Chapter 11:
          Dinner

Yejin POV

What. Did. I. Just. Do.

I was in shock. 

I was mortified

I was blushing. Yixing seemed to be blushing too. He slowly looked my way, with his mouth slightly opened. This was it. This is going to end me.

"Yejin..." I didnt want to hear anymore. I bit my lip and ran to my room, not even stopping when I heard Yixing call my name. As soon as I reached my room, I slammed my door shut and locked it. That was probably the most embarrassing thing I have ever done in my life. Tears of embarrassment were forming and I wouldn't even stop them if they ran down my cheek.  GOD! That was so embarrassing! Why did I even do that!? I started pouding my head with my fists for being so stupid! I can't even look at him the same anymore...

"Yejin!" Yixing pounding on my door, which gave me a fright. He continued banging on the door, but I never answered! I was too ashamed to

"Yejin, can you open the door?" he asked with a soft voice. But I didn't answer him. I heard chuckling behind the door

"Yah, Yejin... do you like me?" Yixing playfully joked around from behind the door. Aish! That got me. Nope, don't answer him Yejin! I was too embarrassed to say anything, anyway. There was a pause before something unbelievable happened

"Cause I like you"

What. What? What?! Was I hearing correctly? Aish... what if I heard wrong? I don't want to embarrass myself even more... I have to confirm it

"Are you joking with me?" I answered him from my side of the door

"Ani... I really, really like you. Can you open the door?" he said in the softest, most comforting voice I have ever heard. So I didn't imagine him saying that. He really said it? He likes me? I opened the door a crack so there was barely any room for me to peek out. He was there. Smiling down on me. Taking the advantage of the door being open, he fully opened the door, letting me be exposed to him. I blushed and tried to hide but Yixing took hold of my wrists.

"Yejin..." he softly called out my name. I turned to look back and he took a step forward. Looking into my eyes, Yixing smiles sincerely

"I like you" he says straight to me, leaning forward so that our faces were inches apart. I tried to look in his eyes to see if he was joking or not, but there was nothing. Only seriousness remained.

"I like you too..." I whispered, not believing that those words came out of my own mouth. But they weren't lies. Only the truth. Yixing smiled wide, showing his dimples which made my heart race once again. He started leaning forward, closing his eyes in the process. My cheeks heated up. Is he going to kiss me? Right now? But I'm not ready! My mind was telling me to back off a bit, but my heart was telling me otherwise. I wasn't moving, it was like I was frozen. I closed my eyes and waited. I don't know what I was waiting for but I just was. His forehead pressed against mine and I let out the huge breath I didn't know I was holding.

"Now that we got that out of the way... will you be my girlfriend?" Yixing asked, pulling my waist towards him so that our bodies were really close. The sudden pull made me put my hands up, which landed on his chest. I flushed and looked down. Well tried. Somehow, I couldn't look away from his adorable looking eyes. The way they just kept pulling me towards him, was so captivating.

"Yes," I answered without really thinking. Yixing smiled widely once again, and embraced me in a tight hug. I think I was hearing things  but I think I heard Yixing whisper something... hmm, probably just my imagination

"Alright, lets finish that cake" he said with a wink. He held my hand as we were going to the kitchen. Smiling at how perfect my hand fit in his, we cleaned off the remaining icing off our face and continued decorating the cake.

"Hey, can you go cut up the fruit?" Yixing asked as he was spinning the cake spinner and adding more icing to it. I nodded in reply and got multiple fruits such as strawberries, kiwis, berries, tangerines, and cherries. One by one, I sliced the fruit into thin and fat slices. As I finished up cutting them, I my fingers and put the pieces of fruit on a plate, bringing them to Yixing. The second I put the plate down, one strawberry was devoured by the one and only, Yixing. I slapped his hands away when he went to get another one

"Yah! These are for the cake! You can eat them later!" I scolded him and started placing the fruits on top of the cake

"What's the point in eating them later when you can eat now?" Yixing challenged me. I just gave him a look.

"Then what's the point in making this cake? Why don't we just eat it now?" I questioned him back.

"Ok...." Yixing dipped his finger in the cake and up the icing.

"YAH!" I yelled at him, but he was only laughing with his finger still in his mouth

"Aish... the cake just started to look good too... you just ruined it!" I scolded him once again, trying to cover up the spot where he has just devoured. I placed a strawberry there and it looked like normal, just like before. I smiled and then placed the fruits all over the top where there was room, quickly so that Yixing doesn't eat all of them. I stepped back to take a look at my master piece and lets just say I was satisfied how it turned out.

Thankfully, there was still some fruit left on the plate. I looked up at Yixing and he was definitely eying the plate. I sighed and gave him the plate of fruit. He immediately took it and stuffed his face. I only rolled my eyes and went to wash my hands

"Those were very good" a pair of hands wrapped around my waist and Yixing's chin rested on my shoulder. My world froze right in front of my eyes

Dugeun. Dugeun. Dugeun.

My heart beat was loud and clear from my ears. I'm pretty sure the whole world could hear it. It's that loud. With every milli second that passed, it was getting louder and even faster. All of a sudden, the world came back to normal pace and it was hard to breath. It was like my breath just left my body

"Hey you okay?" Yixing asked worriedly. I quickly nodded and turned around, but his arms were still wrapped around me. So now I was faced with his chest. My cheeks burned with embarrassment and the only place I could look without Yixing seeing my face was down. But that was also a bad idea cause then, I could see how our bodies touched and I didn't need to see that. If I looked up, then he would obviously see my reddened cheeks and its the same with the sides. So I just stared straight at his chest. So awkward.

"Well, did you want a slice of cake now? I can't wait to eat it" Yixing smiled, like it was nothing. How can he be so comfortable in a situation like this? While I'm freaking the crap out! On the inside...

"Oh,uh... y-y-yeah. L-Let's do t-t-that" I kept looking at his chest which was still weird in my opinion. He nodded and let go, going to the drawer next to us and took out a knife. He then walked off to cut the  beautifully, decorated cake. As soon as he left, there was a sudden breeze and it felt cold without him here. Wow, I didn't even know how hot it was until now. I lifted my shirt up and down, to cool myself down.

I went back to the island where Yixing was already eating his first slice of cake. I sat down next to him and watched him as he was taking a bite. Waiting for his response, I also got a slice for me as well. I looked back at Yixing and held my breath. He wasn't having a reaction. Why isn't he having a reaction? His face was expressionless and he kept chewing on that same piece for at least a few minutes. This was beginning to get frustrating. If he has been eating one piece of cake for a few minutes, that means there is something up with the cake. The cake, since it just got done baking, should be warm and melt in your mouth. Does that mean the cake is hard and chewy? That doesn't make sense though! My cakes have always come out delicious and perfect. Why today out of all days, does my cooking skills have to be like this? Should I just taste it to see? My fork took up a piece of cake and right when I was about to eat it, Yixing looked my way and widened his eyes

"This is the best cake I have ever eaten. Actually, this is the best dessert I have ever tasted in my entire life!" he exclaimed, stuffing more and more cake into his mouth. I only watched in amusement. I was glad he liked it, he gave me quite a scare there. Finally being able to eat my own creation, I put the fluffy dessert in my mouth. And man, it tasted so soft and so sweet. But not too sweet, which was a good thing.

"We should save the rest for later" I told him, and started wrapping the cake in plastic wrap.

"Put it in the fridge. Hey, I'm going to call the guys so they can taste this." Yixing announced while looking down at his phone. I swirled around and raised a brow.

"Right now?" I asked.

"No, tomorrow. Or later if that's fine with you." he said and looked up to meet eyes. I still blushed under his gaze but shrugged my shoulders.

"Doesn't matter to me. I just want to make sure I can cook enough food..."

"I can just tell them to come over tomorrow." he cut me off, taking me back a second. He never cut me off before, has he?

"Ok, whatever you want..." I agreed with his decision and put the cake in the fridge. Then, I went to sit next to Yixing on the couch. I wasn't sitting really close to him, but just enough so that there was a gap between us. Yixing seemed to not like how far we were so he closed the gap so that our shoulders were touching and he wrapped an arm around my shoulder.

"So what do you want to eat tonight?" he asked, looking down at me. My heart was beating rapidly at how close we were. It didn't even help that I could practically scent his colone.

"I.. uh- I-I don't care" Ugh, again with the stuttering?

"Well, what are you craving?" he asked.

"Nothing really. Just make whatever." I responded.

"No, what do you like to eat? What's your favorite food?" Yixing kept asking. I looked up at him weird. Why did he want to know so badly? It's just dinner, it's not a big deal.

"Alright... my favorite food is steak. Happy?" I finally gave in. But why did he need to know that.

"Perfect." was all he said. Really, that was it? I elbowed him lightly in the rib cage, making him jump in the air a bit.

"Yah, why." I asked him seriously.

"That's what we are going to eat for dinner." he smiled and leaned his head on mine, so his cheek was touching the top of my head.

"Are we really?" I asked, sitting straight up which caused Yixing to also sit up.

"Are we really having steak? Don't joke with me!" I warned him. I was trying to be serious but Yixing took it as a light joke. He chuckled and nodded.

"I wouldn't lie to you. We are having steak tonight in celebration of our first day together as a couple," he exlaimed, also blushing which caused me to blush also.

"Oh..." was all I could say.

"Are we only having steak?" I asked.

"No, of course not! It's going to be a full coarse meal! Steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, bread..."

"That's a lot of food." this time I interrupted him.

"Well then I won't make a lot." he reasoned.

"You? I want to help too," I pouted.

"No. Watch TV and relax and I'll make the food," but this only caused me to pout even more, and even upset.

"Yah, I want to help too! Like you said, this dinner is going to in celebration of OUR first day together, so I should be apart of this too. You can make half of dinner and I make the other half. How about that?" there was no way he could say no now. And like I predicted, he could only agree to me although he was hesitant.

After agreeing on what to do, we immediately got to work. I got all the ingrediants out for my half which was to make the green bean casserole, corn, and croissants while Yixing has the steak and mashed potatoes. Yixing started mixing the sauce with the steak and seemed like he knew what he was doing. I, on the other hand, was a little struggling. Everything was out, I had all the ingrediants in front of me, but I just didn't know where to start. Maybe I should start with the corn first, it looks the easiest.

I dumped the corn in a small pot and started heating it up on high. Then I added butter and sugar and started mixing them so they melted. Yixing looked my way to see how I was doing.

"Hey babe, you should have made the corn last," he adviced, with a gentle voice.

"I should have? Why?" I asked, still mixing the corn together.

"Because the corn takes only a short amount of time to cook. But since you're already cooking it, its fine," he gave me an encouraging smile and went back to what he was doing. After the corn was done, I set it aside and started to make the casserole. Aigoo, where do I start first? Just follow the instructions Yejin... that's the easiest way to go.

I got a pot and put the green beans in. It says I need to put the cream of mushroom in here. I looked at the can and it was pretty big. I had to put all of this in? If it says so... and so I put the whole thing in. Doesn't look that bad. Going back to the instructions, it says I needed milk. But it doesn't say how much milk I needed. Should I just guess? I added a small amount, but I didn't know if that was enough.

"Yixing-ah..." I called him over. He stopped what he was doing and came over to me.

"Is this enough milk?" I asked him. Yixing examined the dish and took the mi carton from me and added a little bit more.

"There, now it's enough. Now all you have to do is stir it together and then put butter on top. After that you..." Yixing pointed to the oven and then stopped.

"What?" I asked, looking at what he was pointing to.

"Aigoo, you didn't even turn on the oven!" he scolded me, shaking his head and pre-heated the oven to 350 degrees.

"Sorry..." I felt bad. I'm always messing up or doing something wrong. I apologized again with my head down, turning away fro him. Aish, I should really pay attention! Get your head in the game Yejin! You can't be a bother from now on. I continued to stir the green beans and Yixing went to his cooking. But it was so quiet. Sure, it was quiet before but this time, it was a suffocating silence. It started to become awkward and tense. I guess it was all because of me. A pair of hands found its way around my waist and a body was pressed behind me

"Hey, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you" Yixing said, feeling guilty

"No, I deserved it. No need to apologize"

"But I didn't have to scold you. I should have just told you nicely since I know you don't cook" he argued

"But if you keep babying me then I won't learn that way. You have to tell once in a while" I aruged back

"You're my girlfriend. I can't just yell at you all the time for doing something wrong. What I was just saying, I shouldn't have reacted that way. Next time, turn the oven on ok?" Yixing squeezed my waist and turned back around to finish his cooking. After he left, I stood in my spot frozen. He said girlfriend. I'm his girlfriend! Right, I need to get that printed in my head. From some reason, my heart warmed when he said that. It was a very familiar feeling too. I wonder why. The oven beeped, making me jump in surprise.

"Oppa, the oven beeped! What does that mean?" I asked, panicking a little. I expected him to do something, but he just stared at me

"Did you just call me 'oppa'," he asked in disbelief

"Oh? Y-Yeah, I did. Is that a bad thing?"

"No. It was just... nevermind. Its a great thing" he chuckled to himself, again showing his dimples.

"Are you done with the green beans?" he asked. I nodded and Yixing took the pot of green beans and put it in the oven.

"How long does it say to cook?" Yixing asked.

"Uhh... 35 minutes," I told him, while looking at the instruction box. Yixing punched the timer in and the clock started counting down.

"Ok, now all we have to do is the bread, but don't start on that yet." Yixing instructed.

"Alright. Are you done with the steak and the potatoes?" I asked.

"Yeah, all done. I wont cook the steak yet. I'm going to wait till its closer to dinner time." he suggested.

"Oh, so we just have to wait till the green beans are done?"

"Basically. You want to kill some time?" he suggested. Doesn't sound like a bad idea.

We were killing time by watching another movie on the couch. We were sitting rather close to each other... ok, really close to each other. His arm was around my shoulder, keeping me close to him. His touch was warm and comforting. The way he holds me is... familiar. The way he holds me is so right! Like he knows how to hold me. Immediately as I got comfortable in his arms, I rested my head on his chest and we watched the movie in that position. I cosed my eyes. Everything felt so right. I wish it could be like this forever. Where I don't have to worry about anything or anybody. Just be like this would be nice.

BEEEEEP!

I jumped up, feeling my heart pound against my chest. Wow, that was so sudden! I looked at Yixing and he just gave an amused smile.

"Its done," he announced and he started to get up, but I stopped him.

"I got it!"

"Are you sure?" he asked with worried eyes. I nodded and raced off into the kitchen before he could argue with me. I stopped the timer and opened the oven, steam blowing in my face. Once the steam cleared, I grabbed the pot, onlyto retreat back in pain.

"YEJIN!"

A/N: Things are just getting started ;) And this is what the cake looks like if you were wondering

Summer is upon me! So hopefully more and longer updates ahead... if I don't have anything else to do or if I'm in the mood to ;)