly positive attitude which kind of surprised myself.

"ugh fine." iwaizumi groaned as he washed his hands. i took a look on my phone and stared at the instructions cluelessly.

"you literally have no idea what they are talking about, do you-"

"i'll figure it out!" i grumbled.

"what the hell is buttermilk?" i asked as i neared my face onto the phone screen with my hands mixing the cake batter in the bowl.

"is it like butter mixed in milk?" iwaizumi asked as he prepared the frosting. "can't you check it on your phone?"

"my hands are dirty. i'm pretty sure it's what you said. i mean the name says it all." i said as i added milk and butter into the mixture.

"i'm done with the frosting. need help?" he asked and i nodded vigorously as i turned to look at him with a pout. he laughed and washed his hands before drying it on his clothes. "so?"

"can you mix this shit? my arms are getting sore. just don't break the bowl or whisk." i said as i handed him the bowl of mixture, eyeing his arms which caused him to snatch the bowl from me.

"i don't know whether if that was a compliment or insult but i'll take it as a compliment." he said as he sped up the mixing twice the speed i was going at which caused me to widen my eyes.

"oh my god let me give you a reminder. don't. break. the. bowl. it's my favourite one." i said jokingly in a dramatic way and he rolled his eyes.

i preheated the oven to 350 degrees and prepared the cake pan that was in a shape of a 'o'.

"i'm done." iwaizumi said while handing me the bowl and i thanked him quietly. i placed the batter into the cake tray and placed inside the oven. i clapped my hands to dust off the excess flour on top of the sink and gave him a closed eyed smile.

"we did it!" i cheered while punching the air with a fist and he chuckled.

"you're such a dork." iwaizumi said as he booped my nose which caused me to open my eyes. i felt a cold substance on my nose and i sniffed it to smell a certain sweetness and bitterness.

did he just-

"iwaizumi hajime! did you just put chocolate on my  face?" i said in a half yelling voice and he shrugged playfully. "oh so you wanna play this way?"

i took the nearest remaining flour batter i had and gently slapped him with it across the face.

keyword: gently

the food battle between us continued and continued and who emerged as winner was no one since we both simply made my kitchen a mess and i had to clean up, and there was too less frosting now so shitty cake for him.

the sound of the oven rang which caused our battle to stop. jesus christ, we've been doing this for 35 minutes?

"great, iwa. look what you've done to both me and the kitchen." i said in a sarcastic voice which he scoffed at.

"you continued it." he said as he patted his hair into the sink, flour coming out of it. "now i look like i have dandruff."

i giggled as i washed my hands at the sink, "i'm sorry. you can take a shower here if you want to."

"what about my clothes?" he asked and i sighed.

"right i didn't think about that." i said before a smile crept onto my face. "well you could always wear my oversized t shirts or sweaters out but i'm so sorry to say that i don't have suitable shorts."

"your ass's looks big so the size should be big enough
to fit me." he said jokingly and my mouth widened as i looked at him with an offended expression on my face.

"hey! i- wait, have you been looking at my ass? how do you know-"

"nah man, it's just so big that it blocks my vision." he said while chuckling and i 'hmph'ed him.

"i hate you so much."

"i'm joking! i'll take a look at your closet later and see what i can do. before we say anything else, bring the cake out, i'm a little hungry."

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