"It's gonna break."
"It's not gonna break!"
"I'm basically a genius in engineering, and I'm telling you right now—that's gonna break."
A snapping sound later, and Obi-Wan heard Ahsoka groan in frustration.
"See? I told you—"
"It only broke because you were staring at it!"
"Your gingerbread house can't break just because I was staring at it—that's not how it works—"
"Anakin," Obi-Wan said, shoving the bowl of frosting, "why don't you just work on your own?"
"I was just trying to help," Anakin muttered, shooting Ahsoka an annoyed look, but he took the frosting anyways. Obi-Wan was glad for the silence that settled a few moments later, mostly because the two had been bickering for what felt like hours on end. Frankly, Obi-Wan hadn't even been sure that this build a gingerbread house activity would be a good idea, but it had been suggested to him by Padmé as something to distract them in their longer hours. So there they were, sitting around the kitchen table and creating a general mess.
Obi-Wan was actually finding making the whole process rather difficult—he didn't think it would be, but his hands were annoyingly sticky with frosting.
"See?" Ahsoka said triumphantly, leaning back in her chair. "It didn't break this time."
Obi-Wan and Anakin both looked at Ahsoka's little gingerbread house which, despite being slightly slanted, was indeed whole.
"Well done," Obi-Wan commented.
"It's gonna fall over," Anakin said.
"You're gonna fall over."
"That doesn't make sense."
"Well, you—"
"Ahsoka," Obi-Wan interrupted, "would you like to help me with mine?"
Ahsoka's face brightened. "Of course," she said cheerfully, making her way to Obi-Wan's side. With a pointed look at Anakin, she said, "See, Master? Someone here appreciates my gingerbread-house-making-skills."
Anakin rolled his eyes, but there were no more criticisms after that.
In the end, Obi-Wan's gingerbread house came out a little slanted as well. But he liked it well enough.
And also in the end, Anakin's gingerbread house oddly came out the neatest out of all three of them, although Obi-Wan and Ahsoka pointedly ignored all of Anakin's gloating for the rest of the day.
A/N: as always, reviews/follows/favorites are greatly appreciated!