35. “Look at this gingerbread person I made. It’s you.” HeiChi?
A little fluff for our favorite Cinnamon Roll!
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Heisuke has no idea just how difficult making gingerbread was until he set himself to the task. He had watched Saitō make gingerbread several times, and the quiet man made it look so effortless. As Heisuke looked at the bowl of dough, he wondered what he did wrong.The dough was more like soup.
“I’m pretty sure I did it like Hajime-kun does,” Heisuke said to himself out loud.
He looked at all the ingredients laid out on the counter, and he mentally went through his checklist. He came to the untouched bag of flour and had an epiphany. With a delighted smile, he opened the bag and proceeded to add flour. He wasn’t sure how much to add, but he continued to mix until he had a mixture that was far too difficult to stir.
He took the dough out of the bowl and began to roll it out. That’s when he ran into the next problem. As he rolled out the dough, it began to crumble. He realized it was going to be difficult to cut out gingerbread shapes, and he hummed in frustration.
Heisuke wracked his brain, trying to figure out what to do. He added some water to make the dough a little wetter, and he quickly rolled it out and cut the shapes in order to avoid more crumbling. He managed to get a good number of gingerbread men cut out before he ran out of dough.
Popping his tray into the oven, Heisuke sat on the floor to wait for the timer. He hoped Chizuru would be surprised by the treat and that she would enjoy it.
“Oh…I wonder how I’ll tell when they’re ready.”
He spent the next several minutes opening and closing the oven to check on the gingerbread men. When he started to smell the acrid scent of burning, he yelped and pulled the tray of gingerbread men out.
Heisuke waited a few minutes for the cookies to cool a bit before he started to decorate. He picked one and tried frosting it with pink on the body and arms and white on the legs. However, the cookies were still a little too warm, and the frosting began to melt and slide slowly off the cookie. Heisuke panicked.
Heisuke squeaked and spun around, his panic increasing ten fold. “Chizuru!”
The named lady was standing in the doorway to the kitchen looking curious. “What are you doing? Is something burning?”
Chizuru came in and peered over his shoulder to see the cookies. Heisuke groaned, knowing his surprise would be ruined.
“It’s uh…this one is for you,” he said sheepishly as he picked up the only one he had managed to frost.
Chizuru smiled broadly as she picked up the cookie. “Thank you, Heisuke-kun. It looks-“
“It’s you!” he added hastily.
Chizuru giggled. “You did a nice job with the frosting.”
“Really?” Chizuru nodded, making the young man blush. “Thanks, Chizuru.”
“Thank you for making cookies for me. It was really sweet,” she said as she gave him a quick peck on the cheek.
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