Kyuhyun watched, fascinated, as the man before him put spaghetti in a pot of cold water directly. 

He thought for a few seconds that the man, at least, will turn the cooking plates on after this, but no.

He stared at the pot, looked at the clock on the wall -why????- and waited. 

After a few minutes of stunned silence, Kyuhyun looked at the filming crew who were trying their best to NOT laugh, at the rest of the restaurant crew, who either looked ashamed, understandably, or weirdly satisfied, which put a frown on Kyuhyun's face, but he decided to look into it later.

He then finally looked at the, definitely way too cute, man fixing the pot with his eyes, so hard, as if his stare was enough to light the pot on fire.

Kyuhyun hesitated. Usually, at this point, it was the time for a snarky comment, and a little bit of mean teasing, his own brand of hell's kitchen, but...

The man was pouting.

This was too much, why did the most incompetent cook he ever saw was being so cute? He sighed.

"....what are you doing?" He said, instead, as calmly as he could

The man, Jongwoon he remembered, jumped at those words, he looked at him, guilty eyes on his face, and oh, why so cute, and said:

"I'm waiting for the pasta to get softer before cooking them…?" His words were full of hesitation as if it was the first time he was doing this, and honestly, Kyuhyun started to wonder if it wasn't his first time in a kitchen, ever.

"Alright." He said, "that's not how it works."

"No?"

"No."

More silence.

Usually, it was time for him to get angry, and watching the restaurant and filming crew, that's all they were waiting for, and honestly, the boss satisfied eyes left a bad taste in his mouth.

So no, no anger today.

"Okay, Jongwoon-ssi, right?"

The Jongwoon-ssi in question jumped a little bit, and oh, was that a blush on those cute cheeks?

"I'll teach you how to do it, give me your hands"

"Is…is grabbing my hands necessary for this?"

Instead of answering, Kyuhyun grabbed those little hands that he wanted to hold as soon as he saw him grab the spaghetti with both of them, they looked so soft, so cute.

Jongwoon gasped. 

The filming crew gasped.

The restaurant crew gasped.

Kyuhyun smirked.

"Yes, I'm the chef, right? You don't look much of a chef yourself" 

Jongwoon looked a bit offended at that, for what, when he clearly never put his feet in this kitchen before Kyuhyun wasn't sure, and tried to speak, but Kyuhyun kept going before he could.

"And as a chef, I need my little apprentice to only do as I say."

The smirk on his face wasn't going to leave anytime soon.