(Yixing's POV)

The alarm rang. It's only 8 am... She said she'll be here at 9. I suppose she'll be late. Girls... I sighed, snoozed the alarm and went back to sleep.

The alarm rang again at 8.30am. What if she comes by early and sees me in this state?  I scrambled out of my bed and walked lazily to the shower.

Coming out from shower, I pondered She's usually early or on time. What if she forgets and continues sleeping in? She sleeps past lunch on a Sundays usually. I think I better call her. Plucking out the charging cable from my phone, I dialled her number. 'The number you have dialed is currently unavailable...' Did she really forget about our meeting? Bothered by such thoughts, I continued calling Lynn repeatedly.

After nth number of calls, finally the person at the other end picked up. "mmmhmm..." She's annoyed! "Hel   lo..." BINGO! I knew it!  She's still sleeping! >.  "Xin... You said that you'll be here at 9, and you're still sleeping now?!" I scoffed. "Xing... I'm not feeling well..." she replied with her sleepy voice followed by a cough. "Are your parents home? Can I go over?" "mm... They are working..." "Alright! Wait for me. I'll be there soon!" I grabbed my house keys, jacket, wallet hurriedly and was on the way out.
The moment I opened the door, I got a real surprise. 
"Taddah! See what I've made for breakfast!" she exclaimed excitedly with a grin. Sigh... I know that smile... It did not even reach her eyes. Why does she have to put up a front? She's hurting herself further. "Oh My Goodness! XIN! You made me really worried. Promise me you won't do that again okay? You know yourself that you have a weak immune system and get sick easily, don't make a prank out of it."I lashed out at her, exasperated. How could she make a joke out of her health?! 
"Xing... Dui bu qi (sorry in chinese)... I just wanted to surprise you... You know I can't lie upfront with people, the only way is through call......." She hung her head low, looking onto the ground. Seeing her fiddling with her fingers, she must have felt bad. I don't usually raise my voice, she must be startled.
I softened, Lynn sure has a way of slipping out of trouble. Whenever she gets reprimanded, she will look seriously remorseful to the extent that 80% of those who wanted to scold her will let her off the hook.
"Come on in." Upon hearing that, her face lit up and she skipped into the apartment, laying out the containers filled with food onto the dining table. So innocent like a child. Hope she stays forever that way.

"I woke up early to prepare these sandwiches and this..." while holding up a container, she continued "is caeser salad. You have to eat lots of veggies Xing, so that your skin will be nice. Ah,I forgot it's my skin that needs it more than you. It's okay if you don't want it, I'll eat it." She pursed lips into a thin line after that sentence.
"Nah, since you prepared it, I'll eat it. It's not that I dislike veggies that bad."  Her grin grew wider at the statement. "Sit down. I'll get the utensils." Off she went into the kitchen, passing me a fork before sitting down. "Let's eat!" Then, we started our simple breakfast with small talks and laughter.

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"I'll wash it!" she exclaimed once we cleared the containers.
"Nope. I'll wash it. You've already prepared breakfast!" I reasoned.
"WE will wash them together later then." with that, she concluded the conversation.

Off we went into the kitchen.
I asked, "What cookies do you want to bake?"
"Erm... Something you guys like?" She replied after a few seconds, giving in to her indecisiveness. 
"And that would be...?" I lifted my left eyebrow and cocked my head towards her.
Turning to face me,"Hmm... Chocolate cookies or chocolate chip cookies? I'll let you take the pick." she suggested. 
"I prefer chocolate chip." I chose.
Snapping her fingers once, "Chocolate chip so be it! So... 1 batch 24 cookies. 5 pieces each... 5 times 8...40. 40 divided by 24 equals 1 point blahblahblah so we shall make 2 batches." "Xing, we need chocolate chips, eggs, sugar, butter, flour..." The list goes on, reading off the recipe on her phone. I opened the cabinet and took out the baking ingredients. 
"Butter, salted or unsalted? Flour, self rising, cake, corn or what?" I questioned. 
"Ha-ha-ha.*rolls eye* Xing... It's not your first time baking yea? *raises eyebrow* Not funny." she replied sacarstically. She snapped at me. Heh.
"Yes madam!" I saluted. "Unsalted butter and self rising flour right?"
"It's unsalted butter and PLAIN flour, Xing..."
"Ah yes, self rising flour is for cupcakes." I remembered.
"Yes. At least you are aware of that."
"Just testing you only..." I joked.
"YEA RIGHT!"
"So much of sacarsm..." I mumbled but loud enough for her to hear it.
"That's me isn't it?" She stucked out tongue at me. Kiddo. :)
For the next 20 minutes, we prepared and weighed every single ingredient.

**skip this part if you do not want to know the recipe**

"110g butter... 50g granulated sugar... 100 brown sugar..." she mumbled as she added in the ingredients into the mixing bowl. "Cream it until white and fluffy↗!" 
"Free labour work eh?" I commented as I whisked the mixture togethe