A/N: This is a revised version of the one-shot that I made just last month, so I hope you guys like it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Dark Cloud or any of its characters. They belong to Akhiro Hino.
Heaving a deep sigh as she entered the kitchen with a frilly white apron tied around her, Sophia opened the oven and was about to slide a baking pan with the entire pan holding something dark-brown into it to bake when she felt a warm, clothed body wrap an arm around her waist.
"What are you making, my love?" A familiar male voice whispered in her ear.
Sophia blushed as she turned around to find Seda standing behind her, noticing that the handsome young king had his golden headband off and had a dark-brown cape over his shoulders.
"You scared me." She said, sliding the pan into the oven. "I'm making something special for you, so don't open that oven door."
"Alright." He said, pecking Sophia on the lips. "Just don't burn the castle down."
"Okay." She said as she watched him leave.
After he left, Sophia went into the dining area and noticed Jeremiah's book, immediately picking it up and reading it until she eventually fell asleep.
When she woke up after smelling the heavenly scent of chocolate wafting through the air, Sophia immediately walked into the kitchen and pulled the oven door open, her face lighting up as she pulled a pair of oven mitts on, took the pan out of the oven and looked at it before letting the pan cool slightly.
"Maybe I should make some frosting for it." Sophia said to herself as she pulled her cloak on and headed towards her castle for the ingredients after leaving Seda a note.
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After getting the ingredients from the kitchen in her castle, Sophia quickly opened a glass bottle of milk and poured half of it into the now-clean mixing bowl along with some powdered sugar and some freshly-cut strawberries, where she began mixing it until the texture became pink.
"That should do it." She said as she began frosting the cake, immediately noticing that half of it fell.
"NO!" Sophia screamed as she sliced half of her cake and looked at it, noticing a gooey flow at the edge as tears started to form in her eyes.
The young king immediately ran into the kitchen upon hearing the cry of his beloved.
"What happened?" Seda asked, rushing to her side.
"I was frosting a cake and I noticed that..." She choked out, her eyes shining with tears before she broke down.
It was then that Seda noticed the fallen half of the chocolate cake that Sophia made.
"I'm sorry to see this." He said, picking up a chunk of cake and watching it crumble between his fingers before looking at her. "But you still have this half, don't you?"
She nodded.
"Let's finish frosting this and share a slice." He added, pulling a large kitchen knife out after he washed his hands of the polish that he used on his sword.
As he began slicing the cake, Sophia felt her face slowly turning red as he placed a golden plate underneath the first slice.
"Who did you make this for?" Seda asked, washing the knife off and setting it down on the counter as he smiled. "Surely you didn't make this cake for the entire castle."
"I made it for you." Sophia said before she caught the young king off-guard by wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him on the lips.
Overcoming his surprise despite his deepening blush that threatened to match his coat, Seda returned the kiss as he wrapped his arms around her waist and after almost a minute, he broke the kiss and looked into her eyes.
"That's very sweet of you to make this for me." Seda finally said as they headed back to his room after cutting a small piece and placing it onto a clean golden plate.