Woo-hoo! Halfway there, everyone!
God, this chapter man. It may or may not be uploaded late, cause I needed to do serious research and references to other fanfictions I read. I mean, have you ever thought about how weird kissing is? Like hey, I'm going to put my eating hole on your eating hole and if it goes right we might get hot and flustered and it might lead to sex which is a whole new level of weird.
I need a boyfriend.
Day Fifteen: Teaching the other how to do something
"Okay, look- this isn't that hard to do!"
"I have to disagree," Saguru said, giving her a blank look over the counter. "This has to be really hard to do."
"I doubt it. I'm going to be by your side the whole time anyway- at least I think I am." She tapped her chin thoughtfully.
"What was that last part?"
"Nothing!" Taylor quickly answered, waving her hands. "As I was saying, I'm going to be here the whole time; and when I'm not, you have the recipe with you." She held up the sheet of paper for him to see.
He sighed. "I'm telling you, cooking just isn't my thing."
"Then it's a good thing that this is baking, which is different from cooking." She replied. "We're going to bake those strawberry cookies you really like with your tea."
"I'm pretty sure I don't want my baking skills to ruin the good reputation of that delicious treat." Saguru rested his cheek on the palm of his hand as he watched her move around the kitchen. Taylor bit her lip and leaned across the counter so they were almost nose-to-nose.
"How about a deal?" She offered. He raised an eyebrow.
"A deal." He repeated. She nodded.
"A deal," she said again. "You can teach me how to make a decent pot of tea if you can learn how to make my cookies. That way we can get the other to do it so we don't have to do it ourselves."
He gave her a half-smile. "I knew there was a secretive motive in this. Tired of making them yourself?"
"Not all all," she chirped. "I just figured that since you like them so much you might as well learn how to make them. Unfortunately for you, that means getting on the other side of the counter so you can join me in the kitchen." Saguru sighed and stood up to join her.
"As long as I'm going to teach you how to make a decent pot of tea, I'm alright with the idea." He said. Taylor grinned.
"Wonderful! I'm going to work over here- I already have the right amount of stuff ready for you to mix together right here." She motioned to his work section. "The electric mixer is third cabinet from the fridge- got it?"
"Got it."
"Okay, now just add the butter, both kinds of sugar, and vanilla and mix them together."
"For how long?" He asked, putting the ingredients in and putting the mix on 'medium'. She stood on her tiptoes so she could glance over his shoulder.
"Not long, just until it's smoothish. I'm gonna take this-" She reached around him and grabbed the bag of sugar to add it to the strawberries.
"Can I have one?" He asked, putting a hand on her waist and pulling her closer to him, eyeing the bowl.
"A strawberry?" She glanced at the bowl then him. "No, it's for the cookies."
Saguru gave her a smile so sweet it rivaled the sugared strawberries. "Please, my dearest?" He purred. Taylor smiled and leaned against him, closing her eyes and putting a finger to her chin in mock thought.
"Hmm, maybe later." She told him, patting his hand on her waist for him to let go. "We need to move to the next step."
He sighed and stepped back, but his craving for the berry didn't diminish in the slightest. "Fine. What do we do?"
"You need to add an egg, it shouldn't be that hard." She held an egg out for him to take. He took it and went to crack it against the counter but instead ended up smashing it against the smooth surface. They stared at it. Taylor sniggered."You would think that with how much of the cooking channel you watch with your housekeeper, you would be able to at least be able to break an egg." She teased. He shot her an irritated look as she handed him some paper towels. "Trash can is"
"I know where the trash can is." He said in bitter tone. She clicked her tongue at him.
"And you were so sweet just a moment ago." He scoffed and cleaned up the mess. When he turned around she had another egg in her hand. He groaned.
"Do I really have to do it again?" He asked, eyeing it but taking it anyway. "Did you not just see what I did?"
"I saw it, but you still have to do it." She replied, leaning up against the counter and watching him. "Not so hard this time."
"I got that," He gave her an exasperated look as she clapped when he successfully cracked open the egg and added it to the mixture. "Do you have to do that?"
"Yes! We have to celebrate that you did it! That when you put your mind to it, you can do anything! And now you can get a reward!" She turned and grabbed a strawberry, holding it out to him. He stared at it.
"Didn't you just say that those were for the cookies?" He asked, though he was staring at it longingly.
"Didn't you just say that you wanted one?" She responded. "But if you don't want it, then I'll eat it." She didn't wait for him to object as she popped it in her mouth, squealing as she did so. "Aw, Saguru! You really missed out; it's so sweet and yummy! If only you had taken it-"
The rest of her words were cut off when Saguru placed his lips on hers. Taylor's lips were slightly open from her talking, so it was easy for him to slide his tongue in and take the berry from her mouth to his. He pulled away and smirked when he saw her red face.
"You're right," He agreed, chewing with mock thoughtfulness on his face. "These are some really sweet strawberries."
"I-you-" Taylor stuttered, her face getting redder. Saguru looked at the rest of the ingredients, acting as if he didn't just take food from her mouth.
"Now, what's the next step after the egg is added?" He asked, glancing at her, his smirk widening. "And close your mouth, you look like a codfish."
She closed her mouth and scoffed, walking over to turn the mixture off. "You add the rest of the ingredients, simple enough, yes?" She said as she added the bowls together. She turned the machine back on as she turned on her heel, placing a hand on his chest to stop him from stepping closer. "And now you have to turn around- I have a secret ingredient that you aren't allowed to see."
"What is it?" He asked, moving closer anyway and placing his hands on her waist. "Is it extra strawberries, or sugar, or- dare I say- your love?"
"I just told you it was a secret." She scolded, but she didn't force him to back up as she placed her other hand on his bicep.
"I'm very persuasive, you know." Saguru warned, leaning down slightly. Taylor's eyes drooped. "It would be beneficial for you to just tell me what it is."
"I think I'll be fine," she murmured, moving to her tiptoes and tightening her hold on him. He met her halfway and kissed her, both of their eyes closing as they tasted the sugar on each other's lips. She sighed and he urged the kiss to move forward, pressing her against the counter. She shifted at this new position, letting go of his bicep to support herself against the counter while the other got trapped between them. One of his hands also moved to the counter while the other snaked its way under her shirt to touch her back.
She gasped at the coolness and threw her head back, gasping for air and arching away from his touch. He moved, smiling against her neck. "Cold?"
"Just a bit," she giggled as he pressed his hand against her again, slower than last time. She closed her eyes and tried to focus on her breathing, getting used to his cool touch. But it was hard to control her breathing when her boyfriend was kissing her neck, nipping at the skin and quickly soothing the mark with his tongue. Her eyes squeezed shut and she tightened her grips on his shirt and counter. At the back of her mind Taylor thought that they really needed to switch counters because the mixture was right there and was still on but honestly she didn't care as much as she should because him kissing her felt really good and-
And the oven beeped, nearly scaring the two out of their skin. "That- the oven preheated." She said, panting slightly. He was breathing harder than she was. "We should really finish this up."
"Right," Saguru agreed, coughing as he leaned back to give her the space to finish working. "Back to the original topic, what's the secret?"
"A secret." He was no fool; he could clearly see that she added just a dash more sugar to the mix before she moved on to the cookie sheet. "How long does it need to be in for?"
"I need to rotate it in six minutes." She said, looking at him with her face still slightly pink. "Now- about that tea."
Verbs killed me this chapter. The whole time I had a word to use in my mind but I didn't know what it was and it was really annoying and aaargh.
I don't think I should write kissing scenes until I get a boyfriend and start kissing for myself. Or maybe that's the rule for writing sex (forever alone). I thought about reading some more fanfiction as to understand how to write it better, but this is already late as is and doesn't need to be even later. But this is a small fandom and this isn't read everyday anyway, so its not like it really matters.
Maybe I should move this to the Detective Conan fanfic area instead of the Magic Kaito.