I've got a surprise for you when you get home! Hurry up!
You smile at the text as you check out from work. A surprise? You wasn't really a big fan of surprises but Carlos seemed very excited so you let this one slip. You get in your car and drives home. The traffic is terrible but you manages to find a shortcut and get home just a few minutes later than you usually do.
When you step into the house you immediately smell that someone is cooking. Normally you're the only one that touches the stove. You smile and Carlos head pop up in the doorway to the kitchen.
"Hey! Welcome home!" He says and send you one of his perfect smiles. He disappears again and you hear him slam with kitchen tools and curse quietly from the kitchen. You giggle and put your jacket away before you walk into the kitchen.
Carlos is standing by the stove. He was stirring in a pot as he's frying something in a big frying pan. He's wearing an apron and is looking absolutely adorable!
"Hi, sweetie." You say, walk up behind him and give him a kiss on the cheek. He smiles at you but try to concentrate on the food.
"Hi! Erh... Surprise!" He says. "I'm making dinner tonight!" You give him another kiss.
"Oh, Carlos. You're so sweet." He smile again. And curses under his breath when the pot make a funny noise and some kind of vegetable fall out of it. You put your hand on his. "You know, sweetie. You should turn the heat down. This is way too hot. And add just a little water and it wont get so dry." Carlos bite the inside of his cheek.
"Oh... I wish I was better at cooking. Like you." He says. He loos a little sad and you feel bad. You shake the frown of your face and rub his shoulders.
"Don't worry, Carlos. Here. I'll help you out. We can cook together. It'll be fun!" You say and he lights up.
"Yeah!" You go and get another apron and put your hair in a ponytail. Carlos keep struggling with the food until you help him out. Lowering the heat and add water to the pot.
You're quite a good cook yourself and it's no problem to fix the small mistakes Carlos did with the food. You show him how to do it so he can do it himself another time. He listens carefully and does as you say.
When the food is ready you leave it cool for a while and you let Carlos set the table. He insisted to do at least that himself. He did an amazing work and you sat down to eat.
"Mmm. Carlos! It's delicious!" You say and grab his hand over the table. "You did such a great job." You smile at him and take another bite. He smiles back.
"Well. I would never been able to do it without you." He says. "I'm just bad at cooking I guess." You giggle a little.
"It's alright. You can always learn. Right?" He nods. "You're the sweetest guy on earth. Do you know that? Making me dinner and all."
"That's just because I love you so much." He says.
You smile at each other and finish the food. As you're cleaning up and doing the dishes, Carlos sneaks up behind you and hugs you. You jump in surprise.
"Carlos! You scared me!" You say and giggle a bit when he tickles you neck with his nose.
"Sorry." He mumbles and kisses you on the top of your head. "I didn't mean to scare you. Maybe surprise you, but never scare you." You wrinkle your nose and rinse of a glass.
"I actually don't really like surprises..." You say. Carlos laughs.
"Then why didn't you say so?" He ask and turn you around and kiss your lips. You shrug your shoulders.
"I don't know. You seemed really excited about this. So I thought I'd let you have this one." You wink at him and he kisses your lips again.
"Thank you." He says.