Day fifteen: lessons

"Mako, towel!" Rin cried, noticing that the brunette had his towel parcially on the stove and the fabric had started to smoke. "YOUR TOWEL ON THE STOVE THAT IS TURNED ON AND IS FIVE SECONDS AWAY FROM CATCHING ON FIRE, MAKOTO-!"

"Ah, shit-!" Makoto turned around, quickly grabbing it and shoving it in the sink and turned the faucet on. "Sorry, sorry, sorry!"

"Guys what the hell is-" Haruka said, eyes widening when he entered the kitchen. "...oh no."

"It's not what it looks like!" Makoto defended, turning off the water. "I just...Rin's teaching me, it's okay! It's not like I'm doing this by myself!"

"C'mere," Haruka sighed. "You have batter in your hair."

Makoto's face flushed, feeling embarrassed. He had asked Rin to help him make some pancakes, simple pancakes, to add to his small list of 'things he can cook and not mess up' list (which the only things on that list were rice, steamed vegetables, ramen, sandwiches and ice cream sundaes), and in the first three minutes he had already almost set himself on fire and got batter everywhere.

"I'm sorry for making a mess," Makoto sulked. "Maybe I should just stop trying...?"

"No, it's okay..." Haruka washed his hands, and squeezed the water out of the parcially singed towel. "We just gotta start with the small stuff. And you were making...?"

"Pancakes." Rin said, wiping off the counters. "He actually didn't do too bad when I told him what to put in the mixing bowl. He just forgot to be careful when stirring, so this was the result."

"Not bad," Haruka put their non-stick skillet on the stove, and turned the heat down to medium. "Now, you sure you put everything in? Right amount, nothing extra?" Makoto nodded. "I'm going to show you how to do this, watch carefully..."

Eager green eyes watched as Haruka took a ladel-full of the batter, slowly pouring it into the hot pan. "Now wait a little bit, and keep an eye on the edges..." In less than two minutes, Haruka flipped the cake over with ease, the side being golden brown and Makoto was more than impressed. "Now it'll be the same amount on this side, and that's pretty much it. You try."

"You can do it, Mako. Just do it...slowly."

Swallowing, Makoto shakily poured the batter into the pan just like Haruka had, his boyfriends behind him, watching with caution.

"So far so good..." Rin whispered, peering over Makoto's shoulder as he flipped the pancake, it looking just like Haruka's had, a grin spreading on his face. "Thatta boy!"

Makoto smiled, successfully taking the finished pancake and putting it on the plate ontop of Haruka's example.

"I did it!" He cheered, beaming at Rin and Haruka, spatula in hand and waving his arms. "Can I do more?"

"Of course, you have plenty of batter," Haruka smiled, patting Makoto's back. "We'll be sitting at the table if you need us."

He nodded, turning back to the stove to make more pancakes.

"I'm really proud of him," Rin said, watching Makoto along with Haruka. He nodded, eyeing the tall brunette put another successful pancake on the plate, laughing at Makoto talking to himself about doing a great job.

"Ah, could you two close your eyes...?" Makoto asked. "Just for a second!"

His lovers did as they were told, hearing the clink of plates being set infront of them.

"Alright, open!"

Blue and red opened, and saw a plate for each of them, complete with syrup and a heart made out of whipped cream.

"Dig in!" Makoto nudged Rin, a smile on his face. "They're not that bad, I tried one!"

Picking up their forks, Haruka and Rin cut out a small piece of the warm breakfast, eyeing Makoto's hopeful face and put it in their mouths, slowly chewing and bracing for the worst. Instead, they were both equally surprised.

"This...is amazing," They chorused, immediately digging back in.

"I'm so glad! I got a bit brave and added some cinnamon to the rest of the batter," Makoto blushed, rubbing the back of his head. "I thought you two were going to think it was disgusting, but you liking it really makes me happy!"

"Makoto, if you make me these for the rest of my life I will be a VERY lucky man," Rin moaned, continuing to stuff his face. Haruka nodded in agreement.

The tallest laughed. "Maybe I should make dinner tonight, too!"

"...can we have more pancakes?" Haruka asked, hopeful.

"Anything for my boys," Makoto smiled. "Chocolate chip?"

"Some fruit would be nice, too." Haruka added.

"Okay, I'll make more for dinner, fruit and anything else included. You two just have to do dishes."

The two young men didn't even complain.