46. Food Lover

Somin, Mia and Teho

"It's Sunday night, chill," Teho jokingly exclaimed.

When Somin started to stress about the upcoming week to cover up the remorse from the alone time they had last night. Recalling her assurance to Mia, the boy stayed overnight to wait for her.

I'm a fucking liar now. She surprised herself with the ease with which it came out of her.

I'm no better than Cholsu, am I?

Loving Mia as a newfound friend felt important, but the way she couldn't control herself around the cocky boy made it suddenly much more unpredictable altogether.

"I'm chill," Somin lied and the plate almost slipped from her fingers.

Only a cascade-like movement she did, saved the poor porcelain.

"Then I don't wanna see how 'the 'not chill' you is," Teho joked.

"You've already got a glimpse," Somin retorted, putting the plates on the table.

"That's why I'm scared," Teho said back.

He closed in on Mia, who was busy at the counter, adamant to help them prepare the dinner like mama's boy.

"Let me do it," he said dramatically to Mia, "I know how to cut it nice and small," his deep and soothing voice playfully pleading.

Mia giddily gave up the work and helped herself to a glass of red wine before getting distracted.

"Maybe Somin could help you so we won't wait an eternity for the actual meal," Mia joked as she wandered off.

"No, you can't have Somin do it, she would cut it too thick and ruin the aesthetics," he teased and looked Somin straight in the eyes.

Somin panicked. More lies.

Her seducer leaned on the counter in his white shirt, complimenting his skin tone. The baby blue sweater draped over his shoulder made him look like a suburban husband. Teho smiled widely as he ate a chunky piece of carrot.

How can he make eating a fucking piece of carrot such a sultry thing? Somin quivered.

"Hey, the bigger the better. I don't have to spend time perfecting something I would eat in a minute, I'd rather save time to be creative later on," Somin resisted his accusations with her own staged anger.

She went to the cutting board and pushed him away. Shaping the chunks of a carrot herself.

"Ya, let me," he yelled and stood beside her nonchalantly, placing his warm palms onto hers, cutting the carrot small and neat with her fingers, smelling her hair.

It would only last a minute while Mia was occupied with something else.

He tested her boundaries, daring from last night's closeness. Pushing her to play his game which she did for some reason.

It's so much fun.

The boy reveled in it, innocently excusing his interest in Somin.

"You see? Quick and effective, still pleasant to the eye so you can taste the art of me," a sultry voice offered.

"Are you a chef now?" Somin tried to shake off the arousal by attacking him.

"I'm just perfect in every way, jealous much? My mum taught me well," he purred.

Teho was thrilled and nervous. He felt the mutual chemistry, but the quiet roommate seemed resistant to his attempts.

"Well my mum..." Somin gave him the eye, "... let me work, so I don't get distracted by meaningless tasks," she explained, feeling Cholsu's mantra on her tongue.

But I like cooking. The tiny girl realized.

"Eating isn't at all work. It's fun you see? Don't you feel excited by a well-prepared meal?" he said, examining her expression, putting emphasis on excitement.

"Pleasing to look at, more pleasurable to taste, enjoyable to experiment with..."

"...the recipe," he left the words lingering and shifted on his feet.

"Well that's some old bullshit, but suit yourself, meal-lover," Somin ended the flirtatious exchange.

She handed him the knife and left to create in her room. Somin breathed out the desire as she waited to be called for the meal. The rush of want surprised her and she struggled to slow her pulse as she sat alone in her room.

"Yeah I always loved cooking," Mia jumped back into the conversation with Teho absentmindedly, "But it seems you love it all too much," the good-looking girl winked at him.

She Wrongly took the pseudo-erotic metaphors for herself.

He'll make me blush.

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