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Softened giggles echoed through the wind as a cute, nine tailed fox bounced on her heels within the kitchens, the scent of the food had already filled Taichen Palace. The scent only became ten times sweeter when the sound of the Empress giggling over a plate of food she was preparing. The scent of honey and natural sweetness sticking to the air as the collection of perfectly peels fruits and the soft glazing of honey stuck to her fingers.
Whilst licking the honey off of her fingers, Bai Fengjiu grinned at the man entering the Taichen Palace kitchen; a teasing lit to his grin. With each step he made close to the woman covered in fruit juices, the grins on their faces seemed to spread.
“Si Ming!” She happily boasted, bringing her hands up to her chest—forgetting they were still covered in honey and sticky fruit juice—and becoming him over. As he got closer, Bai Fengjiu grasped onto his sleeve and pulled him closer to see the array of fruits she created for Dong Hua. “Doesn't it look good!?” she asked, proudly gesturing at the array whilst continuing to bounce on her heels.
Turning towards the fruit, Si Ming offered her a soft smile before righting himself and responding. “It does…” he starts, “what exactly is it?”
“It's fruit and honey!” She says happily, “if you're down the sweetness of the fruit will help make you happier, and the stickiness of the honey makes you forget about your woes while cleaning it from your fingers!!”
Squaring his shoulders, Si Ming reached over to grab one of the peeled skins of the fruit and held it between his fingers to inspect it for loose meat before setting it back down and glancing back at her. Watching as the fox woman bounced and vibrated out of the corner of his eyes.
“Well, would you like to give it to him,” Si Ming asked, tapping his finger against the table, “or should I?”
With a soft squeak falling from her lips, Bai Fengjiu reached over on her bouncing toes and grasped at the plate holding the array. Following her towards Dong Hua, Si Ming watched as she excitedly made her way towards her husband. The treat would likely be too sweet for him to be able to finish all alone, thus it would likely be up to him to clear the plate whilst they were distracted.
(Read: Kissing)
Dong Hua had been drowning in work for the past few weeks and it had begun to exhaust him—if not for the work involved then it was his inability to spend enough time with his wife—obviously making Bai Fengjiu want to take care of him. (Si Ming would argue the only ‘sickness’ Dong Hua held was his inability to see his wife unhappy, but then again, that wasn't anything new.)
“Do you think he's going to like it?” Bai Fengjiu asked Si Ming as they got closer to where Dong Hua had been working for the past few hours.
Nodding softly to the girl, Si Ming followed the girl into the room and watched as Dong Hua's attention was immediately snatched away from his work at the arrival of his wife. Eyes lighting up from their previous dulled-out state as she bound towards him, fingers wrapped around the edge of the plate dipping into the small amount of scattered honey.
She worked so hard to make something for her husband and she desperately wanted him to enjoy it to the fullest. Moving closer to her now fully aware husband, Bai Fengjiu stumbled her way up to him with a smile on her face.
“Hello,” he says softly, a single eyebrow raising as he beckoned the bouncing fox closer to him. Watching with a soft smile donning his features as she set the plate of fruit on the table in front of him—unaware that a bit of slipping honey spread across the paperwork he had been working on. “What is this?”
Moving herself closer to him, Bai Fengjiu slid herself into his lap and squeaked at the feeling of his arm around her waist. His hand wrapping around the base of her waist whilst Si Ming moved the food closer to the pair—and off the paper.
“I made you lunch!” She happily said, snuggling herself deeper into the comfort of her husband with each second passing between them.
“It looks quite delicious looking, sir,” Si Ming said, watching in amusement as Dong Hua moved his free hand away from its place holding his head up to grasp at a piece of honey-covered fruit. His features twisting in a small motion of displeasure before schooling it into an expression of soft amusement.
Slipping the piece of fruit into his mouth, Bai Fengjiu watched as he silently processes the taste of the food in his mouth; buzzing with anticipation as she awaited his words. “Is it okay?” She asks, watching him swallow.
“its delicious my little fox.”