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It was 2AM in the morning, and Chuuya couldn't sleep. He had no idea why- he was tired, he wasn't uncomfortable, he didn't have to go to the bathroom, he wasn't too cold, he wasn't too hot... He just couldn't sleep. He had been trying to fall asleep for hours now and he was ready to give up and go watch some TV. That was when Dazai, his boyfriend, who was fast asleep jerked awake suddenly muttering something about cake.
Chuuya rolled onto his side in order to face Dazai, who had stopped muttering and was instead yawning. "Are you alright?" Chuuya asked suddenly, interrupting Dazai's yawn as the other male looked over at him.
"Chuu-ya~ You're awake." Dazai smiled at Chuuya, eyes bright when he saw his boyfriend was already awake. Then, registering his question, he added, "oh, no I'm fine! I didn't have a nightmare or anything, I just started craving cake. What time is it? Is it morning?"
"It's 2AM." Chuuya words sounded amused, though he was definitely even more amused when Dazai froze, eyes widening in surprise.
Dazai grumbled under his breath after a moment of shocked silence, squeezing his eyes tightly shut before opening them again. "I'm not going to be able to fall asleep now," he sighed, upset by this new development. Chuuya laughed softly as him before pausing, an idea sparking in his mind. "Chuuya?" Dazai sat up quickly, following Chuuya's movements. "What are you doing?"
Chuuya paused as he pulled some clothes on, looking back at Dazai. "Going to make some cake," Chuuya muttered, smirking. "You helping or not?" Dazai's eyes lit up and he nodded quickly, jumping out of bed as well. He pulled on some pants but ignored a shirt, following Chuuya into the kitchen. Chuuya quickly located their cookbook, pulling it off the shelve. As he read the ingredients outloud Dazai gathered them, placing them all on the table. "Butter, eggs, sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, vanilla, and milk," Chuuya read. "Also, we need t preheat the oven to 350..."
Chuuya put the book down, moving over to the oven and pressing the right buttons in order to preheat it. When he looked back Dazai had lifted up the book into his arms and was grabbing three cake pans. "Let's make a three layer cake," Dazai said cheerfully at Chuuya's raised eyebrows.
"We can't eat that much." Despite his words Chuuya had already accepted the fact there would be no changing Dazai's mind. Instead he grabbed a bowl out of the cupboard in order to mix some ingredients up in. He put 3/4 cups of cocoa powder, 3/4 tablespoons of baking powder, and one tablespoon of baking soda in it. Just as he reached for the flour, he found it was gone. "Dazai do you know where the flour is-?" Chuuya questioned as he turned around, only to earn himself a faceful of the lightly colored powder. ".."
Dazai started laughing, covering his mouth as his eyes shone. "You should see your face," the brown haired male spoke in between laughter. Chuuya's eyes narrowed and ripping the flour away from Dazai he threw a handful onto him, making Dazai stop right in the middle of his laughter as a smirk appeared on Chuuya's face. "Oh it's on."
Twenty minutes later found two males who had just enough flour left to add to the cake (2 cups). They were always covered head to toe with the rest, but both were grinning.
As Chuuya greased and floured the pans Dazai did his own job- mixing butter, eggs, and vanilla in a bowl. They traded easy jokes back and forth as they did so, laughing some more and generally having fun. After a bit they slowly added sugar to the bowl before beating it on high-speed for a few more minutes. As it was beat they added the flour mixture and the milk, Chuuya on flour duty and Dazai on milk duty.
Finally it was completely mixed and they poured it equally into the three pans, putting it in the oven to cook. "What should we do while we wait?" Chuuya questioned, dusting some powder off him.
"Let's make frosting to go with it!" Chuuya groaned at Dazai's request as he glanced around the kitchen. It was already a huge mess. Frowning, he grabbed the book, finding the frosting page.
"We can't," Chuuya already said. "And not because I'm refusing, but because we don't have 12 onuses of chocolate-"
"Let's ask our neighbors!"
"Wha- Dazai it's 2:30AM in the morning-!"
But Dazai was already gone. Groaning, Chuuya followed after him. Sure Atsushi wouldn't care too much, but Akutagawa would kill them. Dazai quickly knocked. After waiting and relieving no answer, he knocked again. This was repeated for five minutes, despite Chuuya's attempts to drag him away and back into their room. Finally though, the door was opening by a tired looking Atsushi and an annoyed and glaring Akutagawa. "Oh, Dazai," Atsushi said, blinking at them and smiling. "What do you need?"
"12 onuses of chocolate."
"Um... what?" Atsushi furrowed his eyebrows together, looking confused. Inwardly cursing, Chuuya stepped forward, trying to ignore Akutagawa's glare. He was hyper aware they were both in pajamas's, Dazai was shirtless, and they were covered in flour from head to toe.
"We're making a cake," Chuuya said, kind of awkwardly. "We need to make icing but we don't have chocolate..." Atsushi's face lit up with understanding and he nodded, heading back into the house. They were left with Akutagawa, and both tried to ignore his silent and judging stare. Luckily it didn't take long for Atsushi to come back, and after thanking him, they left quickly as Chuuya pretty much dragged Dazai back.
"I can't believe you did that," Chuuya muttered, blushing. He ignored Dazai's reply, instead decided to focus on making the icing. Together they melted the chocolate, added the other ingredients, and mixed it, ending up with a creamy smooth icing. Just then the oven beeped and they took the cakes out, but they had to wait for it to cool down. Taking advantage of that fact Chuuya put a rather reluctant looking Dazai to work cleaning up.
By the time it was time to ice the cakes, the kitchen was half clean which was better then before.
"We have to ice the tops of the cakes, stack them, and then ice the sides," Chuuya read from the book. Dazai nodded, grabbing two knifes and passing one over the Chuuya, and together they begun icing. Once Chuuya was half finished his first cake, he noticed Dazai laughing. Glancing over he saw that Dazai had drawn a... half naked monkey on his cake?
Dazai, noticing Chuuya looking at him, smiled brightly. "It's you, my favorite shorty in the world!" he declared. Chuuya's eyes narrowed and he flicked some icing at Dazai, landing it on his face. Dazai flicked some back but Chuuya decided not to retaliate- he didn't want to have an icing fight, it would make a huge mess and them they would have to ask for more chocolate.
Finally they finished the cake. It was huge, messy, and smelled amazing. Instead of cutting a piece off Dazai just grabbed two forks, and fell onto the couch, handing one fork to Chuuya as he flipped on the TV. It's was 3:30 now, and neither were tired. "Are we really going to eat like this?" Chuuya questioned. "It's going to leave a hug mess on-" A mouthful of cake was suddenly stuffed into his mouth by Dazai, who Chuuya glared at. Shitty Dazai. But the reply was clear.
So the two sat there, eating cake, and watching terrible shows online.
By 5AM they were asleep, leaning together as a half eaten cake fell over and all over the couch.