Sparkling Pastries 1/?
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Sparkling Pastries
HAEHYUK, NC-17, romance, smut.
SUMMARY: Hyukjae found the light that his life spark was waiting.
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PROLOGUE.
Every day was always the same to Hyukjae, living the usual routine day after day, working as an office worker in a big company from Monday to Saturday, all day until afternoon. He wasn’t really a social person so his friends’ list could be written in a small napkin, living alone at the age of 26 in a small but cozy apartment without parents, siblings, a partner, or even a dog was his lifetime and it seemed that his life spun was going to be like that for another couple of years, not that he mind it, no, not at all.
His life was being easy since he was born, being raised in a wealthy and lovely family, with caring parents and domestic staff, he never had the need of raise a finger while he was a kid, still he wasn’t a spoiled children, his parents always taught him that there weren’t any difference between people, everyone was the same, no matter the social class, race, or ideology. He was an intelligent kid and his grades were always good, it wasn't surprising that he finished his college with honors. But somehow his life was boring, after classes he went back to home and began doing homework or studying, attending different extracurricular activities instilled by his parents. That was the reason why he learnt a lot when he was young.
He dated a few times, but his relationships never last long, because it was always him or his partner who got bored with the other. Hyukjae didn’t party and wasn’t an outgoing person, everything was easy and boring to him, but that never trouble him. He thinks that he's happy with his current life, and still he has had his flings from time to time, boys, girls, he didn't mind it, it was just sex, no feeling involved.
And never had he found ‘that’ something that make the ‘click’ in his heart.
As usual today was supposed to be like any other day, but destiny seems to have another plan for Hyukjae.
CHAPTER 1
He woke up early than usual thanks to the squeaks of his neighbor’s newborn puppy, rolling in his bed clutching the bed sheets while groaning, he realized that he couldn’t get back to sleep so he threw his pillow aside in frustration and got up, maybe with a few minutes ahead he could do his morning routine without rushes or could even spend some time making a better breakfast than toast and coffee.
He headed to the bathroom to start the beginning of his day, brushing his teeth, then turning on the hot water in the tub undressing himself, he thought that maybe he could even enjoy a relaxing warm bath to relieve his stress; filling the tub with both hot and cold water he sought for his favorite bubble bath, searching everywhere in the bathroom, atop the washstand, between the shelves and even in the floor but he couldn’t found his precious pink bottle, he stood still for a while trying to think when was the last time he used it, after a moment of thinking he grimaced at the memory of him throwing the empty bottle away a week ago.
He sighed, exiting the bathroom he went towards his drawers looking for a bath set that he received as a birthday present from his godmother, one that he had chosen to hide in the depth of his drawer and never use, because 'it wasn’t his taste', but he kept it for manners.
My day couldn’t get any worse.
Finding the couple of bottles he took it all and returned to the bathroom, pouring a bit of the bottles’ content in the tub. He turned off the tap and finally stepped inside the bubble water filled tub, immersing in it and resting his head in the wall letting the warm water embracing his whole body, he loosened up for a moment and closed his eyes.
After 15 minutes of a good time being at ease he started washing himself using as well a fair amount of his godmother present. He finished his bath and dried off, then went up to his bedroom glancing at the clock, ‘Shit! I spent too long in the bathtub’, he mumbled to himself along with a ‘tsk’.
He made haste going to his closet and finding a pair of briefs he put it on at the same time as his doorbell rang. He put on a random pair of silky pants he found there and rushed to answer the annoying sound at his entrance. He opened the door finding his neighbor Mrs. Shin mouth agape and a soft gasp from her throat.
Hyukjae stared at her waiting for his annoying neighbor to speak. Looking that the woman never came to life again, Hyukjae cleared his throat at her, immediately waking up the woman across him, she closed her mouth and swallow the drool inside it before speak.
“Mr. Lee, I’m sorry for disturbing you so early, but I ran off of milk and my little puppy is starving, I could go to the store but I don’t want to leave my puppy alone and I know I’m disturbing you enough to ask you to take care of it,” Mrs. Shin said with a apologetic look in her face biting her lower lip and adding “so I was wondering if you could give me a taste of your milk.” in a tone that in Hyukjae’s ears sounded a little too much seductive.
He widened his eyes in horror, he couldn’t believe his ears, did his middle-aged neighbor just threw at him an open invitation for morning sex? He couldn't help but look up and down at his neighbor female body, the woman could be married and in her late thirties but still has a perfect shape.
He bit his lower lip harshly staring back at the woman face and seeing how she even winked at him. He blinked a few times trying to calm his raging hormones and cleared his mind, maybe this all was just a prank being played by his head owing to the fact that he hasn’t got laid in months.
“What?” He asked, after all he needed to hear that again, if it was what he thought he heard, he will not hesitated in pinned her against up the wall and ravished her all along the hallway, the tent in his silky pants twitching at the thought.
“I said if you could give me some milk for my little puppy, Mr. Lee.” Mrs. Shin said with a smile.
All lustful thoughts in Eunhyuk’s head were cut off curtly at said words.
“Oh, yeah.” He said with an embarrassed face before turning back to his kitchen and grabbing a milk jar from there, returning to the door and handing the jar to his neighbor. She took the bottle from his hands with a grateful smile.
“Thank you Mr. Lee, I hope you have a beautiful day, bye bye.” She said walking away to her apartment door.
“Same to you Mrs. Shin, same to you…” Said Hyukjae more like a whisper that surely couldn’t reach Mrs. Shin ears.
He closed the door and groaned in frustration after glancing at the big wall clock in his living room.
And I thought this couldn’t get any worse.
He rushed to his kitchen, opening once again his fridge looking through the contents and frowning, he took an orange juice bottle, due to the lack of time he wouldn’t be able to make some coffee, he took a cup and a plate from his cupboard and 2 slices of bread from the bread box, then put it in the toaster and turning it on, he poured the juice in his cup and drank a little before returning to look for a knife and the strawberry jam, placing all in the counter table; and grabbing the toasted bread slices at the ‘click’ sound.
He spread the jam in the slice and ate it quickly and drank the juice in one go. Putting all in the sink and going back to his bedroom, finishing dressing himself and styling his hair a bit in the ends.
He put his watch on and his wallet in his back pocket. Carrying his car keys and smartphone in his left hand he ran out of his apartment to the parking lot. He got into his car and put his keys in the ignition turning it on, but to his bad luck after many vain attempts the car never started.
He groaned for the nth time in the morning and crashed his head into the steering wheel honking the horn.
He wanted to cry in frustration, why was his day being so unlucky?
He grabbed his smartphone and began looking for a certain number in his contacts list; he was going to call a cab. He sighed and got out of his car and went to the main entrance of the building.
After 15 minutes of waiting for his cab, ‘how a cab could take so long in arrive?’; the car arrived to pick him up. He climbed into the cab and to his not-so bad luck there was a road accident in the way.
He cried, he literally cried in frustration gaining a weird look from the cab’s driver in the front seat. But he didn’t mind if he looked so gay crying in the back seat of a cab, it was too much he could handle in a day, and it was just morning.
45 minutes being stuck in the traffic he eventually could make it to his office building. He paid the driver off a large amount of money and entered the Company, ignoring the looks that he was getting from the staff.
He get into the lift and push the button to his office floor, thankfully the ride there didn’t include any stop. He exited the lift and went directly to his office, not even responding to his secretary who greeted him from her desk.
He closed the door and sighed deeply, when his chair turned around revealing a brunette sitting there with a smirk in his face.
“Now, now, how rude of you Hyukjae, where are your manners towards the lady in the desk outside your office, huh?” The brunette in the chair said.
“Not now Kyuhyun, I’m not in the mood.”
“Whoa, calm there. Is that a way to treat your own boss? I could fire you, you know?” Kyuhyun said still with a smirk in his face.
“Like you would.” Retorted Hyukjae with a playful laugh.
“Chill out man. At least give me some respect, will you?”
“Sure, the day you do the same to your hyung.” Replied Hyukjae.
“Ha. So funny, let’s drop this crap. Anyways, why the perfect and workaholic Lee Hyukjae is late for,” he stopped to glance at his watch, “30 minutes, holy shit, Hyukjae, that’s a record.” Kyuhyun said widening his eyes in a playful mocking way.
“Oh shut up, Kyu.” Hyukjae said heading towards his chair.
“I had a bad morning, so now, please, could you get out of my office?” Added Hyukjae shaking a little the chair where Kyuhyun was sitting.
Kyuhyun just scoffed and nevertheless he stood up from the chair and walked away, “How bad could it have been?”
“Oh you sure don’t want to know.” The older whispered inwardly.
“Anyway, I will leave early today.” Hyukjae said catching the ears of the younger before he exit the office.
“What?! Who is the boss here, you or me?” Kyuhyun asked laughing.
“I don’t care, I already told you, so, bye boss.”
Kyuhyun just glared at him before turning around again closing the door behind him.
Hyukjae began working on his papers and thankfully his day didn’t get any worse.
He left work 2 hours before and decided to go on foot to the auto repair shop he knew near the Company building.
After walking about 5 blocks he smelled a pleasant scent coming from the patisserie in the corner across him. His stomach growled at the smell of what he was sure was strawberry cheesecake. He decided to go in and take a look, after all he really thought he deserved some of strawberry glorious today and such delightful aroma was calling him like a magnet.
He crossed the street and opened the door of the patisserie closing it right away after stepping in with the sound of little bells hanging in the door following with a ‘Welcome’ from the person behind the counter. That was when he thought that maybe, just maybe all the hardships he went through this morning worth it.
CHAPTER 2