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Mydei started picking up another hobby that he had abandoned in the past, baking. He was mixing the batter for another cake he wanted to bake just for the time to pass.
Phainon─who is unfortunately Mydei's roommate─sat on the couch in the living room, finishing the last project he needed to do.
Phainon sighed, dropping the pen, and turned to look at Mydei reading the recipe for his chocolate cake.
Phainon smirked, "Didn't know such a strong and serious man like you could bake something so sweet?"
Mydei's gaze was still fixed on the recipe, "If you continue on being such a bitch, I won't let you have a piece of this cake. I'll give it to Castorice, Hyacine, Aglaea─heck, even Professor Anaxagoras, Cipher, and the triplets."
Mydei could feel Phainon's eyebrows furrowing and him pouting even without him in his sight. He continued to mix the batter while adding some ingredients and chuckled, knowing how much his roommate loved chocolate cake.
Phainon stood up from the couch to keep the things he used for his project, frustration still written all over his face. He couldn't ignore how much he craved chocolate cake and Mydei knows that well.
After keeping everything, Phainon walked up to Mydei to see how he baked, and also to tease him.
Mydei was now creating the cream as he had just put the batter inside the oven, Phainon put his hand on top of the counter and leaned close to Mydei, he always hated it whenever his stubborn roommate does that, and how it always gave him butterflies and a slight blush on his cheeks.
"What are you making now, roommate?" Phainon stared at Mydei with a smug look on his face.
Mydei sighs with his eyes closed, gripping the metal bowl. "Are you blind? It's cream, to put on the layers of cake and to coat the cake." He answered with a frown, clearly annoyed.
"Mmm.. can I have a taste?" Phainon leaned closer and whispered in his ear, Mydei stopped and thought to himself, what exactly should he do to annoy his roommate back?
"You want a taste?" Mydei finally turned to Phainon, answering his question with another.
"I'll give you a taste." He dipped his finger in the bowl, getting chocolate cream on his finger and smeared it on Phainon's nose.
Phainon stared at Mydei, flabbergasted. He smirked again and dipped his finger on the cream─just like Mydei did─and smeared it on his cheek.
"Good right?" Phainon teased, Mydei stared at him with his eyes wide. He returned the teasing look as he started to dip his finger to get more of the cream and walked up to Phainon slowly.
With months of living under the same roof─and hours of fighting, which mostly consisted of childish competitions between the two─Phainon stepped backwards, preparing himself for when Mydei finally chases him with the cream on his finger.
"You've been craving this, weren't you?" Mydei wiggles his finger around, showing to Phainon with a smirk. He recalled the 127th challenge they had yesterday, taking another step closer to Phainon.
"Here's my congratulations for when you won that race we had while climbing up the stairs of the building, which was clearly rigged since you tripped me on purpose and had shoes specifically designed for you to run faster."
Phainon scoffed, "There were no rules in the first place—and it's not my fault you weren't prepared at all."
Mydei stopped walking, looking even more annoyed. It's no secret that Phainon knows how to tick his dear competitor off well, anyone could clearly see Mydei's temper whenever he's around Phainon.
He gets ready to run from getting cream smeared on his face, the place spacious enough for such ridiculous things the roommates could come up with to piss each other off.
Mydei─being the guy who's also known for being unusually fast─dashes to Phainon as fast as he could. Phainon─the so-called "golden boy" of the school─has trained hard enough that he was able to get only a tiny bit close to matching Mydei's speed, but was able to run from him.
The roommates continued smearing chocolate cream on each other while waiting for the cake to fully bake, running from each other with cream on their faces.
Phainon stopped with more chocolate cream on his fingers. Mydei stopped chasing him as well, not knowing what to expect. Phainon then held his waist gently and smeared cream on his neck, licking it slowly after.
Mydei could only stand speechless and flustered, his face turning red. "Just a taste.." Phainon whispered in his ear again, his gaze on the cream a little too close to Mydei's lips.
Phainon licks the cream teasingly, careful not to touch Mydei's mouth that was slightly open. He gives the now wet part of Mydei's face a little peck, then backs up to admire his confused and shy state.
The two got interrupted when they heard the oven ding, the cake was already done. Mydei swears that Phainon held his waist tighter.
Mydei was able to calm Phainon down by suggesting that he should help decorate the cake, which was obviously a bad idea. Now the words: "Congrats Phainon for being a REAL WINNER!!" are written on the cake with sprinkles and chocolate chips around them. He really should find a way to win against him someday.
It's at least worth it seeing that he wouldn't be able to do whatever type of being annoying and teasing, not with a mouth stuffed with his own enemy's sweet chocolate cake that he's been wanting for days.
Phainon swallows the soft piece with cream and sprinkles and drinks water to clear his throat, "You know Mydei.." He points at his neck, specifically where he licked the cream off of it.
"I'm considering putting a tiny piece on there." Phainon gets another piece of cake and eats it immediately. Mydei remembers the moment─cringing at himself─then realizes something.
"Are you thinking of biting my neck now?" Phainon chuckles after eating the piece of cake, "I mean.. after all that, why not?"
Mydei stared at Phainon with that same annoyed look on his face, one that Phainon has grown used to and enjoys.