Fic [XXXHolic]: The Perfect Cake II
Title: The Perfect Cake II
Series: XXXholic
Spoilers: if you haven't read past chapter 174
Rating: PG
Characters: Watanuki, Doumeki (mention of others)
Summery: Last year I wrote a story called "The Perfect Cake" - this is its sequel, and though I think you can read this on its own, reading the first story might make this one clearer.
Warning: my English isn't perfect () so if you find mistakes be nice!
Beta Reader: JadeDragonHawk
Author's Note: originally I wanted to post this on Watanuki's birthday i.e. yesterday but unfortunately I wasn't inspired enough and wasn't able to write anything until today… I originally didn't plan to write this as a sequel to my other story, but as uphill as it was I'm quite happy with this.
The Perfect Cake II
Like the year before, this year was unusual…While last year he had been celebrating his birthday with his special people, this year was different. This year Yuuko was gone - and not just her, for Mokona and the girls had all disappeared. It been a few months now, but he still believed they would all return someday - at least he hoped so.
Right now he was standing in Yuuko's shop (though it was starting to feel more like his home these days…), fixing his own birthday cake. There were no summons from Mokona and Yuuko for more sake and no girls running around distracting him; but it was alright, he still had his special people to celebrate his birthday with. Kohane-Chan and Himawari had been decorating the garden and setting the table while that Doumeki was standing near the door of the kitchen watching him - not that he was distracted by that - no he had matured, he'd grown past the urge to smack Doumeki and chase him out of the kitchen…
After last year he had grown much more accustomed to Doumeki's stalker nature; now while Doumeki stood near the door he did nothing, and paid no attention to him. He so wasn't paying attention to what Doumeki was doing that when Doumeki started to move, he didn't even tilt his head toward the window so he could watch where that idiot was going… Well okay only for a second; but only because he thought he'd heard something fall outside and wanted to check everything was alright - and he might have glimpsed Doumeki moving - apparently if he were to judge, toward him. Yet he did nothing because he had matured and had grown used to Doumeki's creepy ways of standing just behind him without making a sound. No, he wasn't going to react, even if Doumeki was going to grab him - as he sometimes did. He wouldn't react - besides it was only the two of them in the kitchen, so it would be okay, even if Doumeki did decide to spring one of his kisses - he wouldn't react! Well he might participate - after all it was only courteous to kiss back when someone is kissing you, especially if the one kissing you was your boyfriend - kinda… They hadn't really discussed this, but he was pretty convinced that was what they were; besides Himawari had called Doumeki his boyfriend, and if she said so then that was they were - he thought… Anyway it was alright; he was prepared - there was nothing Doumeki could do that would make him lose his temper, he was prepared, he was ready he was…
"YOU IDIOT! Who said you could lick the spoon! Have you got no manners!!! Didn't you see that I was using this spoon! How dare you lick that spoon - is this is why you've been creeping up behind me, you utterly ungrateful fool? Don't you have anything better to do than licking my spoon?! You don't? Why don't you…"
At that point Doumeki decided that yes he did have something better to do and kissed one Watanuki Kimihiro - a method that seemed to calm his boyfriend (though he thought life partner sounded much better) quite a lot - he had learned that during their year together… After all Kimihiro tasted much better than any cake he could ever make - though he still ate the cake. To not eat it would just be bad manners…
Next: The Perfect Cake 2.5