Author: Enonyymi and Punainenpuolukka.
Warnings: Contains male/male.
Disclaimer: We dot not own Tsubasa. All the characters mentioned within are property of CLAMP.
It was a clear and frosty morning when Fay and Kurogane were walking towards the bakery. Other people were hurrying to their work but the mage and the ninja were in no hurry at the moment. Fay was trying to hold Kurogane's hand but the other one kept pulling his hand away. So in the end, Fay had to walk to work away from his lover.
When the two of them arrived at the bakery, it's owner was already at work. She smiled and gave Kurogane a broom so he could sweep the floor and waved Fay to follow her into the kitchen.
"I want you to bake some gingerbreads today. Do you know what they are?" she asked.
"The brown ones?" the blonde answered unsurely.
"Exactly. We got a huge order and I have a business meeting today. So, you're also responsible of the café today, together with that friend of yours, so good luck," she was halfway outside the bakery when she ended her sentence.
"Seems like we're going to have a very busy day, nee, Kuro-tan?" the mage said to his lover.
"Oh, shut up and go to work."
The day was indeed very busy and even the master baker Fay managed to burn one portion of gingerbreads.
There was an awful lot of smoke before Kurogane opened the kitchen's windows.
After a few seconds, Fay entered the kitchen to ask what the weird smell was, only to see that the ninja had already taken the gingerbreads from the oven.
"Weren't you supposed to watch over these?" he demand an answer from the baker.
"But Kuro-rin, you know I have to serve the customers too. Or would you like to do it?" the mage said while shifting his gaze from the gingerbreads to the ninja, who had quite a sour look on his face.
"Of course not. But make sure you don't burn them again or you might set the whole building on flames and die," the ninja grunted. He was about to leave the room when he felt a pair of arms encircle him from behind.
"Hyuu, Kuro-daddy is worried about mommy!" Fay cheered happily. The black haired male didn't have the heart to answer anything to the blonde, so he just wriggled his way out from Fay's arms and left the room.
When it was time to close both the café and bakery, Fay came to Kurogane with a small bag in his hands. The ninja raised his eyebrows to question about the contents of the bag. The blonde just gave him a wide smile and shook his head. So surprisingly, they walked home in silence, which was slightly irritating Kurogane, not that he'd actually admit it though.
In the evening when the whole family had eaten their dinner, Fay came with the bag he'd carried from the bakery. When Kurogane had been busy cleaning the floor, the blonde had baked some special gingerbreads: the whole group's faces, except Mokona's - in this case, it's whole body - were made from gingerbread. The children and the white manju were very impressed by the mage's skills and wanted save the gingerbreads from eating, until Fay told them that they were really good. Kurogane, who of course didn't like sweet things, put his gingerbread aside, but when he was sure that no one was looking, he too ate the gingerbread.
A/N: Thanks for reading the ninth chapter of the Tsubasa Advent Calendar! The theme for today was 'Gingerbread'!
Enonyymi: This story was written yet again by Punainenpuolukka! It was truly sweet, as sweet as a gingerbread I might say! It also made me hungry, now I want to eat gingerbread too...
Punainenpuolukka: I'm so tired with all this writing.
Enonyymi: Aww, but I think your stories are so good! Don't give up, my friend!
Punainenpuolukka: Well, I won't be having a longer break before just the very end, so I'll have to endure a little longer.
Enonyymi: Yes bu it's not so bad, is it? There's only 6 stories for you to write completely on your own, they're not much. Keep writing, my dear! And as for you readers, thanks a lot for reading! Please do comment, we're living purely on them!