A/N

I am saying sorry in advance

"You're making a mess!" Bom sighed impatiently. Hyun Joong looked at her with all confidence as he held the big stainless bowl as if telling her that she’s saying complete nonsense.

"I told you it’s supposed to be three cups of flour not three cups of baking powder!" Bom snatched the bowl from him and set it aside.

"I guess I'm not cut out for the job. Are you going to sack me on my first day?" Hyun Joong cocked his eyebrow at her while crossing his arms over his chest. He leaned on the counter, his eyes following her as she made her way in the kitchen.

Bom easily glided in her workspace and the confident look on her face reminded him of how he feels whenever he races. He just watched her in silence and the growing awkward tensed air between them lingered. They haven't seen each other for years. Their relationship, as it may even be aptly called as one, was fairly brief. The last time they were together was full of pain and disappointment.

Hyun Joong asked himself what he wanted to get out of all of this. He started asking himself why he even wanted to spend time with Bom. And he couldn't answer himself. He just couldn't.

"How did you meet my brother?" Hyun Joong asked right after Bom placed the batch of mini-cakes in the oven. Bom seemed taken aback by his question. The question came out of Hyun Joong like it had a life of its own, yearning to be asked all these years. He wanted to know how it was like between them before his brother died. For a moment they held each other's gazes as if questioning themselves if it’s okay to talk about his twin brother.

"I...we were classmates in artschool..." Bom started softly. She grabbed a clean cloth to wipe her hands and stood beside him. They were looking at the sky outside the window they were facing.

"He's a happy person...I've never met someone as nice as him. He's friendly and he always had this smile on his face...the kind of smile that's so genuine you'd know the moment he flashes his smile. He's a straight A student, always on top of our class...the teachers love him...and that's probably why he got ostracized by some of the kids in school...but he didn't let that bother him at all. My best friend, a few years ahead of me, who I always hang out with in school had to transfer school so I was left alone...your brother and I ended up being table-mates during lunch...but we never really talked...we just politely greet each other and then keep to ourselves...but one day during lunch, he offered me a red velvet muffin..." Bom smiled as she reminisced the moment.

"He said he bought it from his favorite cake shop and bought an extra for me since we were sharing tables during lunch...that's how we got close...everyday he'd bring me an extra of all the chocolates and sweets he buys from the cake shop...sometimes we go and eat ice cream after class while waiting for my ride home..."

"Sounds just like Hyung Joon. He always had a sweet tooth." He replied noncommittally. He couldn't help but recall all those times when he'd catch his brother stacking up on gummy bears and lollipops in his room when they were kids.

"And those cakes and sweets didn't come from a cake shop...it's from our personal patisserie...he'd always baked for two because there were two of us...I always gave my share to him since I don't eat sweets..." Hyun Joong couldn't help but chuckle. His brother had always been territorial when it came to his desserts. Touch anything but his dessert and you'll be okay.

"He must've liked you a lot for him to share his dessert...he never does that to anyone." Bom fell silent.

"So was he the one who inspired you to become a patisserie?" Hyun Joong asked, facing her with a small smile. She nodded.

"I wanted to make something he really loves...I asked my mom to help me and we made strawberry white chocolates and gave it to him on white day.” Bom said shyly, he couldn’t help but notice a blush creeping on her face like she was remembering a sweet memory with him.

"So you were the one who confessed to my brother? That sounds just like you." He laughed teasingly.

"Well your brother isn't exactly mister sensitive. He's so dense that I had to do something." Bom replied with a pout.

"What was he like as a brother?" Bom asked. Hyun Joong thought for a moment and he recalled his relationship with his brother.

"We were never really close...he resented me because I was dad's favorite...I resented him coz he was mom's favorite...he hated the fact that I was the one trained to follow on dad's footsteps when he's the one with the passion for art." Hyun Joong shared with regret. He wished he made more effort in knowing him and understanding him. But all he has now are memories of Hyung Joon that's fairly unsubstantial compared to what Bom has of his twin brother. Somehow, through Bom, Hyun Joong got to know what his twin brother a little better.

*****

"What kind of stag party is this?" Hyun Joong arrived at Yoochun's villa and found his three friends watching some music show, sitting on a long couch facing the flat screen while drinking red wine. His friends ignored him and he just ended up sitting beside Seung Hyun who automatically gave him a glass of red wine.

"You call yourself Jaejoong's best man and you put up this ty stag party watching some girls singing and dancing, dressed in sushi while drinking red wine? For real?" Hyun Joong snapped at Seung Hyun while swirling the glass of red wine in his hand. Seung Hyun shrugged.

"Don't burst my happy bubble hyung. I'm also celebrating because Chaerin's pregnant. And besides, look who's talking. Your stag party was more lame than this." Seung Hyun retorted. Hyun Joong chuckled, reminded at the epic fail stag party he organized.

"After years of marriage you finally did a home run. To think I was starting to doubt if you really had it in you to get Chaerin pregnant." He remarked. Seung Hyun replied with a happy grin. He looked really excited for his baby.

"Oh shut up guys, we're about to watch the best part of their performance." Yoochun shushed them.

"These girls were the ones with the umbrellas before right? I remember them way back when Minzy introduced us to her obsession for Kpop." Hyun Joong asked.

"Orange Caramel. Their group is called Orange Caramel, sub group of After School, the one who did the pole dancing number..." Jaejoong answered acting as if Hyun Joong should know who After School is. Hyun Joong's head jerked towards Jaejoong in complete shock.

"Wow. You know all of this. I bet you even knows the girls' names." Hyun Joong muttered.

"You and Yoochun hyung have been gone most of the time so you don't know what Jaejoong hyung likes. It's Orange Caramel's comeback performance and he likes the group. And yes, he knows all their names." Seung Hyun replied smugly.

"You two have been hanging out with Minzy way too much. And you and Jaejoong have become mentally deranged. I wasn't here to keep the lid on and both of you went all out while Yoochun and I were gone." Hyun Joong said in amusement.

"Now it makes me wonder what catastrophe Jaejoong is planning fo